Oklahoma Homeschooling

Get to know more about homeschooling laws in Oklahoma as you explore our website devoted to the needs of home educators in this state. Connect with other homeschoolers for support and socialization, learn how to incorporate different ideas and homeschooling methods into your approch to homeschooling, and read out dealing with special challenges you may face. We offer all this and much, much more!

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A+ School Supply
Florida Store: 787 US 41 - Tamiami Trail Port Charlotte, FL 33953 Phone: 941-627-1460 Oklahoma Store: 311 N.E. 2nd Street Buffalo, OK 73834 Phone: 580-735-2476 A+ School Supply offers a large selection of homeschooling materials, workbooks, supplies, and books. Every item is always 10% off catalog prices.
Licensing & State Laws in Oklahoma
Oklahoma uses a multi-stage licensing process (Graduated Driver Licensing – or GDL) for teens. This system allows teens to gradually gain exposure to complex driving situations, easing them into driving over an extended period of time. The learner permit and intermediate stages are key steps.
70 O.S. 11-103
A. Courses of instruction approved by the State Board of Education for use in school years prior to 1993-94 shall be those courses that are necessary to ensure: 1. The teaching of the necessary basic skills of learning and communication, including reading, English, writing, the use of numbers and science; and 2. The teaching of citizenship in the United States, in the State of Oklahoma, and in other countries, through the study of the United States Constitution, the amendments...
Fort Smith National Historic Site
At Fort Smith National Historic Site you can walk where soldiers drilled, pause along the Trail of Tears, and stand where justice was served. The park includes the remains of two frontier forts and the Federal Court for the Western District of Arkansas. Exhibits in the visitor center focus on Fort Smith’s military history from 1817 – 1871, western expansion, Judge Isaac C. Parker and the federal court’s impact on Indian Territory, U.S. Deputy Marshals and outlaws, Federal Indian policy, and Indi...
Unschooling and The Law in Oklahoma
Homeschooling is a right guaranteed by the Constitution of Oklahoma, and by state statute. Oklahoma has placed very few legal restrictions on homeschooling, and as a result it is very easy to meet the state requirements. Parents can provide for their child any kind of education they choose.
Mardel Christian & Educational Supply
3300 South Boulevard Edmond, OK 73013 Phone: 405-341-2439 500 West Main Norman, OK 73069 Phone: 405-360-5444 1444 240 Penn Park Boulevard Oklahoma City, OK 73159 Phone: 405-681-1444 4848 NW Expressway Oklahoma City, OK 73132 Phone: 405-773-1717 5202 South Harvard Tulsa, OK 74135 Phone: 918-747-1208 9725 East 71st Str. Tulsa, OK 74133 Phone: 918-254-1571 Warehouse: 7727 SW 44th Street Oklahoma City, OK 73179 Phone: 405-745-1300 Mardel stores average 30...
70 O.S. 10-105
A. It shall be unlawful for a parent, guardian, or other person having custody of a child who is over the age of five (5) years, and under the age of eighteen (18) years, to neglect or refuse to cause or compel such child to attend and comply with the rules of some public, private or other school, unless other means of education are provided for the full term the schools of the district are in session or the child is excused as provided in this section. One-half (1/2) day of kindergarte...
40 O.S. 79
The age and schooling certificate shall be approved by the principal, headmaster, or equivalent administrative officer of the school which the child attends or should be attending or by one of the child's parents if the child is being schooled at home, who shall, for the purpose of this article, be empowered to administer an oath. The principal, headmaster, or equivalent administrative officer of the school which the child attends or should be attending or by one of the child's parents i...
Oklahoma Requirements for High School Graduation
Provided by the Oklahoma State Department of Education, this website lists the current requirements for obtaining a diploma from a public high school.
VORT Practical Tools
VORT's products are recognized world-wide as practical and effective tools for family-centered developmental assessment and instruction. Offers the HELP (Hawaii Early Learning Profile), curriculum-based assessment covering Cognitive, Language, Gross Motor, Fine Motor, Social, Self-Help for working with children ages birth-six years and their families. HELP is used to identify needs, track growth and development, and determine "next steps" (individual objectives).
Technology Centers in Oklahoma
Career Tech's complete statewide list of Technology Centers with a map.
AmblinOkies
This group is intended for Okies using at least portions of Ambleside Online's materials and philosophies.
Oklahoma Higher Education
Comprehensive listing of all schools of higher education in Oklahoma with links to their individual websites.
Santa Fe National Historic Trail
Between 1821 and 1880, the Santa Fe Trail was primarily a commercial highway connecting Missouri and Santa Fe, New Mexico. From 1821 until 1846, it was an international commercial highway used by Mexican and American traders. In 1846, the Mexican-American War began. The Army of the West followed the Santa Fe Trail to invade New Mexico. When the Treaty of Guadalupe ended the war in 1848, the Santa Fe Trail became a national road connecting the United States to the new southwest territories. Comme...
40 O.S. 80
The age and schooling certificate shall not be approved until the parent or guardian of such child shall present a school attendance certificate as hereinafter prescribed. A duplicate of such age and schooling certificate shall be filled out and sent by the school officer, before whom the same is made, to the Commissioner of Labor. The blank forms for school attendance certificate and for the age and schooling certificate shall be supplied to the principal, headmaster, or equivalent ad...
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