Summarizes home school legislation and case precedent in order to describe a national trend to limit state controls over private education. Concludes that the state's interests and parents' rights are more likely to be balanced if the state limits its evaluation to the product of education, not the process. (KO)

Examines the status of home instruction relative to judicial interpretations of the U.S. Constitution and individual state statutes. Summarizes and classifies case law as a means of updating judicial action. Notes that the debate about home instruction has moved from the realm of the U.S. Constitution to that of state legislation. (KO)