We went to court over a different matter that was dismissed. During that the judge in question assigned casa to monitor my children. They were concerned with then being removed from school to go back to being homeschooled, as they were before they were taken from our home. In our last hearing, the judge demanded all of the children's homeschool records including grades placement and curriculum. We gave him all the records and were told they are invalid print offs of the parents and not a state record. In the state or Arkansas Standardized testing is not a requirement of homeschooling. Only a NOI (notice of intent) is required and the rest falls on the parents to take care of.

The judge continued to say that homeschooling is not a valid option for a child's education. That without any state reporting there is no one keeping track of thier education. He continued to say that if he doesn't receive reports of state appointed testing for level placement that he would once again remove the children from our home. I have to wait 60 days to get the full transcript of his exact wording.

Can he legally ask any of this of us? Can he demand my children take Standardized test even though they have been registered as homeschoolers long before he was even in the picture? Can he blantly ignore information he demanded simple because it's not from the state?