| The number of homeschool students grew from 1.2 in | | | | Commonly home schooled students are not on the |
| 2003 to a staggering 2.4 million in 2006 according to | | | | same schedule as publicly educated kids. Having the |
| the National Home Education Research Institute. With | | | | ability to produce a school ID card would be a simple |
| this type of growth you have to wander what is the | | | | solution, but without one it appears the kid is ditching |
| cause for the amazing increase in homeschool | | | | class. |
| attendance. | | | | Another reason homeschool students want |
| Based on surveys, there are three primary reasons | | | | identification cards is to receive the benefits that many |
| children are being trained at home instead of the | | | | retailers offer to kids in school. Even the local theater |
| government funded solution. The primary reason | | | | offers discounted ticket prices to students and |
| parents have chosen to train their kids is to incorporate | | | | teachers carrying their school identification card. |
| religion into their curriculum. Tied closely are other | | | | Parents that have become homeschool educators can |
| parents that have decided to incorporate moral training | | | | receive discounts from both office supply and school |
| into their courses. Both of these have been | | | | supply stores if they can prove they are teachers. |
| continuously removed from the education children | | | | Other reasons for needing ID cards range from |
| receive when trained publicly. The third reason parents | | | | boarding a plane since 9/11 to even being able to take |
| have chosen to train their own children is because the | | | | college entrance exams such as SATs. The reasons |
| alternative is viewed as an inferior education in | | | | are numerous why teachers and students need an |
| comparison to the education they could receive at | | | | answer. |
| home. | | | | Creatively these homeschoolers have found their |
| When reviewing the results of the education being | | | | answer by printing ID cards on their home/office printer |
| provided these kids are commonly testing up to thirty | | | | and then laminating them at the local office supply |
| percent higher than publicly educated students while | | | | store. Others have found solutions to produce plastic |
| saving taxpayers an astounding 16 billion dollars | | | | ID cards. Plastic or PVC identification cards are |
| annually. | | | | obviously of a much higher quality than laminating |
| One of the major challenges these 2.4 million students | | | | paper cards, although until recently it has been an |
| and their teachers are faced with is being able to | | | | expensive alternative. One of the main reasons plastic |
| prove their status as homeschoolers. When students | | | | ID cards have been expensive is because of minimum |
| and teachers come from a public or even a private | | | | order sizes and setup charges often charged by |
| school they are provided with school ID cards. | | | | vendors. |
| Alternatively homeschoolers are forced to seek out a | | | | A new vendor, has developed an affordable plastic ID |
| solution for themselves when it comes to school | | | | card solution that works well for homeschools. |
| identification. | | | | Students or teachers can design their school ID card |
| There are several reasons homeschoolers need | | | | online as well as upload their own pictures. Orders can |
| identification cards starting with the need to prove they | | | | be made easily for even just one ID card if that is all |
| are not breaking the truancy laws of the country. | | | | that is needed. |