That is not true. We are in California and homeschooling through high school, we file psa once a year and we are left strictly alone. Kids who want to homeschool through a charter actually get funds to spend on their education (although the charter then tells you what you can or cannot do.) California has very good homeschool laws.
That is not true. We are in California and homeschooling through high school, we file psa once a year and we are left strictly alone. Kids who want to homeschool through a charter actually get funds to spend on their education (although the charter then tells you what you can or cannot do.) California has very good homeschool laws.
Thanks for the update. The process has changed. Just looked and it seems the law is the same in that all kids under 16 must be enrolled in a public school, a private school approved by the state, or an approved home schooling or alternative education program. It sounds like the process for "approved" home schooling has changed so as to be more reasonable.
Back when my son was of school age (more than a decade back) it was more difficult. The "program" had to at least claim to comply with NEA approved curriculum. When my son was in high school, "experts" at his high school declared he had learning disability and was due to this so called disability failing. The disability turned out to be he was bored by the pathetic pace of his classes. Got him into an program in which he could work at a more reasonable pace, and finished 2 and a half years of high school curriculum in 4 months. That program was made possible by the charter program but was administered by a local district, who viewed it primarily as a way to shuffle off problem students out of sight and thus out of mind. Thanks to a dedicated teacher/mentor/coach, it worked.
In an imperfect system both can be true. From a UK HomeEd forum experience about 80% of parents sailed through with a letter or an F U, 20% seemed to get caught up in some frightful protracted battle with some council officials, home inspections.
I think the LEA (Local Education Authority) smell blood and fear and go for anyone who hasn't got a clear picture.
Interestingly most of the anglosphere supports/allows HomeEd and it's literally illegal in most of Continental Europe.
I cannot comment on Europe. In California, a home inspection can be made (but is virtually unheard of) but there are clear guidelines about what they can and cannot ask for (basically they can see attendance records and a psa letter filed with the department of education.)
I am reminded of one of those bloody moments when I was involved in education reform here in California. As part of our due diligence we had 3 CPAs who audited the budgets of a dozen districts, including our local district. The state law mandates each district publish at least annually a budget and full accounting of spending. The problem is few actually do. The state provides a document template. Districts file the document but don't bother to fill in most of the blanks in the template. Have all the chapter headings, but no content. Really.
In a local district "open" meeting, the accountants presented the reports filed by the district for the prior 5 years. Mostly blank documents. The superintendent could not explain this. The staff would not explain this. None had any idea how much money they received nor how they spent what they had. This followed a pitch by the superintendent for more funding - another sales tax add on "for education". When asked how much of the existing sales tax add ons supposed to be "for education" actually made it to the district, the answer was...wait for it....we don't know exactly. Exactly? Well, not imprecisely. In fact, not at all. But we're sure we need more.
At that time, state taxpayers were paying around $20,000 per year per student on K through 12.
That is not true. We are in California and homeschooling through high school, we file psa once a year and we are left strictly alone. Kids who want to homeschool through a charter actually get funds to spend on their education (although the charter then tells you what you can or cannot do.) California has very good homeschool laws.
Thanks for the update. The process has changed. Just looked and it seems the law is the same in that all kids under 16 must be enrolled in a public school, a private school approved by the state, or an approved home schooling or alternative education program. It sounds like the process for "approved" home schooling has changed so as to be more reasonable.
Back when my son was of school age (more than a decade back) it was more difficult. The "program" had to at least claim to comply with NEA approved curriculum. When my son was in high school, "experts" at his high school declared he had learning disability and was due to this so called disability failing. The disability turned out to be he was bored by the pathetic pace of his classes. Got him into an program in which he could work at a more reasonable pace, and finished 2 and a half years of high school curriculum in 4 months. That program was made possible by the charter program but was administered by a local district, who viewed it primarily as a way to shuffle off problem students out of sight and thus out of mind. Thanks to a dedicated teacher/mentor/coach, it worked.
In an imperfect system both can be true. From a UK HomeEd forum experience about 80% of parents sailed through with a letter or an F U, 20% seemed to get caught up in some frightful protracted battle with some council officials, home inspections.
I think the LEA (Local Education Authority) smell blood and fear and go for anyone who hasn't got a clear picture.
Interestingly most of the anglosphere supports/allows HomeEd and it's literally illegal in most of Continental Europe.
I cannot comment on Europe. In California, a home inspection can be made (but is virtually unheard of) but there are clear guidelines about what they can and cannot ask for (basically they can see attendance records and a psa letter filed with the department of education.)
I am reminded of one of those bloody moments when I was involved in education reform here in California. As part of our due diligence we had 3 CPAs who audited the budgets of a dozen districts, including our local district. The state law mandates each district publish at least annually a budget and full accounting of spending. The problem is few actually do. The state provides a document template. Districts file the document but don't bother to fill in most of the blanks in the template. Have all the chapter headings, but no content. Really.
In a local district "open" meeting, the accountants presented the reports filed by the district for the prior 5 years. Mostly blank documents. The superintendent could not explain this. The staff would not explain this. None had any idea how much money they received nor how they spent what they had. This followed a pitch by the superintendent for more funding - another sales tax add on "for education". When asked how much of the existing sales tax add ons supposed to be "for education" actually made it to the district, the answer was...wait for it....we don't know exactly. Exactly? Well, not imprecisely. In fact, not at all. But we're sure we need more.
At that time, state taxpayers were paying around $20,000 per year per student on K through 12.