We homeschool in California...no registration requirements here other than to tell the State the name of our school and for us to keep records that the local school district cannot access.
I fail to see how this law would have prevented a deranged mother from killing her kids. So what other purpose would it serve? Do you want the state having the right to supervise how you educate your kids? If so, then you might as well send your kids to public school.
So the grandfather didn’t find it odd when he didn’t talk to or see his grandkids for two years? Sounds to me like he should be looking at his own actions rather than intruding on the rights of homeschooling parents.
At best, somebody would have found the bodies sooner.
Kids just as dead.