Basicaly, a tutor is someone you hire to teach your childern.
Homeschoolers teach only their own children. They file as a private school only. It is under the private school laws that homeschooling legally takes place. Tutoring is different in that you teach others children for money.
There are different laws for the tutor.
And then there are different laws for private schools, of which includes homeschoolers.
I have filed the R-4 affidavit for nine years here in California. I have never done a criminal background check on myself, or have I given the state my childs name. I do not charge others for my services. Therefore I do not need to have a teaching credential. If all private schools need a teaching credential, then it is not just homeschoolers that are being affected. ALL PRIVATE SCHOOLS WILL NEED TO HAVE CREDENTIALED TEACHERS WHICH NONE CURRENTLY DO.
Boy, I am getting sick of people thinking that they understand California homeschooling when they do not.
I have stated elsewhere that I am an outsider who is trying to make sense out of California homeschooling code. Based on my examination of this code along with my discussion with sitetest, the problem with this code is that it is poorly written. The problem with poorly written code is that people can read anything that they want to into it - including the judges.
Your understanding of CA law is how it has worked in the past but please check the letter from HSLDA further up the thread because they believe that this case could threaten the ability of homeschoolers to register as private schools. I know that the facts of this case are distinguishable by the language that the appellate court used seemed to apply equally to setting up a homeschool as a private school. Basically, I trust HSLDA and if they are worried then there is reason to be worried.