“To be a private school in California, all the parent has to do is be “capable of teaching” the required subjects in the English language and offer instruction in the same “branches of study” required to be taught in the public schools. They also have to keep a register of enrollment at their “school” and a record of attendance. Once a year they have to file an affidavit with the State Superintendent of Public Instruction with things like their names and address, the names of the students and their addresses, a criminal background check (since we don’t want unsupervised felons teaching kids), and their attendance register. That’s it.”
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If the local school administration doesn’t approve of the parents’ “excessive religious indoctrination”, i.e. creationism vs. evolution, Biblical morality versus situational ethics, etc., then what?
The striken portion is NOT correct. That law applies ONLY to tutors. Homeschoolers are NOT tutors under the law. We file as private schools. I have done so for nine years. This "Ace" blogger has got it WRONG. I have NEVER given the state an attendance record, or my child's name, or a criminal background check. They only have my husbands and my name and our address, checked some boxes on what kind of school we are. THAT IS IT!! I believe the control freaks out there wish it to be changed.