My child is currently enrolled in public school and I would like to begin homeschooling mid year. Do I need to discharge her from public school before starting?
So far as I know, there is nothing in the law that says you must report the discharge to your child’s previous school. But in all fairness, the board of ed is so overworked, understaffed, and swamped with paperwork, that your daughter’s school will probably not get notified unless you do it yourself. I began to homeschool my youngest son in fourth grade. I phoned the school during the summer break to inform them. They asked me to please send them a copy of my LOI (Letter of Intent to homeschool) that I had sent to the bd of ed. Although this was not legally required of me, I offered to do it anyway, and asked only that the school, in return, send me a copy of my child’s records. Of course, I never got those records (which they had agreed to send), although I did send the school a copy of my LOI. They are so overworked. If sending them a sheet of paper can help their overburdened school office, it seems a small thing to do.
