When a mom decided to start homeschooling her son, an official at the public school he had attended made several unfounded demands. After our attorney got involved, the official finally stopped.

A Pennsylvania homeschool family can file an unsworn declaration (meaning no notary signature is required) rather than an affidavit.

A public school district asked families to turn in their homeschool notices early to give officials plenty of time to process the paperwork. Not only is this contrary to regulations, it shows the need for streamlining homeschool law.

Last time, they wanted this homeschool mom to hand in a health form the law doesn’t require. This year, they told her to test her daughter using an exam based partially on Common Core. On both occasions she asked HSLDA for help.

We’re reminding officials what the law actually says.