Legal status and resources on homeschooling in France

New restrictions backed by threats of coercion have alarmed families in a nation with one of the largest homeschooling populations in Europe

As more families switch to homeschooling in the wake of COVID-19, more countries are looking at ways to regulate the educational option.

Homeschool advocates in France are preparing to challenge new regulations that are more restrictive than the law permits.

President Macron officially presented national legislation to require homeschool parents to sign a statement. It would also implement a new approval process empowering local officials to deny the right to homeschool.

An appeals court’s decision encourages French homeschooling families facing hostility from local education officials all the way up to the country’s president.

Three organizations have launched a legal challenge to severe homeschool restrictions introduced by a 2021 law

Hundreds of international and US homeschool groups joined in the call for Macron to retract his unconstitutional proposal.