Legal status and resources on homeschooling in France

A judge has ordered that a French family must be allowed to homeschool following a denial of permission in Toulouse, reports Liberté éducation, a homeschooling organization representing scores of families in France.

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

In the name of protecting French national values, President Emmanuel Macron has called for homeschooling to be all but banned. Freedom-loving families have vowed to resist.

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

Debates in national legislatures from South America to Europe show how homeschooling has become an important issue, opening up new educational opportunities for thousands of children.

The final approval of new homeschool restrictions in France reflects a growing trend in Western Europe for more state control over education.

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

Three national organizations represented by six attorneys argued in favor of homeschool freedom. The national Ministry of Education’s attorney defended France’s new restrictions.