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The first thing you should look into is the home schooling laws for your state. Laws vary and you must know what is required of you when you become your child’s educator. We hope you’ve found a local home schooling support group already. Check with them to see what they’ve learned regarding legal issues in your state.

In some places there are requirements that you inform the government of your intent to home school in order to avoid truancy questions. In some areas you may declare your home a private school and thereby be exempt from government interference. In other areas, you must be supervised by a cover school.
There is actually an organization called the Home school Legal Defense Association that can be very beneficial to you as a new home schooler. Check out their website at www.hslda.org to get information on legal issues that face home schoolers. Specific state requirements can be found here as well.
If your child has been attending public school, you’ll want to notify the school – in writing – that your child will be switching to home schooling. Notify them as soon as you’ve made the decision. By conveying this information in writing, you’ll avoid any problem with truancy laws in your state.
If your child has never been enrolled in your school district, no notification, registration, or reporting to anyone is necessary. Hard to believe, but true. If you’re uneasy about this, however, feel free to contact your local school district and let them know you are a home schooler.
Once your child has been officially withdrawn from the school system, public education system officials (including the Board of Education, the superintendent, the principal, and teachers) have no jurisdiction over your home schooled child.
School officials have no right, without a court order, to enter your home, or to review your lesson plans, assignments, or curriculum materials. Home schoolers are not required to provide any such materials at any time.
In the event that you haven’t already found a support group, we strongly urge you to make this your second step in the process. Most areas will have at least one local group you can turn to and become a member of.
Generally, support groups offer encouragement and help along the way. They can help with choosing curriculum, record keeping, meeting the state laws, and providing opportunities and activities for your child.
The website about.com provides a great list of support groups by state. The web address is:
http://homeschooling.about.com/od/supportgroupsbystate/a/sgusa.htm?terms=homeschool+support%20groups
This is not a comprehensive list, but it’s a great place to start!
There are so many other issues that need to be addressed in getting started home schooling your child. Each of these is important enough to deserve their own chapter in this book, so we’ll address each issue individually.
After you’ve taken care of the legal stuff, you need to focus on your child and helping him or her make the transition from public school to a home school. In home schooling circles, this is referred to as de-schooling.

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