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- For those using the Tutoring Option: How you meet the
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Education Code For Homeschooling
California Homeschoolers Win Landmark Case - 8/8/08
The California Court of Appeals had ruled in favor of homeschooling in our state.
This is not intended to be legal advice and is distributed
for information purposes only. Check for updates at your public
library or follow the links on the code numbers to the sections
supplied by the State of California.
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Compulsory attendance - Between 6 and 18
years of age.
Teacher certification required ?- No, if the home school registers
as a private school or enrolls in an independent study program
with a private school. Certification is necessary only if the
home school parent chooses to qualify as a private tutor.
California
Education Code: Sections Relevant to Homeschoolers
33190.
Every person, firm, association, partnership, or corporation
offering or conducting private school instruction on the elementary
or high school level shall between the first and 15th day of
October of each year, commencing on October 1, 1967, file with
the Superintendent of Public Instruction an affidavit or statement,
under penalty of perjury, by the owner or other head setting
forth the following information for the current year:
(a) All names, whether real or fictitious, of the person,
firm, association, partnership, or corporation under which it
has done and is doing business.
(b) The address, including city and street, of every place
of doing business of the person, firm, association, partnership,
or corporation within the State of California.
(c) The address, including city and street, of the location
of the records of the person, firm, association, partnership,
or corporation, and the name and address, including city and
street, of the custodian of such records.
(d) The names and addresses, including city and street, of
the directors, if any, and principal officers of the person,
firm, association, partnership, or corporation.
(e) The school enrollment, by grades, number of teachers,
coeducational or enrollment limited to boys or girls and boarding
facilities.
(f) That the following records are maintained at the address
stated, and are true and accurate:
(1) The records required to be kept by Section
48222.
(2) The courses of study offered by the institution.
(3) The names and addresses, including city and street, of
its faculty, together with a record of the educational qualifications
of each.
(g) Criminal record summary information has been obtained
pursuant to Section
44237.
Whenever two or more private schools are under the effective
control or supervision of a single administrative unit, such
administrative unit may comply with the provisions of this section
of behalf of each of the school under its control or supervision
by submitting one report.
Filing pursuant to this section shall not be interpreted to
mean, and it shall be unlawful for any school to expressly or
impliedly represent by any means whatsoever, that the State of
California, or any division or bureau of the department, or any
accrediting agency has made any evaluation, recognition, approval,
or endorsement of the school or course unless this is an actual
fact.
The Superintendent of Public Instruction shall prepare and
publish of list of private elementary and high schools to include
the name and address of the school and the name of the school
owner or administrator.
48200.
Each person between the ages of 6 and 18 years not exempted
under the provisions of this chapter or Chapter 3 (commencing
with Section 48400) is subject to compulsory full-time education.
Each person subject to compulsory full-time education and each
person subject to compulsory continuation education not exempted
under the provisions of Chapter 3 (commencing with Section 48400)
shall attend the public full-time day school or continuation
school or classes and for the full time designated as the length
of the school day by the governing board of the school district
in which the residency of either the parent or legal guardian
is located and each parent, guardian, or other person having
control or charge of the pupil shall send the pupil to the public
full-time day school or continuation school or classes and for
the full time designated as the length of the school day by the
governing board of the school district in which the residence
of either the parent or legal guardian is located.
48220.
The classes of children described in this article, shall
be exempted by the proper school authorities from the requirements
of attendance upon a public full-time day school.
48222.
Children who are being instructed in a private full-time
day school by persons capable of teaching shall by exempted.
Such school shall, except under the circumstances described in
Section 30, be taught in the English language and shall offer
instruction in the several branches of study required to be taught
in the public schools of the state. The attendance of the pupils
shall by kept by private school authorities in a register, and
the record of attendance shall indicate clearly every absence
of the pupil from school for a half day or more during each day
that school is maintained during the year.
Exemptions under this section shall be valid only after verification
by the attendance supervisor of the district, or other person
designated by the board of education, that the private school
has complied with the provisions of Section 33190 requiring the
annual filing by the owner or other head of a private
school of an affidavit or statement of prescribed information
with the Superintendent of Public Instruction. The verification
required by this section shall not be construed as an evaluation,
recognition, approval, or endorsement of any private school or
course.
48224.
Children not attending a private, full-time day school and
who are being instructed in study and recitation for at least
three hours a day for 175 days each calendar year by a private
tutor or other person in the several branches of study required
to be taught in the public schools of this state and in the English
language shall be exempted. The tutor or other person shall hold
a valid state credential for the grade taught. The instruction
shall be offered between the hours of 8 o'clock a.m. and 4 o'clock
p.m.
48415.
In the case of attendance upon private school, exemption from
the requirements of attendance upon compulsory continuation education
shall be valid only after verification by the attendance supervisor
of the district, or other person designated by the board of education,
that the private school has complied with the provisions of Section
33190 requiring the annual filing by the owner or other head
of a private school of an affidavit or statement of prescribed
information with the Superintendent of Public Instruction.
The verification required by this section shall not be construed
as an evaluation, recognition, approval, or endorsement of any
private school or course.
51210.
The adopted course of study for grades 1 through 6 shall
include instruction, beginning in grade 1 and continuing through
grade 6, in the following areas of study:
(a) English, including knowledge of, and appreciation for
literature and the language, as well as the skills of speaking,
reading, listening, spelling, handwriting, and composition.
(b) Mathematics, including concepts, operational skills, and
problem solving.
(c) Social sciences, drawing upon the disciplines of anthropology,
economics, geography, history, political science, psychology,
and sociology, designed to fit the maturity of the pupils. Instruction
shall provide a foundation for understanding the history, resources,
development, and government of California and the United States
of America; the development of the American economic system including
the role of the entrepreneur and labor; man's relations to his
human and natural environment; eastern and western cultures and
civilizations; contemporary issues; and the wise use of natural
resources.
(d) Science, including the biological and physical aspects,
with emphasis on the processes of experimental inquiry and on
man's place in ecological systems.
(e) Fine arts, including instruction in the subjects of art
and music, aimed at the development of aesthetic appreciation
and the skills of creative expression.
(f) Health, including instruction in the principles and practices
of individual, family, and community health.
(g) Physical education, with emphasis upon the physical activities
for the pupils that may be conducive to health and vigor of body
and mind, for a total period of time of not less than 200 minutes
each 10 school days, exclusive of recesses and the lunch period.
51220.
The adopted course of study for grades 7 to 12, inclusive,
shall offer courses in the following areas of study:
(a) English, including knowledge of and appreciation for literature,
language, and composition, and the skills of reading, listening,
and speaking.
(b) Social sciences, drawing upon the disciplines of anthropology,
economics, geography, history, political science, psychology,
and sociology, designed to fit the maturity of the pupils. Instructions
shall provide a foundation for understanding the history, resources,
development, and government of California and the United States
of America; instruction in our American legal system, the operation
of the juvenile and adult criminal justice systems, and the rights
and duties of citizens under the criminal and civil law and the
State and Federal Constitutions; the development of the American
economic system, including the role of the entrepreneur and labor;
the relations of persons to their human and natural environment;
eastern and western cultures and civilizations; human rights
issues, with particular attention to the study of the inhumanity
of genocide, slavery, and the Holocaust, and contemporary issues.
(c) Foreign language or languages, beginning not later than
grade 7, designed to develop a facility for understanding, speaking,
reading, and writing the particular language.
(d) Physical education, with emphasis given to physical activities
that are conducive to health and to vigor of body and mind.
(e) Science, including the physical and biological aspects,
with emphasis on basic concepts, theories, and processes of scientific
investigation and on the place of humans in ecological systems,
and with appropriate applications of the interrelation and interdependence
of the sciences.
(f) Mathematics, including instruction designed to develop
mathematical understandings, operational skills, and insight
into problem-solving procedures.
(g) Fine arts, including art, music, or drama, with emphasis
upon development of aesthetic appreciation and the skills of
creative expression.
(h) Applied arts, including instruction in the areas of consumer
and homemaking education, industrial arts, general business education,
or general agriculture.
(i) Vocational-technical education designed and conducted
for the purpose of preparing youth for gainful employment in
the occupations and in the numbers that are appropriate to the
personnel needs of the state and the community served and relevant
to the career desires and needs of the pupils.
(j) Automobile driver education, designed to develop a knowledge
of the provisions of the Vehicle Code and other laws of this
state relating to the operation of motor vehicles, a proper acceptance
of personal responsibility in traffic, a true appreciation of
the causes, seriousness and consequences of traffic accidents,
and to develop the knowledge and attitudes necessary for the
safe operation of motor vehicles. A course in automobile driver
education shall include education in the safe operation of motorcycles.
(k) Other studies as may be prescribed by the governing board.
51220.5.
(a) The Legislature finds and declares the following:
(1) The family is our most fundamental social institution
and the means by which we care for, prepare, and train our children
to be productive members of society.
(2) Social research shows increasingly that the disintegration
of the family is a major cause of increased welfare enrollment,
child abuse and neglect, juvenile delinquency, and criminal activity.
(3) The lack of knowledge of parenting skills and the lack
of adequate preparation to assume parental responsibilities are
not only major causes of family disintegration, but also contribute
substantially to the disastrous consequences of teen pregnancy.
(4) Because the state government bears much of the economic
and social burden associated with the disintegration of the family
in California, the state has a legitimate and vital interest
in adequately preparing its residents for parenthood.
(b) The Legislature recognizes that the public education system
is the most efficient and effective means to educate the populace
on a large-scale basis,, and intends, therefore, to use the public
education system to ensure that each California resident has
an opportunity to acquire knowledge of parenting skills prior
to becoming a parent. That knowledge should include, at a bare
minimum, all of the following:
(1) Child development and growth.
(2) Effective parenting.
(3) Prevention of child abuse.
(4) Nutrition.
(5) Household finances and budgeting.
(6) Personal and family interaction and relations.
(7) Methods to promote self-esteem.
(8) Effective decision making skills.
(9) Family and individual health.
(c) Commencing with the 1995-96 fiscal year, the adopted course
of study for grade 7 or 8 shall include the equivalent content
of a one-semester course in parenting skills and education. All
pupils entering grade 7 on or after July 1, 1995, shall be offered
that course or its equivalent content during grade 7 or 8, or
both. On or before January 1, 1995, the State Department of Education
shall supply, to each school district that includes a grade 7
or 8, a sample curriculum suitable either for implementation
as a stand-alone one-semester course or for incorporation within
identified existing required or optional courses, with content
designed to develop a knowledge of topics including, but not
limited to, all of the following:
(1) Child growth and development.
(2) Parental responsibilities.
(3) Household budgeting.
(4) Child abuse and neglect issues.
(5) Personal hygiene.
(6) Maintaining healthy relationships.
(7) Teen parenting issues.
(8) Self-esteem.
A district that implements the curriculum set forth in this
subdivision in a stand-alone required course may exempt a pupil
from the course if the pupil requests the exemption and satisfactorily
demonstrates mastery of the course content. The district shall
determine the method by which a pupil may demonstrate this mastery.
(d) Commencing with the 1993-94 fiscal year, community college
districts may offer, to interested, individuals, noncredit fee-supported
courses in parenting skills and education as described in subdivision
(c).
(e) This section is not intended to replace existing courses
that accomplish the intent of this section. School districts
may meet the requirements of this section with existing courses
of study offered in any of grades 6 to 9, inclusive, that includes
the course contents identified in subdivision (c). When the parenting
skills and education curriculum is incorporated within courses
other than consumer and home economics courses, these courses
are not subject to the curricular standards specified in Section
2 of Chapter 775 of the Statutes of 1989 or in the consumer and
home economics education model performance standards and framework.
Teachers of courses other than consumer and home economics that
incorporate parenting skills and education are not required to
meet the qualifications specified for teachers of consumer and
home economics.
(f) This section shall become operative only if a funding
source is identified by the Superintendent of Public Instruction
for the purposes of this section on or before January 1, 1995.
(g) The Superintendent of Public Instruction shall identify
the funding source for this section from existing resources or
private resources, or both, that may be available for the purposes
of this section. The superintendent shall notify school districts
when sufficient funds have been identified and are allocated
to cover all costs relating to the operation of this section.
51221.
Instruction required by subdivision (b) of Section 51220
in the area of study of social sciences shall also provide a
foundation for understanding the wise use of natural resources.
51225.3.
(a) Commencing with the 1988-89 school year, no pupil shall
receive a diploma of graduation from high school who, while in
grades 9 to 12, inclusive, has not completed all of the following:
(1) At least the following numbers of courses in the subjects
specified, each course having a duration of one year, unless
otherwise specified.
(A) Three courses in English.
(B) Two courses in mathematics.
(C) Two courses in science, including biological and physical
sciences.
(D) Three courses in social studies, including United States
history and geography; world history, culture, and geography;
a one-semester course in American government and civics, and
a one-semester course in economics.
(E) One course in visual or performing arts or foreign language.
For the purposes of satisfying the requirement specified in this
subparagraph, a course in American Sign Language shall be deemed
a course in foreign language.
(F) Two courses in physical education, unless the pupil has been
exempted pursuant to the provisions of this code.
(2) Other coursework as the governing board of the school
district may by rule specify.
(b) The governing board, with the active involvement of parents,
administrators, teachers, and pupils, shall adopt alternative
means for pupils to complete the prescribed course of study
which may include practical demonstration of skills and competencies,
supervised work experience or other outside school experience,
career technical education classes offered in high schools, courses
offered by regional occupational centers or programs, interdisciplinary
study, independent study, and credit earned at a postsecondary
institution. Requirements for graduation and specified
alternative modes for completing the prescribed course
of study shall be made available to pupils, parents, and the
public. [Italics mine.]
(b) was pointed out by Wes Beach:
In instances where schools refuse to accept credit from
homeschools, it might be productive to ask, "What alternative
ways do you allow for meeting requirements?" And even, "Might
we become actively involved in expanding your policy?" This
section does not require schools to allow anything specific,
but it does require that they allow some alternate ways of meeting
their requirements. It's my best guess that some school administrators
are unaware of this provision of the Ed. Code, and that some
districts either do not have such a policy or keep it hidden.
Wes
51745.
(a) Commencing with the 1990-91 school year, the governing
board of a school district or a county office of education may
offer independent study to meet the educational needs of pupils
in accordance with the requirements of this article. Educational
opportunities offered through independent study may include,
but shall not be limited to, the following:
(1) Special assignments extending the content of regular courses
of instruction.
(2) Individualized study in a particular area of interest
or in a subject not currently available in the regular school
curriculum.
(3) Individualized alternative education designed to teach
the knowledge and skills of the core curriculum. Independent
study shall not be provided as an alternative curriculum.
(4) Continuing and special study during travel.
(5) Volunteer community service activities that support and
strengthen pupil achievement.
(b) Not more than 10 percent of the pupils participating in
an opportunity school or program, or a continuation high school,
calculated as specified by the State Department of Education,
shall be eligible for apportionment credit for independent study
pursuant to this article.
(c) No individual with exceptional needs, as defined in Section
56026, may participate in independent study, unless his or her
individualized education program developed pursuant to Article
3 (commencing with Section 56340) of Chapter 4 of part 30 specifically
provides for that participation.
(d) No temporarily disabled pupil may receive individual instruction
pursuant to Section 48206.3 through independent study.
(e) No course included among the courses required for high
school graduation under Section 51225.3 shall be offered exclusively
through independent study.
51747.3.
(a) No local education agency may claim state funding for
the independent study of a pupil, whether characterized as home
study or otherwise, if the agency has provided any funds or other
thing of value to the pupil or his or her parent or guardian
that the agency does not provide to students who attend regular
classes or or other thing of value to the pupil or his or her
parent or guardian that the agency does not provide to students
who attend regular classes or to their parents or guardians.
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with the private school requirements of the California Education
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cannot be prosecuted for truancy.
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