Homeschooling in California

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Beginning in the 2011/2012 school year, if you are joining HomeLife Academy do not file your own affidavit. You are enrolling your children in an existing private school, and the administrator should file the affidavit each year. That's what we do. From EC Section 48222: HLA is "... a private full-time...school...[that]...offer[s] instruction in the several branches of study required to be taught in public schools of the state,...[that offers this] instruction...in English [, and that keeps]...attendance [records]..." * (This is copied from the state form itself here.)

HomeLife Academy (HLA) operates as an official Private School Satellite Program (PSP). A PSP is a type of private school in which parents are the primary teachers of their own children. As a PSP, HLA files one affidavit each year between Oct. 1st and 15th, covering all enrolled families.  Families who transfer to HLA after Oct. 15th are included in the next year's affidavit. This action meets the requirements of California Education Code §48222, including the following: it is a private full-time day school, it offers instruction in all the branches of study required to be taught in the public schools of the state, and the school keeps the required records, which are turned in to the school by the parent/teachers.  Continue Reading.

According to HSLDA this is Option 2. "Homeschoolers could enroll in a private school satellite program and "homeschool” through that private school. The private school “satellite school program” (PSP) must comply with Cal. Educ. Code § 48222 (see #1 above). Many homeschool families have organized these private PSPs which enroll anywhere from two to several hundred families."