The state of California is warning parents that they cannot educate their children at home without acquiring a professional teaching credential.
Home-schooling illegal in the Golden State?
Activists say that if your information comes only from the state's Department of Education, that is the obvious conclusion.
But legal defenders of home-based education argue that "home-schooling" is not even mentioned in California law and is legal under a statute that allows any parent to operate a "private school," even if the student body amounts to one. California is one of 12 states where home-schooling is accomplished under a private school exemption.
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