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Most of the homeschool hassles occur at the local school level. Someone sends out a letter from the superintendent’s office requesting all kinds of information that homeschoolers legally have no obligation to provide, and people get all stirred up. One person calls the state board of education, another calls the legislature, and a third calls a journalist. Before you know it, the school system has a huge mess on its hands, all because somebody got a little nosy.

Situations like this happen every single year in school systems around the country. The same school system usually doesn’t do it more than once or twice (bad press is not good when you rely on the public for funds and you’re seen as oppressing the poor homeschoolers), but it does occur. And it may happen in your community.

Or you may receive a phone call from your local school system demanding information or an interview. Usually the education folks leave the homeschoolers alone because they have plenty to do searching out the true truants. Once in a while, though, you may meet someone on a power trip, or an official who truly doesn’t know what’s going on, and that’s where the misunderstandings begin. If this happens at your house, your best safeguards are well-informed and courteous answers.

This section is in no way intended to guide you legally. If you need legal advice, your best bet is to contact an education attorney in your area. There is an organization called the Home School Legal Defense Association, but they limit their protection to conservative Christian homeschoolers and a narrow list of issues.