| Home schooling programs vary from state to | | | | 4. Complying R4 Form (Private School Affidavit) - |
| state in the U.S. As a personal option of parents | | | | Home education system can be established by |
| for their children, the need to comply does not | | | | individuals in their respective homes by just |
| end in enrolling. Parents play a big role in its | | | | complying the requirements set by educational |
| success. | | | | codes of California Department of Education. With |
| In California, it is a compulsory for all children to | | | | least restriction from among the alternative |
| acquire public or private schooling and be given | | | | methods of home-schooling schemes, this is |
| the right education. Under the educational codes | | | | purely a program for very few students of not |
| of California, methods of exemptions to the | | | | more than five attending schooling at home in a |
| mandatory school attendance have alternative | | | | very private environment. |
| learning options as follows: | | | | Certainly, change in a child's schooling scheme |
| 1. The child has private tutors who have valid | | | | affects parental goals and orientation. The |
| credentials for specific subject matter. The | | | | advantage of institutionalized schooling is the |
| number of hours of instruction must be three | | | | amount of time parents get liberated to spend on |
| hours a day, 175 hours a year. All parents who | | | | their career while their children get the substantial |
| opt for this choice at their discretion do not need | | | | education they pay for. Home schooling on the |
| to send the child to formal schooling. | | | | other hand, requires the entire time of parent |
| 2. Home Study Program (HSP) and Charter | | | | participation, which is a great career sacrifice in |
| Schools of California - Parents have the option to | | | | exchange of personally educating a child. The price |
| enroll their child to the nearest public school for a | | | | is spending quality time and close bonding with the |
| home-based study program, where the school will | | | | child. |
| assign a teacher who will facilitate and check the | | | | Assuming how the child will have substantial |
| student's home-schooling on a monthly basis. The | | | | positive socialization is the main consideration of |
| tutorial program sessions are under the parent's | | | | home schooling. To families of reputation or those |
| responsibility at home. | | | | who have "special child," the need for home |
| 3. Private Independent Study Program - almost | | | | schooling is not questionable. The correct formula |
| similar to public chartered school enrollment with | | | | to child education cannot be determined because |
| differences in curriculum and rigidity in training. | | | | the whole process will not be projected by |
| Private schools in California are not required with | | | | imagination. It happens in a span of decades. |
| heavy restrictions on credentials. | | | | |