Notification and Transferring your Child Out of School 

If your child has not yet been enrolled in a school (public or private), you do not have to notify anyone that you will be homeschooling.  If your child is enrolled in a school, you should notify the school director of your transfer to homeschooling.  The following is the procedure we have been following for transfers from the public education system.  Private schools may have their own procedure for you to follow.  If not, you may want to suggest the following procedure to them.  There is no waiting period to transfer your child into homeschooling; you alone decide the date you are taking your child out of school.*

The Department of Education still does not have a formal procedure in place for homeschoolers leaving school systems and so, there remains much confusion on the part of many directors on how to handle those transferring out of the school systems into homeschooling.  This holds particularly true for those students receiving Special Education.  However, the following has more or less been the accepted procedure thus far.  

If your child has been enrolled in a school (public or private), you should notify the director in writing that your child is transferring into a private educational system. (sample letter)  If the school has the transfer form available, you may fill it out with the name of your homeschool (simply name your homeschool whatever you want).   

You may also request a copy of your child's records.  Depending on the school, you may be asked to cover the cost of copying said records.  Your child's medical and vaccination certificates should also be returned to you.