On Friday, March 15th, the Office of the State Superintendent of Education released an updated version of the proposed regulation on attendance that had caused us significant concern. I am happy to say that it removed all of the language about homeschooling that caused us concern. In fact, it goes one step further and specifically excludes homeschooling from the definition of “educational institutions.” Because the rest of the regulation applies to “educational institutions” it is very clear that this law is not meant to include homeschoolers. If you would like to read the new text, you may find it here.

The only reason this regulation changed is because the DC homeschool community came together and made our voices heard. Thank you all for your help, especially those of you who sent e-mails and who testified at the Board meeting. You stood up and demonstrated to your children how to participate as a citizen in this republic that has been entrusted to us!