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What If We're Not Registered Homeschoolers?
© Beverley Paine Please note: all information is opinion supplied on this website is provided by a lay-person, untrained in law, and is offered in good faith: it may not be accurate or up-to-date and you are strongly urged to seek legal advice from a qualified practitioner for your particular situation. "What happens if the officials find out that you are not registered, am I looking at a fine or something?" In South Australia when families who are not registered finally decide to register they simply register. In my two decades of homeschooling experience I have not heard of anyone being fined. In most cases the registration process is a lot easier than those who register when they first begin to home educate, as they have already accumulated considerable 'evidence' that the children are learning well at home (provided the family has been keeping some kind of records of the learning journey). They are also a lot more confident that homeschooling works and in their own ability to teach their children at home. Refusal to register is usually followed up with threats of legal action. In some states this is often all that happens, usually because it's either too much trouble to chase anything other than abuse cases, or because the authority knows that the law is not clear enough to support their case. It is best to talk to local homeschoolers about the legal requirements in your state. You can do this by contacting either the Home Education Association http://hea.asn.au (they have a list of contacts on their website) or your state homeschool organisation. Was this article helpful? Was it worth $1.00 to you? Your gift of $1 or more helps to keep this site operating offering encouragement and reassurance to families wanting better outcomes for their children. Beverley Paine with her children, and their home educated children, relaxing at home. Together with the support of my family, my aim is to help parents educate their children in stress-free, nurturing environments. In addition to building and maintaing this website, I continue to create and manage local and national home educating networks, help to organise conferences and camps, as well as write for, edit and produce newsletters, resource directories and magazines. I am an active supporter of national, state, regional and local home education groups.
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and Learning without School! We began educating our children in 1985, when our eldest was five. In truth, we had helped them learn what they need to learn since they were born. I am a passionate advocate of allowing children to learn unhindered by unnecessary stress and competition, meeting developmental needs in ways that suit their individual learning styles and preferences. Ours was a homeschooling, unschooling and natural learning family! There are hundreds of articles on this site to help you build confidence as a home educating family. We hope that your home educating adventure is as satisfying as ours was! Beverley Paine
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