What the law actually requires where you live, which sources hold up under scrutiny, a day that a child can genuinely sustain, and the folder to hand an assessor. Every legal entry links its primary source rather than someone's summary of it.
The Constitution recognises the family as the primary educator (Art. 42). Children educated outside a recognised school must be registered with Tusla's Alternative Education Assessment and Registration Service.
Apply to Tusla AEARS for entry on the Register of Children Receiving Education in Places Other than Recognised Schools.
Take part in a preliminary assessment — usually a home visit and a conversation about your approach.
Show the education is 'certain minimum education' in a moral, intellectual, physical, social and personal sense; no set curriculum is imposed.
Keep a simple record of work, outings, resources and progress — helpful at review, not legally prescribed in form.
Parents must cause their child to receive efficient full-time education suitable to age, ability and aptitude — 'at school or otherwise'. No registration is required if the child never attended, though local authorities may make informal enquiries.
Home education is lawful in all fifty states, but the duty is set state by state: notice of intent, standardised testing, portfolio review, teacher qualification and required subjects all vary.
Provincial jurisdiction. Most provinces require annual notification to a school board; some fund home educators and require a learning plan.
Registration is compulsory in every state and territory, with an education plan mapped to the Australian Curriculum and periodic review.
Apply for an exemption from enrolment; once granted, a supervision allowance is paid and the family teaches 'as regularly and as well as in a registered school'.
Compulsory school attendance (Schulpflicht) means home education is effectively prohibited; exemptions are granted only for serious illness or exceptional circumstances, and enforcement includes fines and custody proceedings.
The Education Act allows home education only under 'exceptional circumstances', reviewed yearly; approvals are rare.
Registration with the provincial head of department is required under the South African Schools Act; the programme must meet the minimum outcomes of the national curriculum.
This is signposting, not legal advice. Statutes change and enforcement varies locally — read the primary source linked beside each entry, and take advice before withdrawing a child from a school roll.
