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Superintendent says letters will go to noncompliant homeschool families, urges enrollment
Summary
Superintendent Dr. Bedell told the board the district will send letters to some homeschool families judged noncompliant with evaluation requirements and will require children be enrolled in public or private school if families do not respond.
Superintendent Dr. Bedell told the DeSoto County School Board that the district supports homeschooling but will send letters to families the district considers noncompliant with evaluation or documentation requirements.
“We also have those several that are noncompliant. They're gonna be getting a letter from me this week,” Bedell said, adding that the letters will remind families to provide the required evaluations and that staff have already sent reminder forms. “I'm gonna be reaching out those families and I'm gonna require that they put their child either in public school or private school. But they've gotta be schooled,” he said.
Bedell noted the district supports several hundred homeschool students and that compulsory-schooling responsibilities extend through age 16. He said the letters would be sent either Friday of that week or the following Monday or Tuesday.
What was not specified: the transcript did not identify the number of noncompliant families, the specific legal citation or policy being enforced, or what follow-up enforcement steps would follow a family's nonresponse.
Why it matters: Enforcement of homeschooling documentation affects student attendance records and district oversight of compulsory education requirements.
Next steps: The superintendent indicated letters would be mailed imminently; the transcript did not record a related motion or vote.
