While the school may have a legitimate interest in validating that there is coverage during instructional hours, asking for information about the child's non-instructional time is beyond their legitimate authority. Schools do not check the work schedules of their students' parents during summer vacation. Your methods and instructional practices, the manner in which you teach, may differ from that of the school. Charles was quite clear that this was beyond the scope of the school s authority. A statement of student willingness to be homeschooled is not required.
Parents have a right to select educational options for their minor children.
Districts do not ask for a statement of student willingness to attend private or parochial school. Nor should they request homeschoolers to submit this information. The names of persons living in the home is not required. However, this is public information that the school can find in town census records. There is no upper limit on the number of children a family can homeschool, nor are there restrictions on who may be included in the household.