According to the Empire Center for Public Policy, over the past 10 years, homeschool enrollment has increased by 178%. Last year, there were more than 50,000 homeschoolers across New York state with over 14,000 in New York City.
Families choose to homeschool for a variety of reasons, however, for one school district, the choice to homeschool has now become a legal matter after a superintendent has said she would not sign a letter that shows a student completed their homeschool education due to how their final assessment is administered.
Although she does have the legal right to do so, a homeschool parent in the district is concerned about the impact the new policy could have…