If you are home schooling in WA, you must finish the year with a moderators meeting at your home to have the final report. This is where you will get the approval to continue being a home schooling parent and feedback on how you can improve. We had already left for our travels by then and were unable to do this meeting. In November the moderator called and asked to book a meeting, I told her we were out of state and without any ask of proof she just said ‘fine I’ll take you off my list’ and that was that.
In the last 18 months no one has sent anything or contacted us at all about the kids schooling. Even while registered with the homeschooling department, not once during the year did we have a check up phone call or letter sent out. We are free to do what we like at this present moment.
A big question is ‘do they still get a pass for competing that current year/grade? No they don’t get any certificate to say they have passed. We were told by the home schooling department that we could skip 5 years if we wanted to and when we enroll into the next public school they will attend the grade the children are up to in their schooling according to their age. It is the parents responsibility to keep up with the children’s education. Legally the public school system MUST accept your children back into the school system.
Although if you are entering or applying for a private school, the principal there might ask for previous school records, although highly unlikely. It is only the public schools that cannot turn your children away when applying for enrollment.