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((Short description|Overview of the legal situation and prevalence of homeschooling around the world))
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[[Homeschooling]] is illegal in many countries. Countries with the most prevalent homeschooling movements include [[Homeschooling and distance education in Australia|Australia]], [[Homeschooling in Canada|Canada]], [[Homeschooling in New Zealand|New Zealand]], the [[Home education in the United Kingdom|United Kingdom]], and the [[Homeschooling in the United States|United States]]. Some countries have highly regulated homeschooling programs as an extension of the compulsory school system; few others, such as [[Schulpflicht|Germany]],<ref name=Spiegler>((cite journal|last=Spiegler |first=Thomas |title=Home education in Germany: An overview of the contemporary situation |url=http://www.multilingual-matters.net/erie/017/0179/erie0170179.pdf |journal=Evaluation and Research in Education |year=2003 |volume=17 |issue=2–3 |pages=179–90|doi=10.1080/09500790308668301|s2cid=55313080 ))</ref> have outlawed it entirely. In some other countries, while not restricted by law, homeschooling is not socially acceptable, or is considered undesirable,((why|date=December 2014)) and is virtually non-existent.
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== Status of homeschooling across continents ==

=== Africa ===
{| class="wikitable" 
|-
! style="width:130px" | Country or region
! style="width:760px" | Status
! style="width:175px" | Statistics
! style="width:100px" | Sources
|-
| [[Education in Sierra Leone|Sierra Leone]]
| Illegal, public education is mandatory without known exceptions.
| Unknown
| <ref>((cite web |url=http://planipolis.iiep.unesco.org/upload/Sierra%20Leone/SL_Act03_Education.pdf |title=Supplement to the Sierra Leone Gazette Vol. CXXXV, No. 19 |date=1 April 2004 |quotation=THE EDUCATION ACT, 2004 |website=Planipolis.iiep.unesco.org |access-date=2016-04-03 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304082322/http://planipolis.iiep.unesco.org/upload/Sierra%20Leone/SL_Act03_Education.pdf |archive-date=4 March 2016 |url-status=dead |df=dmy-all ))</ref>
|-
|[[Homeschooling in South Africa|South Africa]]
| Legal as alternative to the mandatory public school system.
| Estimated between 30,000 and 100,000 children
| <ref>((cite web|url=https://www.sahomeschoolers.org/|title=SA Homeschoolers – Blog Articles|website=sahomeschoolers.org))</ref>
|}

=== North America ===

{| class="wikitable" 
|-
! style="width:130px" | Country or region
! style="width:760px" | Status
! style="width:175px" | Statistics
! style="width:100px" | Sources
|-
| [[Homeschooling in Canada|Canada]]
| Legal under regulating conditions (Alberta – regulation, British Columbia – registration, Manitoba – permit, Newfoundland – permit, New Brunswick – permit, Northwest Territories – regulation, Nova Scotia – regulation, Ontario – regulation, Prince Edward Island – regulation, Quebec – permit, Saskatchewan – permit, Yukon – regulation)
| 100.000 children
| <ref>((cite web|url=https://ontariohomeschool.org/about-homeschooling/homeschooling-faq/|title=The Ontario Federation of Teaching Parents » Homeschooling FAQ|website=ontariohomeschool.org))</ref><ref>((Cite web |url=http://www.hslda.org/docs/nche/000000/00000080.asp |title=Home Schooling in Canada: Provincial DifferencesHSLDA &#124; National Center Special Report |access-date=2013-01-26 |archive-date=2016-07-06 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160706132544/http://www.hslda.org/docs/nche/000000/00000080.asp |url-status=dead ))</ref><ref>((Cite web |url=http://www.hslda.org/docs/news/2012/201203271.asp |title=Victory in Canada: Restrictive Education Bill Defeated |access-date=2013-01-26 |archive-date=2016-12-12 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161212153248/http://www.hslda.org/docs/news/2012/201203271.asp |url-status=dead ))</ref><ref>((cite web|url=https://www.canadianliving.com/life-and-relationships/subsection/family|title=Family|website=Canadian Living|date=6 February 2020 ))</ref>
|-
| Greenland
| Illegal, public education is mandatory without known exceptions.
| Virtually no homeschooling*
| <ref>((cite web|url=https://fleksibelskole.dk/atuarfitsialak_en.htm|title=Atuarfitsialak Engelsk|website=fleksibelskole.dk))</ref><ref>((cite encyclopedia|title=Greenland – MSN Encarta |url=http://encarta.msn.com/encyclopedia_761561107/greenland.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091028015907/http://encarta.msn.com/encyclopedia_761561107/Greenland.html |archive-date=2009-10-28 |url-status=dead ))</ref>
|-
| [[Homeschooling in the United States|United States]]
| Legal under regulating conditions, varies by state.
| Around 4 million children
| <ref>((cite web|url=https://hslda.org/content/laws/|title=Homeschool Laws in Your State – HSLDA|first=Home School Legal Defense|last=Association|website=Home School Legal Defense Association))</ref>
|}

=== Latin America and the Caribbean ===
{| class="wikitable" 
|-
! style="width:130px" | Country or region
! style="width:760px" | Status
! style="width:175px" | Statistics
! style="width:100px" | Sources
|-
| [[Education in Belize|Belize]]
| Expats have right to homeschool. Compulsory attendance is unclear for citizens.
| Unknown
|
|-
| [[Education in Brazil|Brazil]]
| Legal. The supreme court deemed homeschooling constitutional, but pending legalization. Some states and cities already legalized it.<ref name="g1.globo.com">((Cite web|url=https://g1.globo.com/pr/parana/educacao/noticia/2021/09/15/deputados-estaduais-aprovam-projeto-que-regulamenta-ensino-domiciliar-no-parana.ghtml|title=Deputados estaduais aprovam projeto que regulamenta ensino domiciliar no Paraná|website=G1|date=15 September 2021 ))</ref><ref name="ReferenceA">((Cite web|url=https://g1.globo.com/df/distrito-federal/noticia/2020/12/16/homeschooling-lei-que-autoriza-educacao-em-casa-e-sancionada-no-df-e-vale-a-partir-de-fevereiro-de-2021.ghtml|title='Homeschooling': lei que autoriza educação em casa é sancionada no DF e vale a partir de fevereiro de 2021|website=g1.globo.com|date=16 December 2020 ))</ref> Federal legislation is still pending.<ref>((cite web | url=http://portal.mec.gov.br/component/content/article?id=75061 | title=Bolsonaro assina projeto que regulamenta educação domiciliar ))</ref>
| 35,000 students<ref>((Cite web|url=https://outraspalavras.net/outrasmidias/governo-corre-para-aprovar-o-homeschooling-no-brasil/|title=Governo corre para aprovar o homeschooling no Brasil|website=outraspalavras.net|language=pt))</ref>
| <ref>[[Constitution of Brazil]]</ref><ref>((cite web|url=http://www2.camara.leg.br/camaranoticias/radio/materias/COM-A-PALAVRA/444758-DEPUTADO-DIZ-QUE-E-IMPORTANTE-AVALIACAO-PERIODICA-DE-CRIANCAS-QUE-SAO-EDUCADAS-DENTRO-DE-CASA.html|title=Deputado diz que é importante avaliação periódica de crianças que são educadas dentro de casa|website=www2.camara.leg.br))</ref><ref>((cite web|url=https://www.bbc.com/portuguese/noticias/2013/11/131104_educacao_domiciliar_abre_vale_mdb|title=Ensinar os filhos em casa ganha força no Brasil e gera polêmica|first=Mariana Della Barba Da BBC Brasil em São|last=Paulo|website=BBC News Brasil|date=4 November 2013))</ref>
|-
| [[Education in Chile|Chile]]
| Legal. Freedom of education is guaranteed by the constitution. Prior registration with the Ministerio de Educación is required.
| 8000-15000 students
| <ref>((Cite web|url=https://www.ayudamineduc.cl/ficha/examenes-libres-menores-de-18-anos-11|title = Exámenes libres – menores de 18 años &#124; Ayuda Mineduc))</ref>
|-
| [[Education in Colombia|Colombia]]
| Legal. Regulated by the Ministry of Education and the [[ICFES]] (Colombian Institute for the Promotion of Higher Education). The student would have to present a Public Validation Test and a State Test (Similar to SAT) if he/she wants to go to College.
| Unknown
| <ref>((cite web|url=http://www2.icfes.gov.co/|title=Novedades – Icfes Instituto Colombiano para la Evaluación de la Educación|website=www2.icfes.gov.co))</ref>
|-
| [[Education in Costa Rica|Costa Rica]]
| Illegal, public or private education is mandatory without known exceptions.
| 
|<ref>((cite web|url=https://homeschoolingcostarica.org|title=¿Es legal el homeschooling en Costa Rica? No|website=homeschoolingcostarica.org))</ref><ref>((cite web|url=https://hslda.org/content/hs/international/CostaRica/default.asp|title=HSLDA – Home Schooling – Costa Rica|website=hslda.org))</ref>
|-
| [[Education in Cuba|Cuba]]
| Illegal, public education is mandatory without known exceptions.
| Virtually no homeschooling*
| [[Education in Cuba|WP]]((Circular reference|date=February 2019))<ref>((cite web|url=https://www.britannica.com/place/Cuba|title=Cuba – history – geography|website=Encyclopedia Britannica|date=25 April 2023 ))</ref><ref>((cite web|url=https://www.nationsencyclopedia.com/Americas/Cuba-EDUCATION.html|title=Education – Cuba|website=nationsencyclopedia.com))</ref>
|-
| [[Education in El Salvador|El Salvador]]
| Legal<ref>((Cite web|title=El Salvador|url=https://hslda.org/post/el-salvador|access-date=2021-12-09|website=HSLDA|date=October 2019 |language=en))</ref>
| 
|
|-
| Guatemala
| Illegal, public education is mandatory without known exceptions.
| Unknown
| <ref>((cite web|url=https://www.britannica.com/place/Guatemala|title=Guatemala – History, Map, Flag, Population, & Facts|website=Encyclopedia Britannica|date=20 May 2023 ))</ref><ref>((cite web|url=https://www.nationsencyclopedia.com/Americas/Guatemala-EDUCATION.html|title=Education – Guatemala|website=nationsencyclopedia.com))</ref>
|-
| Mexico
| Legal as long as the student is registered, which can be a lengthy bureaucratic process. Compulsory attendance laws are unclear.
| Unknown
|
|-
| Panama
| Unclear, for it is neither legal nor illegal.
|there are a number of families who are currently homeschooling
|
|-
| Peru
| Legal. Prior registration with the Ministerio de Educación is required.
|Unknown
|
|-
| Suriname
| Legal.
| Virtually no homeschooling*
| <ref>((cite web|url=http://www.dna.sr/wetgeving/surinaamse-wetten/geldende-teksten-tm-2005/de-lager-onderwijswet-1960|title=De Lager Onderwijswet 1960 – De Nationale Assemblée|website=dna.sr))</ref>
|-
| Trinidad and Tobago
| Legal.
| Unknown
| <ref>((cite web|url=https://hslda.org/content/hs/international/trinidadtobago/default.asp|title=HSLDA – Home Schooling – Trinidad & Tobago|website=hslda.org))</ref><ref>((cite web|url=https://www.homeschool-life.com/1450/faq/?public=1&private=|title=FAQs|website=homeschool-life.com))</ref>
|}

=== Asia ===

{| class="wikitable" 
|-
! style="width:130px" | Country or region
! style="width:760px" | Status
! style="width:175px" | Statistics
! style="width:100px" | Sources
|-
| Armenia
| Illegal, public education is mandatory without known exceptions.
| Virtually no homeschooling*
| [[Education in Armenia|WP]]((Circular reference|date=February 2019))<ref name="Armenian education">((Cite web |url=http://www.bibl.u-szeged.hu/oseas/armedu.html |title=Armenian education |access-date=2011-06-13 |archive-date=2011-06-13 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110613214551/http://www.bibl.u-szeged.hu/oseas/armedu.html |url-status=dead ))</ref>
|-
| Azerbaijan
| Illegal, public education is mandatory without known exceptions.
| Virtually no homeschooling*
| [[Education in Azerbaijan|WP]]((Circular reference|date=February 2019))<ref name="countrystudies.us">((cite web|url=http://countrystudies.us/azerbaijan/23.htm|title=Azerbaijan – Education, Health, and Welfare|website=countrystudies.us))</ref>
|-
| Cyprus
| Illegal, public education is mandatory without known exceptions.
| Virtually no homeschooling*
| <ref name="country-studies.com">http://www.country-studies.com/cyprus/education.html</ref>
|-
| Georgia
| Illegal, public education is mandatory without known exceptions.
| Virtually no homeschooling*
| <ref name="EDUCATION SYSTEM IN GEORGIA">((cite web|url=http://www.euroeducation.net/prof/goergco.htm|title=EDUCATION SYSTEM IN GEORGIA|website=euroeducation.net))</ref><ref name="nationsencyclopedia.com">((cite web|url=https://www.nationsencyclopedia.com/Europe/Georgia-EDUCATION.html|title=Education – Georgia – located, system|website=nationsencyclopedia.com))</ref>
|-
| [[Homeschooling and alternative education in India|India]]
| Legal as alternative to the mandatory public school system
| 2000 children
| <ref>((cite web|url=https://hslda.org/content/hs/international/India/default.asp|title=HSLDA – Home Schooling – India|website=hslda.org))</ref>
|-
| Indonesia
| Legal as alternative to the mandatory public school system.
| 40.000 children
|
|-
| Iran
| Illegal, primary school education is compulsory without known exceptions.
| Unknown
|
|-
| Israel
| Legal under regulating conditions
| 500 children as of 2016/14
| [[:he:חינוך ביתי#המצב כיום|חינוך ביתי בישראל]]((Circular reference|date=February 2019))
|-
| Kazakhstan
| Not illegal, but not provided by law. Legal and provided for gifted and disabled students. Door to door checks conducted regularly. Legal for non-residents.
| Many expat families homeschool
| <ref name="Трубачева">((cite web|url=https://forbes.kz//process/education/vozmojno_li_v_kazahstane_srednee_obrazovanie_vne_shkolyi/|title=Возможно ли в Казахстане среднее образование вне школы?|first=Татьяна|last=Трубачева|date=20 January 2015|website=forbes.kz))</ref>
|-
| Philippines
| Legal
| More than 10000 
| <ref>((cite web|url=http://www.hapi.ph/faqs.html|title=FAQs|website=Homeschool Association of the Philippine Islands))</ref><ref>((cite web|url=https://hslda.org/content/hs/international/Philippines/|title=HSLDA – Home Schooling – Philippines|website=hslda.org))</ref>
|-
| North Korea
| Illegal, public education is mandatory with no known exceptions.
|Unknown
|
|-
| [[#Russia|Russia]]
| Legal since 1992, law sometimes ignored. Every homeschooled child must be enrolled into a state-licensed school (can be a private school), and does not have to pass annual exams. Homeschooled children received diplomas from supervising school.
| 50,000–100,000
| [[Education in Russia|WP]]((Circular reference|date=February 2019))<ref name="familyeducation.ru">((cite web|url=http://www.familyeducation.ru/?module=articles&c=Diff&b=1&a=1|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161217155140/http://www.familyeducation.ru/?module=articles&c=Diff&b=1&a=1|url-status=dead|archive-date=17 December 2016|title=Семейное образование, Домашнее образование, Экстернат – О проекте|date=17 December 2016))</ref><ref name="HSLDA – Why Homeschooling is Gainin">((cite web|url=https://hslda.org/content/hs/international/Russia/201704040.asp|title=HSLDA – Why Homeschooling is Gaining Respect in Russia|website=hslda.org))</ref>
|-
| South Korea
| Illegal by law, but law is unclear and the cause is supported by business leaders, therefore homeschoolers do not generally experience issues with authorities.
| 2000 Students
| <ref>((cite web|url=https://hslda.org/content/hs/international/SouthKorea/200408190.asp|title=HSLDA – Homeschooling is Growing in South Korea|website=hslda.org))</ref>
|-
| Taiwan
| Legal since 2011
| 1000 Children
|
|-
| Thailand
| Legal since 2004
| 1000 Children
| <ref>((Cite web|url=https://hslda.org/post/thailand|title=Thailand|website=HSLDA|date=10 October 2019 ))</ref>
|-
| Turkey
| Illegal, public and private education is mandatory without known exceptions.
| Possible, but not likely*
| [[Education in Turkey|WP]]((Circular reference|date=March 2020))<ref name="EVDE EĞİTİM">((cite web|url=https://dergipark.org.tr/en/download/article-file/442676|title=EVDE EĞİTİM|date=2010))</ref>
|-
| United Arab Emirates
| Legal, as alternative to the mandatory public school system.
| 2000 children*
| <ref>((Cite web|url=https://www.emiratesnbd.com/en/new-to-uae/move-to-uae/education/education-system-in-the-uae/#:~:text=In%20the%20UAE%2C%20both%20primary,segregation%20of%20boys%20and%20girls.| title=The Education System in the UAE- an Overview ))</ref>
|}

=== Europe ===
{| class="wikitable" 
|-
! style="width:130px" | Country or region
! style="width:760px" | Status
! style="width:175px" | Statistics
! style="width:100px" | Sources
|-
| [[Education in Albania|Albania]]
| Illegal, public education is mandatory without known exceptions.
| Virtually no homeschooling*
| <ref>((cite web|url=http://www-gewi.kfunigraz.ac.at/csbsc/country_reports/Education_Albania.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090710034211/http://www-gewi.kfunigraz.ac.at/csbsc/country_reports/Education_Albania.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=10 July 2009|title=Education in Albania|date=10 July 2009))</ref>
|-
| Andorra
| Illegal, public education is mandatory without known exceptions.
| Virtually no homeschooling*
| <ref>((cite web|url=https://www.nationsencyclopedia.com/Europe/Andorra-EDUCATION.html|title=Education – Andorra|website=nationsencyclopedia.com))</ref><ref>((cite web|url=http://www.studycountry.com/|title=The Education System in Andorra|website=Studycountry))</ref>
|-
| Armenia
| Illegal, public education is mandatory without known exceptions.
| Virtually no homeschooling*
| [[Education in Armenia|WP]]((Circular reference|date=February 2019))<ref name="Armenian education"/>
|-
| [[#Austria|Austria]]
| Legal under restrictive conditions, homeschooling is allowed as long as the instruction is at least equal to that of the state school.
| 2500 Children
| <ref>((cite web|url=https://www.bildungssystem.at/index.php|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170623170032/http://www.bildungssystem.at/index.php|url-status=dead|archive-date=June 23, 2017|title=www.bildungssystem.at – Das österreichische Bildungssystem|website=bildungssystem.at))</ref><ref>((cite web|url=https://diepresse.com/home/bildung/schule/pflichtschulen/710722/Haeuslicher-Unterricht-in-Oesterreich-aeusserst-selten|title=Häuslicher Unterricht in Österreich äußerst selten|date=22 November 2011|website=Die Presse))</ref>
|-
| Azerbaijan
| Illegal, public education is mandatory without known exceptions.
| Virtually no homeschooling*
| [[Education in Azerbaijan|WP]]((Circular reference|date=February 2019))<ref name="countrystudies.us"/>
|-
| Belarus
| Illegal, public education is mandatory without known exceptions.
| Virtually no homeschooling*
| [[Education in Belarus|WP]]((Circular reference|date=February 2019))<ref>((cite web|url=https://www.belarus.by/en/about-belarus/education|title=Education, Belarus – Belarus.by|website=belarus.by))</ref>
|-
| [[#Belgium|Belgium]]
| Legal under restrictive conditions, Homeschooling is a constitutional right in Belgium.
| 500
| ((citation needed|date=October 2021))
|-
| Bosnia and Herzegovina
| Illegal, public education is mandatory without known exceptions.
| Virtually no homeschooling*
| <ref>((cite web|url=http://www.britishcouncil.org/eumd-information-background-bosnia.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110606195218/http://www.britishcouncil.org/eumd-information-background-bosnia.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=6 June 2011|title=Bosnia and Herzegovina education market introduction – Education UK Marketing – British Council|date=6 June 2011))</ref><ref>((cite web|url=http://www.seerecon.org/bosnia/documents/education_report.pdf|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070711183930/http://www.seerecon.org/bosnia/documents/education_report.pdf|title=Education in Bosnia and Herzegovina Governance, Finance and Administration|url-status=dead|archive-date=11 July 2007|date=11 July 2007))</ref>
|-
| Bulgaria
| Illegal, public education is mandatory. Only children with special needs may be homeschooled under strict government control.
|Fewer than 100 families
| [[Education in Bulgaria|WP]]((Circular reference|date=February 2019))<ref>((cite web|url=https://www.britannica.com/place/Bulgaria|title=Bulgaria – history – geography|website=Encyclopedia Britannica|date=22 May 2023 ))</ref><ref>((cite web|url=https://hslda.org/content/hs/international/Bulgaria/default.asp|title=HSLDA – Home Schooling – Bulgaria|website=hslda.org))</ref>
|-
| [[#Croatia|Croatia]]
| Illegal, public education is mandatory without known exceptions.
| Virtually no homeschooling*
| [[Education in Croatia|WP]]((Circular reference|date=February 2019))<ref>((cite web|url=http://www-gewi.kfunigraz.ac.at/csbsc/country_reports/Education_Croatia.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070911032008/http://www-gewi.kfunigraz.ac.at/csbsc/country_reports/Education_Croatia.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=11 September 2007|title=Education in Croatia|date=11 September 2007))</ref>
|-
| Cyprus
| Illegal, public education is mandatory without known exceptions.
| Virtually no homeschooling*
| <ref name="country-studies.com"/>
|-
| [[#Czech Republic|Czech Republic]]
| Legal under restrictive conditions by law as alternative (for "serious reasons" ) for primary school. National curriculum examinations are mandatory twice a year.
| 2 500 families
| <ref>((cite web|url=https://secure.hslda.org/Login.aspx?ReturnUrl=https%3a%2f%2fcontent.hslda.org%2fdocs%2fhshb%2f16%2fhshb1617.asp|title=HSLDA|website=secure.hslda.org))</ref><ref>((cite web|url=https://hslda.org/content/hs/international/CzechRepublic/201201230.asp|title=HSLDA – Homeschool Improvements on the Horizon|website=hslda.org))</ref><ref>((cite web|url=https://educationotherwise.org/index.php/links|title=Links|website=educationotherwise.org))</ref><ref>((cite web|url=http://www.czech.cz/en/work-study/education-and-studying/educational-system/the-czech-education-system|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091018074401/http://www.czech.cz/en/work-study/education-and-studying/educational-system/the-czech-education-system|url-status=dead|archive-date=18 October 2009|title=The Czech education system – Czech republic|date=18 October 2009))</ref>
|-
| [[#Denmark|Denmark]]
| Legal, homeschooling is allowed as long as the instruction is at least equal to that of the state school. The inspections are controlled by the local district public school or a third part inspector.
|min. 1.238 children (school year 2020–2021)
| [[Education in Denmark|WP]]((Circular reference|date=February 2019))<ref>((cite web|url=https://www.xn--frilring-m0a.dk/viden/hjemmeunderviste-b%C3%B8rn-i-danske-kommuner-2017|title=Homeschooled children in Denmark – statistics|website=frilæring.dk))</ref>
|-
| [[#Estonia|Estonia]]
| Legal under control of school. Every homeschooled child must be supervised by an authorized school (can be a private school) and pass annual exams. Homeschooled children receive diploma from supervising school.
| Fewer than 100
| [[Education in Estonia|WP]]((Circular reference|date=February 2019))<ref>((cite web|url=http://esis.ee/|title=Domains and trademarks|website=esis.ee))</ref>
|-
| [[#Finland|Finland]]
| Legal as alternative to the mandatory public school system. Written and oral examinations to check on progress are mandatory.
| 400–600
| <ref>((cite web|url=https://www.oph.fi/english/page.asp?path=447,4699,4847|title=Finnish National Agency for Education – Front page|website=oph.fi|access-date=2019-02-06|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181211120830/https://www.oph.fi/english/page.asp?path=447,4699,4847|archive-date=2018-12-11|url-status=dead))</ref><ref>((cite web|url=https://www.edu.fi/pageLast.asp?path=498,1329,1344,81146|title=Edu.fi – Opettajan verkkopalvelu|website=edu.fi|access-date=2019-02-06|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190207020737/https://www.edu.fi/pageLast.asp?path=498,1329,1344,81146|archive-date=2019-02-07|url-status=dead))</ref>[[Education in Finland|WP]]((Circular reference|date=February 2019))<ref name="auto">Hem och skola 4/2011 p. 7 (Swedish)</ref>
|-
| [[#France|France]]
| Legal as alternative to the mandatory public school system, but subject to very harsh authorizations and yearly inspections since 2022 law on separatism.
| 63 000 (February 2021)
| <ref>((Cite web|last=Hird|first=Alison|date=2021-02-11|title=Islamism in France: Is Macron missing his target by limiting home schooling?|url=https://www.rfi.fr/en/france/20210211-is-french-government-missing-its-target-in-restricting-home-schooling-islamist-separatism-education-sect|access-date=2021-02-21|website=RFI|language=en))</ref>
|-
| Georgia
| Illegal, public education is mandatory without known exceptions.
| Virtually no homeschooling*
| <ref name="EDUCATION SYSTEM IN GEORGIA"/><ref name="nationsencyclopedia.com"/>
|-
| Germany
| Illegal, public or approved private education is mandatory with the only exception being where continued school attendance would create undue hardship for an individual child.
| 400
| <ref>((cite news|url=http://www.spiegel.de/international/germany/the-world-from-berlin-germany-s-school-system-is-an-anachronism-a-473337.html|title=The World From Berlin: 'Germany's School System Is an Anachronism'|newspaper=Der Spiegel|date=22 March 2007|via=Spiegel Online))</ref><ref>((cite web|url=https://hslda.org/content/hs/international/Germany/default.asp|title=HSLDA – Home Schooling – Germany|website=hslda.org))</ref>[[Education in Germany|WP]]((Circular reference|date=February 2019))
|-
| Greece
| Illegal, public education is mandatory without known exceptions.
| Virtually no homeschooling*
| <ref>((cite web|url=http://www.ypepth.gr/en_ec_page1531.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110623125731/http://www.ypepth.gr/en_ec_page1531.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=23 June 2011|title=Ministry of Education, Lifelong Learning and Religious Affairs – Greek Education System|date=23 June 2011))</ref>
|-
| [[#Hungary|Hungary]]
| Illegal, public education is mandatory without known exceptions. From 2019 the law says that every child must be supervised by an authorized school and pass annual exams.<ref>((cite web|url=https://dailynewshungary.com/no-one-allowed-to-be-homeschooled-next-year |title=No one allowed to be homeschooled next year in Hungary|date=15 June 2019))</ref>
| 7673 children (2017)<ref>((cite web | url=http://edumap.ofi.hu/en/?id=89402d56d684f126a6badc9ee24730e8/2016/table | title=Number of home-schooled children | website=Edumap | access-date=2019-09-11 ))</ref>
| [[Education in Hungary|WP]]((Circular reference|date=February 2019))<ref>((cite web | url=http://oktatas.origo.hu/20080829/magantanulok_az_oktatasban | title=ORIGO ))</ref> [[:hu:Otthonoktatás|WP]]((Circular reference|date=February 2019))<ref>((cite web|url=http://www.otthonoktatas.info/home_education_hungary|title=HE_inHungary – otthonoktatok|website=otthonoktatas.info|access-date=2019-02-06|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150112231358/http://www.otthonoktatas.info/home_education_hungary|archive-date=2015-01-12|url-status=dead))</ref>
|-
| Iceland
| Legal only for holders of teaching certificates, in other cases public education is mandatory.
| Unknown
| [[Education in Iceland|WP]]((Circular reference|date=February 2019))
|-
| [[#Ireland|Ireland]]
| Legal, homeschooling is allowed by the constitution.
| 1100
| [[Education in the Republic of Ireland|WP]]((Circular reference|date=February 2019))
|-
| [[#Italy|Italy]]
| Legal, homeschooling is allowed by the constitution.
| Unknown
| [[Education in Italy|WP]]((Circular reference|date=February 2019))<ref>((cite web|url=http://www.genitorichannel.it/scuola/homeschooling-italia-guida.html|title=Homeschooling in Italia: la guida super completa.|first=Barbara Lamhita|last=Motolese|website=Genitori Channel))</ref><ref>((cite web | url=http://www.controscuola.it/faq/ | title=Come Fare Homeschooling in Italia ))</ref>
|-
| Kazakhstan
| Not illegal, but not provided by law. Legal and provided for gifted and disabled students. Door to door checks conducted regularly. Legal for non-residents.
| Many expat families homeschool
| <ref name="Трубачева"/>
|-
| Latvia
| Legal under control of school. Every homeschooled child must be supervised by an authorized school (can be a private school) and pass annual exams. Homeschooled children receive diploma from supervising school.
| Fewer than 100 families
| <ref>((cite web|url=http://www.li.lv/index.php?Itemid=459&id=74&option=com_content&task=view|title=Latvijas Institūts – Aktualitātes|website=li.lv))</ref><ref>((cite web|url=https://www.nationsencyclopedia.com/Europe/Latvia-EDUCATION.html|title=Education – Latvia – system|website=nationsencyclopedia.com))</ref>
|-
| Liechtenstein
| Illegal, The granting of private tuition requires the approval of the education authority.
| Virtually no homeschooling*
| <ref>((cite web|url=https://www.nationsencyclopedia.com/Europe/Liechtenstein-EDUCATION.html|title=Education – Liechtenstein – system|website=nationsencyclopedia.com))</ref><ref>((cite web|url=https://www.liechtenstein.li/en/|title=Principality of Liechtenstein – Fürstentum Liechtenstein|website=liechtenstein.li))</ref>
|-
| Lithuania
| Legal under control of school. Every homeschooled child must be supervised by an authorized school (can be a private school) and pass annual exams. Homeschooled children receive diploma from supervising school.
| Virtually no homeschooling*
| <ref>((cite web|url=http://countrystudies.us/lithuania/13.htm|title=Lithuania – Education|website=countrystudies.us))</ref><ref>((cite web|url=https://www.nationsencyclopedia.com/Europe/Lithuania-EDUCATION.html|title=Education – Lithuania – annual|website=nationsencyclopedia.com))</ref><ref>((cite web|url=https://eurohomeed.org/home/president-nausda-signs-bill-re-establishing-homeschool-in-lithuania|title=President Nausėda Signs Bill Re-Establishing Homeschool in Lithuania|website=eurohomeed.org))</ref>
|-
| [[#Luxembourg|Luxembourg]]
| Legal.
| Unknown
| <ref>((cite web|url=https://www.britannica.com/place/Luxembourg|title=Luxembourg – history – geography|website=Encyclopedia Britannica|date=18 May 2023 ))</ref>

|-
| Malta
| Illegal, public education is mandatory without known exceptions.
| Virtually no homeschooling*
| <ref>((cite web|url=https://www.nationsencyclopedia.com/Europe/Malta-EDUCATION.html|title=Education – Malta|website=nationsencyclopedia.com))</ref><ref>((cite web|url=https://www.britannica.com/place/Malta|title=Malta – History, Language, & Points of Interest|website=Encyclopedia Britannica|date=18 May 2023 ))</ref><ref>((cite web|url=http://www.secular-homeschooling.com/006/malta.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110106082257/http://www.secular-homeschooling.com/006/malta.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=6 January 2011|title=Secular Homeschooling Magazine: A Letter from Malta|date=6 January 2011))</ref>
|-
| Moldova
| Not illegal
| 100–200
| <ref>((cite web|url=http://countrystudies.us/moldova/19.htm|title=Moldova – EDUCATION, HEALTH, AND WELFARE|website=countrystudies.us))</ref>
|-
| Montenegro
| Illegal, public education is mandatory without known exceptions.
| Virtually no homeschooling*
| [[Education in Montenegro|WP]]((Circular reference|date=February 2019))
|-
| [[#Netherlands|Netherlands]]
| Illegal, public or private education is mandatory, with some exceptions.
| 1771 children exempt* (2021–2022)
| [[Education in the Netherlands|WP]]((Circular reference|date=February 2019)) 
|-
| North Macedonia
| Illegal, public education is mandatory without known exceptions.
| Virtually no homeschooling*
| <ref>((cite web|url=https://www.britannica.com/place/North-Macedonia|title=North Macedonia – History, Geography, Facts, & Points of Interest|website=Encyclopedia Britannica|date=10 May 2023 ))</ref><ref>((cite web|url=https://www.nationsencyclopedia.com/Europe/Macedonia-EDUCATION.html|title=Education – Macedonia|website=nationsencyclopedia.com))</ref>
|-
| [[#Norway|Norway]]
| Legal under restrictive conditions, homeschooling is allowed as long as the instruction is at least equal to that of the state school.
| 400+
| <ref name="HSLDA - Home Schooling - Norway">((cite web|url=https://hslda.org/content/hs/international/Norway/default.asp|title=HSLDA – Home Schooling – Norway|website=hslda.org))</ref>[[Education in Norway|WP]]((Circular reference|date=February 2019))<ref>((cite web|url=http://nhuf.no/|title=Norsk hjemmeundervisningsforbund|website=nhuf.no))</ref>
|-
| [[#Poland|Poland]]
| Legal under restrictive conditions. Every home schooled child must be supervised by an authorized school (can be a private school) and pass annual exams. Homeschooled children receive diplomas from supervising school.
| 15 034 (Nov 2020)
| <ref>((cite web |url=http://www.poland.pl/education/structure.htm |website=www.poland.pl |access-date=12 January 2022 ))</ref><ref name="HSLDA - Home Schooling - Norway"/>[[Education in Poland|WP]]((Circular reference|date=February 2019))<ref>((cite web|url=http://edukacjadomowa.pl/kondycja-edukacji-domowej-w-polsce/|title=Kondycja edukacji domowej w Polsce – Edukacja domowa|website=edukacjadomowa.pl))</ref>
|-
| [[#Portugal|Portugal]]
| Legal. Children living longer than 4 months in Portugal must attend school by law. Home education under Portuguese national curriculum only. Mandatory annual exams in Portuguese.
| Unknown
| [[Education in Portugal|WP]]((Circular reference|date=February 2019))<ref>((cite web|url=https://hslda.org/content/hs/international/Portugal/default.asp|title=HSLDA – Home Schooling – Portugal|website=hslda.org))</ref><ref>((cite web|url=http://ensinodomestico.ning.com/|title=Ensino Doméstico – Educação Domiciliar|website=ensinodomestico.ning.com|access-date=2014-11-12|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180531115646/http://ensinodomestico.ning.com/|archive-date=2018-05-31|url-status=dead))</ref><ref>((cite web|url=http://aprendersemescola.blogspot.pt/|title=Aprender Sem Escola|website=aprendersemescola.blogspot.pt))</ref><ref>((cite web|url=https://www.educacaolivre.pt/mel/|title=MEL – Associação Movimento Educação Livre|website=MEL – Associação Movimento Educação Livre))</ref>
|-
| Romania
| Legal under restrictive conditions. Children with disabilities, special needs or whose condition does not allow them to be physically present in a school may be home-schooled, under the supervision of an accredited teacher. Foreign Curriculum can be studied, overseen by an [[umbrella school]] from abroad.
| 500
| [[Education in Romania|WP]]((Circular reference|date=February 2019))<ref>((cite web|url=http://www.monitoruljuridic.ro/act/metodologie-cadru-din-7-octombrie-2011-privind-scolarizarea-la-domiciliu-respectiv-infiintarea-de-grupe-clase-in-spitale-emitent-ministerul-educatiei-132840.html|title=METODOLOGIE – CADRU din 7 octombrie 2011 privind scolarizarea la domiciliu, respectiv infiintarea de grupe/clase in spitale|website=monitoruljuridic.ro))</ref><ref>((Cite web |url=http://legestart.ro/Metodologia-2011-cadru-scolarizarea-domiciliu-respectiv-infiintarea-grupe-clase-spitale-(NTk0Njk2).htm |title = Metodologia din 07.10.2011 – Lege5 Online |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130416131526/http://legestart.ro/Metodologia-2011-cadru-scolarizarea-domiciliu-respectiv-infiintarea-grupe-clase-spitale-(NTk0Njk2).htm |archive-date=16 April 2013 |url-status=dead))</ref><ref>((cite web|url=https://www.avocatnet.ro/articol_26837/Ordinul-MECTS-nr-5575-2011-aprobarea-Metodologiei-cadru-privind-scolarizarea-la-domiciliu.html|title=Ordinul MECTS nr. 5.575/2011 – aprobarea Metodologiei-cadru privind scolarizarea la domiciliu|last=Avocatnet.ro|website=avocatnet.ro|date=21 November 2011 ))</ref><ref>((cite web|url=http://www.asociatiapavel.ro/parinti-educatia.php|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150112210625/http://www.asociatiapavel.ro/parinti-educatia.php|url-status=dead|archive-date=12 January 2015|title=Asociatia P.A.V.E.L.|date=12 January 2015))</ref>
|-
| [[#Russia|Russia]]
| Legal since 1992, law sometimes ignored. Every homeschooled child must be enrolled into a state-licensed school (can be a private school), and does not have to pass annual exams. Homeschooled children received diplomas from supervising school.
| 50,000–100,000
| [[Education in Russia|WP]]((Circular reference|date=February 2019))<ref name="familyeducation.ru"/><ref name="HSLDA – Why Homeschooling is Gainin"/>
|-
| San Marino
| Illegal, public education is mandatory without known exceptions.
| Virtually no homeschooling*
| <ref>((cite web|url=https://www.nationsencyclopedia.com/Europe/San-Marino-EDUCATION.html|title=Education – San Marino|website=nationsencyclopedia.com))</ref>
|-
| [[#Serbia|Serbia]]
| Legal, only children who are unable to attend school for health reasons.
| Unknown
| <ref>http://www.mpn.gov.rs/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/Закон-о-основном-образовању-и-васпитању.pdf ((Bare URL PDF|date=March 2022))</ref><ref>The Law on the Fundamentals of the Education System, Article 8 and 38.</ref>
|-
| [[#Slovak Republic|Slovakia]]
| Legal, under conditions. For 6-15years old..
| Several hundred
| [[Education in Slovakia|WP]]((Circular reference|date=February 2019))<ref name="minedusk">((cite web|url=https://www.minedu.sk/zakon-c-2452008-z-z-o-vychove-a-vzdelavani-skolsky-zakon-a-o-zmene-a-doplneni-niektorych-zakonov-v-zneni-neskorsich-predpisov/ |title=Zákon č. 245/2008 Z. Z. O výchove a vzdelávaní (školský zákon) a o zmene a doplnení niektorých zákonov v znení neskorších predpisov &#124; Ministerstvo školstva, vedy, výskumu a športu Slovenskej Republiky |access-date=June 26, 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140718102300/http://www.minedu.sk/zakon-c-2452008-z-z-o-vychove-a-vzdelavani-skolsky-zakon-a-o-zmene-a-doplneni-niektorych-zakonov-v-zneni-neskorsich-predpisov/ |archive-date=July 18, 2014 ))</ref><ref>((cite web|url=http://www.hslda.org/hs/international/Slovakia/default.asp |title=Home Schooling – Slovakia |publisher=HSLDA |access-date=2016-04-03))</ref>
|-
| [[#Slovenia|Slovenia]]
| Legal.
| Unknown
| <ref>((cite web|url=http://www.mss.gov.si/index.php?id=83&L=1|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080612145943/http://www.mss.gov.si/index.php?id=83&L=1|url-status=dead|archive-date=12 June 2008|title=Education in Slovenia|date=12 June 2008))</ref>
|-
| [[#Spain|Spain]]
| Unknown, as Constitution recognises freedom of education, but national education law stipulates that compulsory education must be met through school attendance.
| About 2,000 families
| [[Education in Spain|WP]]((Circular reference|date=February 2019))<ref>((cite web|url=http://www.consumer.es/web/es/educacion/extraescolar/2006/03/08/149990.php|title=Educación en casa|first=EROSKI|last=CONSUMER (http://WWW.CONSUMER.ES/)|date=8 March 2006|website=EROSKI CONSUMER|access-date=13 June 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190207020608/http://www.consumer.es/web/es/educacion/extraescolar/2006/03/08/149990.php|archive-date=7 February 2019|url-status=dead))</ref><ref>((Cite web |url=http://www.csi-csif.es/andalucia/modules/mod_sevilla/archivos/revistaense/n5/casa.PDF |title=¿Escolarización en casa? |access-date=2011-06-13 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110720140002/http://www.csi-csif.es/andalucia/modules/mod_sevilla/archivos/revistaense/n5/casa.PDF |archive-date=2011-07-20 |url-status=dead ))</ref>
|-
| [[#Sweden|Sweden]]
| Illegal, as of June 2010; supposedly allowed under special circumstances such as student health reasons or family travel, but virtually never approved.
| 200 families — half legally
| [[Education in Sweden|WP]]((Circular reference|date=February 2019))<ref>((cite web|url=https://hslda.org/content/hs/international/Sweden/201007070.asp|title=HSLDA – New Education Law Makes Homeschooling Illegal|website=hslda.org))</ref><ref>((cite web|url=https://hslda.org/content/hs/international/Sweden/201010250.asp|title=HSLDA – Sweden Denies Due Process to Family, Disregards Legal System|website=hslda.org))</ref><ref>((Cite web |url=http://www.mannbro.se/hemma/print.php?page=english |title=Parkerad hos Loopia |access-date=2011-06-13 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304172810/http://mannbro.se/hemma/print.php?page=english |archive-date=2016-03-04 |url-status=dead ))</ref><ref>((cite web|url=http://www.estia.educ.goteborg.se/sv-estia/edu/edu_sys3.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081007160451/http://www.estia.educ.goteborg.se/sv-estia/edu/edu_sys3.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=7 October 2008|title=ESTIA in Sweden – Education/Compulsory education|date=7 October 2008))</ref><ref>((cite web|url=https://www.government.se/|title=Government.se|first=Regeringen och|last=Regeringskansliet|date=20 September 2017|website=Regeringskansliet))</ref><ref>((cite web|url=http://www.rohus.nu/en|title=Felsidan|website=rohus.nu))</ref><ref>((cite web|url=http://freesweden.net/|title=Free Sweden.net – Home Education / Homeschooling & Families in Sweden – Hemundervisning i Sverige – MAIN PAGE|website=freesweden.net))</ref>
|-
| [[#Switzerland|Switzerland]]
| Legal in about three quarters of the [[cantons]], with many being restrictive to very restrictive.
| 200–500 children
| [[Education in Switzerland|WP]]((Circular reference|date=February 2019))<ref>((Cite web |url=http://www.cruxmove.com/SwissHomeSchooling.htm |title=Home Schooling in Switzerland |access-date=2011-06-13 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110615000637/http://www.cruxmove.com/SwissHomeSchooling.htm |archive-date=2011-06-15 |url-status=dead ))</ref>
|-
| Turkey
| Illegal, public and private education is mandatory without known exceptions.
| Possible, but not likely*
| [[Education in Turkey|WP]]((Circular reference|date=March 2020))<ref name="EVDE EĞİTİM"/>
|-
| Ukraine
| Legal but heavily regulated
| 200 families
| [[Education in Ukraine|WP]]((Circular reference|date=February 2019))<ref>((cite web|url=https://hslda.org/content/hs/international/Ukraine/default.asp|title=HSLDA – Home Schooling – Ukraine|website=hslda.org))</ref>
|-
| [[#United Kingdom|United Kingdom]]
| Legal as alternative to the mandatory state school system.
| 57,132 
| <ref>((Cite web |title=Educating your child at home |url=https://www.gov.uk/home-education |access-date=2023-10-30 |website=GOV.UK |language=en))</ref>
|-
| Vatican City
| No indication for educational laws to exist were found.
|Unknown
|
|}

=== Oceania ===

{| class="wikitable" 
|-
! style="width:130px" | Country or region
! style="width:760px" | Status
! style="width:175px" | Statistics
! style="width:100px" | Sources
|-
| [[Homeschooling and distance education in Australia|Australia]]
| Legal as alternative to the mandatory public school system.
| 30,000 (including distance learners)
|See main article
|-
| [[Homeschooling in New Zealand|New Zealand]]
| Legal as alternative to the mandatory public school system.
| 6,008 (1 July 2017)
|See main article
|}

== Legality by country or region  ==

=== Africa ===

==== Kenya ====
: ''Status: '''Contentious'''''
Homeschooling is currently permitted in [[Kenya]].<ref>((cite web|url=http://www.hslda.org/hs/international/Kenya/default.asp |title=Home Schooling – Kenya |publisher=HSLDA |access-date=2016-04-03))</ref>

The freedom of homeschooling is however under threat in Kenya, because a new education law has been proposed that does not make any allowance for homeschooling.<ref>((cite web |url=http://www.tuisskolers.org/index.php/home/entry/support-homeschoolers-in-kenya.html |title=Support homeschoolers in Kenya – SA Homeschoolers |website=Tuisskolers.org |date=2012-11-21 |access-date=2016-04-03 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160402082645/http://www.tuisskolers.org/index.php/home/entry/support-homeschoolers-in-kenya.html |archive-date=2016-04-02 |url-status=dead ))</ref>

==== South Africa ====
((main|Homeschooling in South Africa))
: ''Status: '''Legal'''''
During apartheid, home education was illegal in South Africa. The parents Andre and Bokkie Meintjies were jailed in 1994– (this was the year Mandela was elected as President of South Africa), and their children were placed in separate orphanages while the parents were jailed at correctional facilities very far from each other and the children to prevent family contact, because they educated their children at home. However, a few years later, the Mandela government legalised home education with the publication of the South African School Act in 1996. Since it was legalised, homeschooling has the fastest growing education model in the country.

Homeschooling is legal according to [[South Africa]]n national law, but individual provinces have the authority to set their own restrictions.<ref>((cite web|url=http://www.hslda.org/hs/international/SouthAfrica/default.asp |title=Home Schooling – South Africa |publisher=HSLDA |date=2013-08-24 |access-date=2016-04-03))</ref> The SA Schools Act (art. 51) requires parents to register their children for education at home. In practice however, most provincial departments do not have the administrative capability to register children for home education. Some of the larger provincial departments have limited administrative capabilities to register children for home education as well as a lack of follow up capacity, resulting in a serious miscommunication between government and citizens. As a result of this situation, more than 90% of homeschooling parents do not register with the department.<ref>((cite web|url=http://www.tuisskolers.org |title=SA Homeschoolers – Blog Articles |website=Tuisskolers.org |access-date=2016-04-03))</ref>
Since home education was legalised, it has grown exponentially. According to the census count of 2011, there were about 57,000 home learners in the country, putting South Africa in the top five countries in terms of number of home learners.

=== Americas ===

==== Argentina ====
: ''Status: '''Permission required'''''<ref>((cite web |date=2006-12-28 |title=Ley de educación nacional Nacional Artículo 129 |trans-title=National Education Law Article 129 |url=https://leyes-ar.com/ley_de_educacion_nacional/129.htm |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230412024934/https://leyes-ar.com/ley_de_educacion_nacional/129.htm |archive-date=2023-04-12 |access-date=2023-05-02 |quote=Los padres, madres o tutores/as de los/as estudiantes tienen los siguientes deberes: [...] Asegurar la concurrencia de sus hijos/as o representados/as a los establecimientos escolares para el cumplimiento de la escolaridad obligatoria, salvo excepciones de salud o de orden legal que impidan a los/as educandos/as su asistencia periódica a la escuela. [The student's parents/tutor have the following obligations: [...] ensure the child's attendance to the educational establishments in observance of compulsory education, except when reasons of health or legal nature prevent the student's periodic attendance to school].))</ref>
Article 129 of the National Education Law in Argentina states that parents must ensure that their children attend school. Children can be homeschooled, but parents need to apply for permission from the Provincial Council of Education.

The law pertaining to homeschooling permissions is Article 26 of the Regulatory Decree 572/62,((Citation needed|date=May 2023)) where the home is mentioned as one of the possible ways to ensure compulsory education of children.

==== Brazil ====
: ''Status: '''Legal'''''<ref>[[Constitution of Brazil]], article 218, I.</ref>
Public interest in homeschooling in [[Brazil]] is more widespread compared to other countries in [[South America]]. A rough estimate by the National Association of Home Education, founded in 2010, stated that around 3,201 families were homeschooling in 2016.<ref>((Cite news |title=Educação domiciliar ganha força no Brasil e Busca legalização |language=pt-BR |newspaper=Gazeta do Povo |url=http://www.gazetadopovo.com.br/educacao/educacao-domiciliar-ganha-forca-no-brasil-e-busca-legalizacao-7wvulatmkslazdhwncstr7tco |access-date=2016-12-02))</ref> Another estimate by Brazil's Ministry of Education stated that, in 2021, there were at least 35,000 students schooled at home.<ref name="outraspalavras.net">((Cite web |title=Governo corre para aprovar o homeschooling no Brasil |url=https://outraspalavras.net/outrasmidias/governo-corre-para-aprovar-o-homeschooling-no-brasil/))</ref> Interest in homeschooling has grown 36% each year.<ref>((Cite web |title=Interesse em 'homeschooling' aumenta em 36%, aponta estudo; professores do Sul de MG têm apostado no método |url=https://g1.globo.com/mg/sul-de-minas/noticia/2021/04/20/interesse-em-homeschooling-aumenta-em-36percent-aponta-estudo-professores-do-sul-de-mg-tem-apostado-no-metodo.ghtml |website=g1.globo.com|date=20 April 2021 ))</ref>

The Supreme court deemed homeschooling constitutional, but a more specific legislation was needed.
The state of Paraná <ref name="g1.globo.com" /> and the Distrito Federal <ref name="ReferenceA" /> already legalized homeschooling. The state of Rio Grande do Sul approved a law legalizing homeschooling, but the law was vetoed by the state governor.<ref>((Cite web|url=https://estado.rs.gov.br/governador-veta-projeto-de-lei-do-homeschooling#:~:text=O%20Projeto%20de%20Lei%20do,feira%20(2%2F7).|title = Governador veta projeto de lei do homeschooling|date = 2 July 2021))</ref> Federal legislation is pending.<ref name="vestibular.com.br">((Cite web|url=https://www.vestibular.com.br/cgi-sys/suspendedpage.cgi|title=O site está suspenso.|website=www.vestibular.com.br))</ref>
 
In 1824, [[Brazil]] permitted home education to take the place of traditional education for nearly 70 years. Many proposals were made in regards to the homeschooling regulations, but many of them were rejected.<ref>((Cite web|url=http://thebrazilbusiness.com/article/homeschooling-in-brazil|title=Homeschooling in Brazil|website=The Brazil Business|date=11 April 2013 |language=en|access-date=2018-12-19))</ref> In 1990, however, The Statute of Children and Adolescents, or the Estatuto da Criança e Adolescente, did not recognize it explicitly as a form of education, questioning its legality.<ref>((Cite news|url=http://thebrazilbusiness.com/article/homeschooling-in-brazil|title=Homeschooling in Brazil|newspaper=The Brazil Business|access-date=2016-12-02))</ref>

A couple, a Brazilian mother and an American father, was investigated in 2010 by the [[Municipalities of Brazil|municipal government]] of [[Serra Negra]], [[São Paulo (state)|São Paulo]], for homeschooling their children. The local authorities were tipped off by an anonymous source because the couple's two daughters did not attend school. The [[Public Ministry (Brazil)|Public Ministry]] expected to reach an agreement with the family to enlist the children in formal schools.<ref>((Cite web|url=https://oglobo.globo.com/politica/pais-desafiam-estatuto-da-crianca-educam-filhas-em-casa-em-serra-negra-sp-2831529|title=Pais desafiam Estatuto da Criança e educam filhas em casa em Serra Negra, SP|date=January 28, 2011|website=O Globo))</ref>

In 2011, the Bill 3518/08, which would have evaluated homeschooling in the country, was rejected.<ref>((Cite web |title=Câmara rejeita projeto que permitia ensino em casa - Notícias |url=https://www.camara.leg.br/noticias/223411-camara-rejeita-projeto-que-permitia-ensino-em-casa/ |access-date=2023-05-02 |website=Portal da Câmara dos Deputados |language=pt-br))</ref> In 2013, there was another a proposal with Bill 3179/12.<ref name=":5" /> That same year, a resurgence in the homeschooling movement encouraged congressman [[Lincoln Portela]] to introduce a new bill that would allow children to be educated at home if parents followed state approved guidelines. At the time, the federal Supreme Court had never made a pronouncement on homeschooling, making its legality unclear.<ref name=":5">((Cite web|url=http://www2.camara.leg.br/camaranoticias/Noticias/EDUCACAO-E-CULTURA/456695-AUDIENCIA-DISCUTE-PROJETO-QUE-AUTORIZA-O-ENSINO-DOMICILIAR-NO-BRASIL.html|title=Audiência discute Projeto que autoriza o Ensino domiciliar no Brasil|website=www2.camara.leg.br|language=pt-br|access-date=2019-01-13))</ref> However, in 2018 the Supreme Court ruled that homeschooling was constitutional, and determined that legislation should be written to regulate the practice.<ref>((Cite web|url=https://www1.folha.uol.com.br/internacional/en/brazil/2018/09/brazilian-supreme-court-outlaws-homeschooling.shtml|title=Brazilian Supreme Court Outlaws Homeschooling|date=2018-09-13|website=Folha de S.Paulo|language=en-US|access-date=2019-01-13))</ref> In 2019 a new law project was created to legalize homeschooling in the country with annual exams.<ref name="vestibular.com.br"/>

==== Canada ====
((Main|Homeschooling in Canada))
: ''Status: '''Legal, regulated in some provinces'''''
Homeschooling has always been legal in all provinces and territories in Canada. The Ontario Education Act, for example, states in Section 21(2)(a) that "A person is excused from attendance at school if [...] the person is receiving education elsewhere". Canada is known as having some of the most comprehensive legal protections for homeschooling parents in the Americas. Approximately 1% to 2% of North American children are homeschooled, which includes about 60,000 in Canada.

==== United States ====
((Main|Homeschooling in the United States))
: ''Status: '''Legal'''''
{| class="wikitable floatright" style="text-align:center"
|-
! Year !! Homeschooled students<ref>((cite web | url=https://brighterly.com/blog/homeschooling-statistics/ | title=The Ultimate Homeschooling Statistics for 2023 - USA Data and Trends | date=12 November 2023 ))</ref> <br />(millions) !! Percentage change since 1999
|-
| 1999 || 0.85 || –
|-
| 2003 || 1.10 || +29.4%
|-
| 2007 || 1.50 || +76.5%
|-
| 2012 || 1.77 || +108.2%
|-
| 2016 || 2.30 || +170.6%
|-
| 2019 || 2.50 || +194.1%
|-
| 2020 || 2.65 || +211.8%
|-
| 2021 || 3.70 || +335.3%
|-
| 2022 || 4.30 || +405.9%
|}
In "The Condition of Education 2000–2009", the [[National Center for Education Statistics]] of the [[United States Department of Education]] reported that in 2007, the number of homeschooled students was about 1.5 million, an increase from 850,000 in 1999 and 1.1 million in 2003.<ref>National Center for Education Statistics, "Condition of Education 2000–2009" [http://nces.ed.gov/programs/coe/pdf/coe_hsc.pdf]</ref> The percentage of the school-age population that was homeschooled increased from 1.7 percent in 1999 to 2.9 percent in 2007. The increase in the percentage of homeschooled students from 1999 to 2007 represents a 74 percent relative increase over the 8-year period and a 42 percent relative increase since 2003. In 2007, the majority of homeschooled students received all of their education at home (84 percent), but some attended school up to 25 hours per week. Currently, many also participate in homeschool cooperatives as well as utilize the resources of private tutors and community college-based programs, which allow students to earn college credits before attending college.

According to the US National Center for Education Statistics, ''homeschooling'' increased in popularity in the United States during the 2000s; the percentage of children ages 5 through 17 who were homeschooled increased from 1.7% in 1999 to 3% in 2011/12. The study found that 83 percent were White, 5 percent were Black, 7 percent were Hispanic, and 2 percent were Asian or Pacific Islander.<ref name=":0">((Cite web|url=https://nces.ed.gov/fastfacts/display.asp?id=91|title=The NCES Fast Facts Tool provides quick answers to many education questions (National Center for Education Statistics)|website=nces.ed.gov|language=EN|access-date=2017-08-23))</ref> As of 2019, there are about 1.8 million homeschooled students in the United States.<ref name="Anderson">((Cite news|url=https://www.theatlantic.com/education/archive/2018/05/black-homeschooling/560636/|title=The Radical Self-Reliance of Black Homeschooling|last=Anderson|first=Melinda D.|date=2018-05-17|work=The Atlantic|access-date=2018-07-02|language=en-US))</ref> The NHES 2016 found the highest rate of homeschooling among parents who had not completed high school, followed by parents with bachelor's degrees.<ref name="Responsible Homeschooling: Homeschool Demographics">((Cite web|url=https://www.responsiblehomeschooling.org/homeschooling-101/academic-achievement/|title=Academic Achievement|date=11 September 2013|access-date=2019-08-16|language=en-US))</ref>

==== Uruguay ====
: ''Status: '''Legal'''''<ref>((cite web|url=https://hslda.org/post/uruguay |title=Legal status of homeschooling in Uruguay |date=2019-10-04 |access-date=2021-10-17))</ref>
Article 68 of the Uruguayan Constitution states each parent has the right to choose the teachers or schools relative to their child's education. In 2009 Article 7 Section 2 of the LGE called into question whether “home schooling” was possible in Uruguay, since it stated that “Fathers, mothers, or legal guardians of boys, girls, and adolescents have the obligation to register them in a school and watch over their attendance and learning". However, in 2020, Article 7 was amended to making homeschooling a viable option to, "...&nbsp;in accordance with the provisions of the first paragraph of article 70 of the Constitution of the Republic and the provisions of this law."

=== Asia ===

==== Israel ====
: ''Status: '''Permission required'''''
Homeschooling is legal in Israel, and requires acquiring a permission from the Ministry of Education.<ref>((cite web |url=http://www.israelhomeschool.org/faq.htm|title=Israel Home Education—FAQ|date=2016-08-29))</ref> The permission involves a home visit from the person in charge of handing out the permissions, and writing a letter describing the motives, curriculum, daily routine and socialization of the children. Unschooling is legal, and the requirements are minimal. The reasons for homeschooling in Israel are very similar to those of the rest of the world, with the exception of religious motives, since religious schools are prevalent.
There is unclear information regarding the number of homeschooling families, since not all families ask for permission, and many homeschool their children without enlisting. Estimates range between 500 and 1000 families.

==== People's Republic of China ====
:''Status: Deemed '''illegal''' for citizens without approval, but '''no restrictions''' for foreign students.''

Under China's education laws children are required to enroll in the school system from age seven and attend for nine years.<ref name=AFP>((cite news|last=Hancock|first=Tom|title=Parents reject China's classrooms for home schooling|url=https://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5gA2wgo5rq9QuQQOyYFqRf8VFrQIA?docId=CNG.25b4a1faec77c5d6b39a34981331cab5.351|access-date=31 August 2013|newspaper=[[Agence France-Presse]]|date=28 August 2012))</ref> No specific regulations exist for home-schooling, though it can be allowed subject to approval as a non-governmental organization.<ref name=Xinhua>((cite news|title=Experts discuss the benefits of home schooling|url=http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/china/2013-08/26/c_132662803.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130831231040/http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/china/2013-08/26/c_132662803.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=August 31, 2013|access-date=31 August 2013|newspaper=[[Xinhua News Agency]]|date=26 August 2013))</ref><ref name=Caixin>((cite news|last=Fang|first=Lan|title=This House Believes in Homeschooling|url=http://english.caixin.com/2011-12-06/100334839.html|access-date=31 August 2013|newspaper=[[Caixin Media]]|date=12 June 2012))</ref> Despite its legal status, some parents in China opt for home-schooling for reasons including dissatisfaction with the country's test-oriented public schools and a desire to individualize the education of their children.<ref name=AFP /> There are no official figures for home-schooling, though one survey found that 18,000 children received home-schooling in the [[People's Republic of China]], while an education policy researcher at [[Beijing Normal University]] estimated the portion of students receiving home-schooling at less than one percent.<ref name=AFP /><ref name=Xinhua /> In 2017 a survey found about 6,000 families home-schooled their children, an annual rise of about 33%.<ref name="veconomist" >((cite news|title=China's yuppies want schools to be more laid-back|url=https://www.economist.com/news/china/21730183-try-waldorf-chinas-yuppies-want-schools-be-more-laid-back|newspaper=[[The Economist]]|date=12 October 2017))</ref> Officials are divided on addressing home-schooling, with many supporting its legalization and others supporting compelling students to return to the regular school system.<ref name=AFP /> Education experts generally support allowing home-schooling, but call for the creation of national standards.<ref name=Caixin />

==== Hong Kong ====
: ''Status: '''Legal'''''
Homeschooling in Hong Kong is not against the law. This has been confirmed by the previous Permanent Secretary of the [[Education Bureau (Hong Kong)|Education Bureau]], Cherry Tse Ling Kit Ching and also raised by Legislator Dennis Kwok at a meeting of the Legislative Council. The EDB treats homeschooling on a case-by-case basis.<ref>((cite web|url=http://www.info.gov.hk/gia/general/201410/15/P201410150219.htm |title=LCQ11: Home-schooling |date= 10 September 2015|access-date=2018-11-02))</ref> However, many people in Hong Kong think that homeschooling is illegal in Hong Kong, so only a few people were taught at home.

==== India ====
((Main|Homeschooling and alternative education in India))
: ''Status: '''Legal'''''
In India, under Right to education, The Ministry of Human Resource Development (MHRD), the Government has established an independent body to look after the system of Home Schooling. It is in fact, an open schooling system where students can learn anywhere and appear for examinations conducted by NIOS (National Institute of Open Schooling). 0.5 million take admission every year, and 2.71 million took admission during last 5 years through Open Schooling of Indian Govt. (MHRD).

==== Indonesia ====
: ''Status: '''Legal'''''
Homeschooling in [[Indonesia]] (((lang-id|Pendidikan Rumah))) is regulated under National Education System 2003 under division of informal education.<ref>:http://www.inherent-dikti.net/files/sisdiknas.pdf ((Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110513051314/http://www.inherent-dikti.net/files/sisdiknas.pdf |date=2011-05-13 ))</ref> This enables the children of homeschooling to attend an equal National Tests to obtain an "Equivalent Certificate".<ref>((cite web|url=https://www.mancaberita.com/2023/07/jenjang-pendidikan-di-indonesia.html |title=Solusi Cerdas: Jenjang Pendidikan Di Indonesia |date=20 July 2023 |publisher=mancaberita.com |access-date=2023-08-08))</ref> The homeschooling is recently becoming a trend in upper-middle to upper-class families with highly educated parents with capability to provide better tutoring<ref>((cite web|url=https://www.lagidesain.com/ |title=Kunjungan Direktur PTK-PNF ke Jawa Timur (2) |publisher=JugaGuru.Com |date=2008-04-28 |access-date=2011-03-16))</ref> or expatriate families living far away from International School.
Since 2007 the Indonesia's National Education Department took efforts in providing training for homeschooling tutors and learning media,<ref>((cite web|url=https://www.lagidesain.com/ |title=FGD Kesetaraan lintas regional 2007 |publisher=JugaGuru.Com |date=2008-09-25 |access-date=2011-03-16))</ref> even though the existence of this community is still disputed by other non-formal education operators.<ref>((cite web|url=https://www.lagidesain.com/ |title=Program Kesetaraan Makin Ngetop |publisher=JugaGuru.Com |access-date=2011-03-16))</ref>

'''Iran'''

Status:'''Illegal'''

In Iran, primary school education is compulsory. If parents prevent their children from attending school in the primary school, they have committed a crime, because all children must attend primary school. In the constitution, considering that education is free until the end of high school, but at this stage it has not forced it.<ref>((Cite news|url=https://www.ilna.news/بخش-%D8%A7%D8%AC%D8%AA%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%B9%DB%8C-5/765941-%D8%A7%D8%B2-%D9%85%D8%AF%D8%B1%D8%B3%D9%87-%D8%B2%D8%AF%D8%A7%DB%8C%DB%8C-%D8%AA%D8%A7-%D8%A2%D9%85%D9%88%D8%B2%D8%B4-%D8%AE%D8%A7%D9%86%DA%AF%DB%8C-%D8%AF%D8%B1-%DA%A9%D8%B4%D9%88%D8%B1-%D9%85%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%B9%D8%AA-%D9%88%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AF%DB%8C%D9%86-%D8%A7%D8%B2-%D8%AD%D8%B6%D9%88%D8%B1-%D8%AF%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%B4-%D8%A2%D9%85%D9%88%D8%B2%D8%A7%D9%86-%D8%A7%D8%A8%D8%AA%D8%AF%D8%A7%DB%8C%DB%8C-%D8%AF%D8%B1-%D9%85%D8%AF%D8%B1%D8%B3%D9%87-%D8%AC%D8%B1%D9%85-%D8%A7%D8%B3%D8%AA|title=از مدرسه‌زدایی تا آموزش خانگی در کشور /ممانعت والدین از حضور دانش‌آموزان ابتدایی در مدرسه جرم است|website=خبرگزاری ایلنا))</ref>

==== Japan ====
: ''Status: '''Not formally permitted''';<ref>((cite web|url=https://hslda.org/post/japan|title=Legal status and resources on homeschooling in Japan|date=16 October 2019 |publisher=hslda|access-date=2020-08-11))</ref> often allowed''
School attendance is compulsory but the fine for non attendance is rarely applied and amounts to less than ten thousand yen. The authorities encourage futoko (school refusal) children to receive schooling in alternative ways including home education.<ref>((Cite web|url=http://www.asahi-net.or.jp/~ja8i-brtl/Legal_Issues.htm|title=LEGAL ISSUES))</ref><ref>((Cite web|url=http://www.asahi-net.or.jp/~ja8i-brtl/faq.html|title=Frequently Asked Questions Regarding Home Learning (Homeschooling) in Japan Q.7))</ref>

====  Taiwan (Republic of China) ====
: ''Status: '''Legal'''''
Homeschooling in Taiwan, [[Republic of China]] is legally recognized since 1982<ref>((in lang|zh)) [http://lis.ly.gov.tw/lghtml/lawstat/version2/01720/0172071043000.htm 強迫入學條例] ((webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110724063200/http://lis.ly.gov.tw/lghtml/lawstat/version2/01720/0172071043000.htm |date=2011-07-24 )) (Compulsory School Law)</ref> and regulated as a possible form of special education since 1997.<ref>((in lang|zh))[http://lis.ly.gov.tw/lghtml/lawstat/version2/01724/0172486042200.htm 特殊教育法] ((webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110724063210/http://lis.ly.gov.tw/lghtml/lawstat/version2/01724/0172486042200.htm |date=2011-07-24 )) ([https://archive.today/20120714071755/http://law.moj.gov.tw/Eng/Fnews/FnewsContent.asp?msgid=1202&msgType=en The Act of Special Education])</ref>

==== Thailand ====
: ''Status: '''Heavily regulated'''''

Homeschooling used to be heavily restricted from the misunderstanding of the concerned Area Based Officers because they have worked only for the school in the different rules and regulations for a long time.((Clarify|date=May 2023|reason=It's not clear what is the exact reason for the misunderstanding, or who are the Area Based Officers.)) As of 2016, the Homeschooling Network of the Thai Alternative Education Council Association (a Non-Profit Organization) is connecting together around the country to help the parents perform the registration following as National Education Laws and also working together with the National Human Rights Commission of Thailand to protect parents' rights. Additionally, the online communication can promote the Rights of the parents to choose any suitable education for their children as the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (ICESCR) said, especially for Homeschool Concept.

==== Turkey ====
: ''Status: '''Illegal'''''

In the [[Republic of Turkey]], all children are required to be registered in state or private school so as to be in compliance with the National Education Basic Law (No. 1739, 06–14–1973, Article 22).<ref name="hslda.org">((cite web|url=http://www.hslda.org/hs/international/Turkey/default.asp |title=Home Schooling – Turkey |publisher=HSLDA |access-date=2011-03-16))</ref> Distance education is also available through Turkey's national television channels.<ref name="hslda.org"/> Through this particular option, students go to a particular test site and take examinations based on what they have studied.<ref name="hslda.org"/> In Turkey, parents who fail to send their children to school are charged as criminals, which at times may result in their incarceration.<ref name="hslda.org"/> Due to the above legal constraints, Turkish parents face a great deal of difficulty in pursuing homeschooling for their children.<ref name="hslda.org"/>

=== Europe ===

==== Austria ====
: ''Status: '''Regulated'''''
Homeschooling is legal in Austria. Since ''Provisorischen Gesetz über den Privatunterricht'' from 27 June 1850<ref>RGBl. 309/1850: ''Kaiserliche Verordnung vom 27. Juni 1850, wirksam für sämtliche [[Kronland (Österreich)|Kronländer der Monarchie]], wodurch ein provisorisches Gesetz über den Privatunterricht erlassen und vom Tage seiner Kundmachung angefangen in Wirksamkeit gesetzt wird.'' in: ''Allgemeines Reichs-Gesetz- und Regierungsblatt für das Kaiserthum Österreich'', 101. Stück, Ausgegeben und versendet am 3. August 1850, S. 1271 ([http://alex.onb.ac.at/cgi-content/alex?aid=rgb&datum=1850&page=1389&size=45 Online] bei [[ALEX – Historische Rechts- und Gesetzestexte Online]])</ref><ref>((cite book|author=Leo von Thun und Hohenstein|author-link=Leo von Thun und Hohenstein|editor1-last=Seidl|editor1-first=J. G.|editor2-last=Bonitz|editor2-first=H.|editor3-last=Mozart|editor3-first=J.|periodical=Zeitschrift für die österreichischen Gymnasien|title=Vortrag des Ministers des Cultus und Unterrichtes, betreffend das provisorische Gesetz über den Privatunterricht|volume=1|publisher=Carl Gerold|location=Wien|page=534|date=1850|language=de|url=((Google books|zShNAAAAYAAJ|plain-url=yes|page=534))|access-date=2013-03-20))</ref> there is no need to have a teacher exam for teaching children. The homeschooling has to be announced by §11 SchPfl (1985) to Landesschulrat, since 2019 to Bezirksdirektion.<ref>((cite web|title=§ 11 SchPflG (Schulpflichtgesetz 1985), Besuch von Privatschulen ohne Öffentlichkeitsrecht und häuslicher Unterricht – JUSLINE Österreich|url=https://www.jusline.at/gesetz/schpflg/paragraf/11|last=ADVOKAT Unternehmensberatung|language=de))</ref> They can decide within one month to reject the homeschooling, if it is predictable that the children will not learn the same as in school. The parents then can challenge this at the same site (Berufung).

However, every homeschooled child is required to take an exam per year (''Externisten-Prüfung'') in a school, to ensure that students are being educated at an appropriate level. Children failing the test must attend a school the following year. The same test is also required by children in private schools without government rights (''Öffentlichkeitsrecht'').<ref name=Spiegler />

The parents have to enrol the children on Einschreibungszeit (enrolment time) usually in the first weeks of January at that Schulsprengel, that has to fulfill Unterrichtspflicht from 1 September on. Inscription dates were published at the school, while it is not clear on which law it is based. The Schulsprengel ist described by state law for each Dorf, Weiler, Gemeinde, Stadt (city, sector, land, district).

In the school year 2012/'13, there were 1820 homeschooled children in Austria. In the year 2017/'18, the number rose to 2320.<ref>((Cite web|title=Unterricht daheim: Wenn das Kind nicht zur Schule geht|url=https://www.news.at/a/haeuslicher-unterricht-oesterreich-10548023|last=GmbH|first=news networld Internetservice|date=2019-01-03|website=news.at|language=de|access-date=2020-05-09))</ref>

==== Belgium ====
: ''Status: '''Regulated'''''
Homeschooling is legal in Belgium and considered a constitutional right. Children have to be registered as home-educated if they do not attend a school. Education is compulsory in Belgium, but not school attendance.<ref>((Cite web|title=Belgium|url=https://hslda.org/post/belgium|access-date=2020-10-24|website=HSLDA|date=8 October 2019 |language=en))</ref>

In [[Flanders]], the Dutch-speaking part of the country, children need to be registered for exams before age 12. If the parents fail to do so, the child is required to attend school. Those who are registered need to pass specific exams at age 13 and 15. If they fail one of those exams two times the parents need to register their child in a certified school. In the [[French Community of Belgium]], they are tested at 8, 10, 12, and 14. The tests are new and there is still a lot of confusion on the tests and the legal situation around them.

==== Croatia ====
: ''Status: '''Illegal'''''

Home education was legal in Croatia in 1874<ref name=hr-antun-cuvaj>[http://library.foi.hr/m3/kautor.asp?B=1&rbr=900&A=0000000142 "Antun Cuvaj: Građa za povijest školstva kraljevina Hrvatske i Slavonije od najstarijih vremena do danas: Od 20. travnja 1868. do 31. svibnja 1875 – svezak VI"] (hr), library.foi.hr</ref><ref name=hr-antun-cuvaj-vi>[http://library.foi.hr/knjige/knjiga.aspx?C=1085&broj=1&U= "Zakon ob ustroju pučkih škola i preparandija za pučko učiteljstvo u kraljevinah Hrvatskoj i Slavoniji"] (hr), Antun Cuvaj "Građa za povijest...", Page 439, Article 50 and 51, library.foi.hr</ref><ref name=druginacin-initiative>[http://www.druginacin.hr/clanci/podrska-inicijativi-za-legalizaciju-obrazovanja-kod-kuce-u-hrvatskoj/ "Podrška inicijativi za legalizaciju obrazovanja kod kuće u Hrvatskoj"] ((webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120326095613/http://www.druginacin.hr/clanci/podrska-inicijativi-za-legalizaciju-obrazovanja-kod-kuce-u-hrvatskoj/ |date=2012-03-26 )) (hr), druginacin.hr</ref> when Croatian law stated that parents have a duty to educate their children either at home or by sending them to school. The child had to pass an exam in a public school at the end of every school year.

The primary education in Croatia is compulsory from the age of six to fifteen and it spans eight grades.<ref name=hr-zakon-skola>[http://www.zakon.hr/z/317/Zakon-o-odgoju-i-obrazovanju-u-osnovnoj-i-srednjoj-%C5%A1koli Zakon o odgoju i obrazovanju u osnovnoj i srednjoj školi] (hr), Article 11 paragraph 1, Article 12 paragraph 1, Article 26 paragraph 1, Article 30</ref>

In September 2010 a religious organisation ''Hrvatska kršćanska koalicija'' (Croatian Christian Coalition)<ref name=hr-hkk>[http://www.hkk.hr Hrvatska kršćanska koalicija] ((Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180210234958/http://www.hkk.hr/ |date=2018-02-10 )) Croatian Christian Coalition</ref> submitted a proposal<ref name=hkk-proposal>((cite web|url=http://www.druginacin.hr/files/Prijedlog_za_izmjene_i_dopune_Zakona_o_odgoju_i_obrazovanju_u_osnovnoj_i_srednjoj_skoli.pdf|title=Prijedlog za izmjene i dopune Zakona o odgoju i obrazovanju u osnovnoj i srednjoj školi|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110302025836/http://www.druginacin.hr/files/Prijedlog_za_izmjene_i_dopune_Zakona_o_odgoju_i_obrazovanju_u_osnovnoj_i_srednjoj_skoli.pdf|archive-date=2011-03-02|language=hr|publisher=Hrvatska kršćanska koalicija|work=druginacin.hr))</ref> to change the law so home education would become legal in Croatia. The civil organization ''Obrazovanje na drugi način'' (Another Way of Education)<ref name=druginacinhr>[http://www.druginacin.hr/ Obrazovanje na drugi način] ((webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110704232620/http://www.druginacin.hr/ |date=2011-07-04 )), Croatian home education association</ref> joined in and is now working on its own proposal.

The proposed model is based on [[#Slovenia|Slovenian]] and [[#Montenegro|Montenegrin]] model of home education. The child is required to enroll into a local school (public or private) and pass an annual exam in certain subjects (mother tongue and math only in lower grades; with addition of foreign language in middle grades and more subjects in higher grades). If the child does not pass all the exams in two attempts, it is ordered to continue the education with regular school attendance. Every year the parents have to notify the school by the end of May that they will be educating their child at home.

Like in the case of [[#Slovenia|Slovenia]] and [[#Montenegro|Montenegro]], the proposed model does not impose any limitation on who can home educate.<ref>[http://www.druginacin.hr/clanci/sluzbeno-ocitovanje-mzos-a-o-legalizaciji-obrazovanja-kod-kuce/ "Službeno očitovanje MZOŠ-a o legalizaciji obrazovanja kod kuće"] ((webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110706092956/http://www.druginacin.hr/clanci/sluzbeno-ocitovanje-mzos-a-o-legalizaciji-obrazovanja-kod-kuce/ |date=2011-07-06 )) (hr), druginacin.hr</ref> The parents educating their children at home are ''not'' eligible to receive any kind of state help. The schools are free to choose whether they will allow special arrangements with children educated at home (flexi-schooling, the use of school resources, participation in field trips and other school activities, etc.). The Ministry of Education and schools are ''not'' required to provide any form of help to parents of children educated at home (teacher guides, worksheets, consultation, etc.).

The proposed model was chosen as it requires minimal change to the existing law and would be possible to implement within the current educational framework. The Croatian Constitution,<ref>[http://narodne-novine.nn.hr/clanci/sluzbeni/232289.html Ustav Republike Hrvatske] (hr), Croatian Constitution, 25 April 2001, Article 63 paragraph 1 and Article 65 paragraph 1</ref> in the Article 63 paragraph 1, states that parents have a duty to ''school'' their children. Similarly, in the Article 65 paragraph 1, it states that primary ''schooling'' is compulsory and free. It is deeply ingrained in Croatian culture that education cannot happen without schooling.

As of July 2011 there are three alternative primary schools in Croatia – one Montessori<ref>[http://www.montessori-skola.hr/ Osnovna Montessori škola "Barunice Dédée Vranyczany"] ((webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110901211704/http://www.montessori-skola.hr/ |date=2011-09-01 )) (hr), Zagreb</ref> and two Steiner Waldorf schools.<ref>[http://www.waldorfska-skola.com/ Waldorfska škola u Zagrebu] (hr), Zagreb</ref><ref>[http://www.waldorf-rijeka.hr/ Osnovna waldorfska škola u Rijeci] (hr), Rijeka</ref> Alternative schools in Croatia are required to follow national curriculum<ref name=hr-zakon-skola /> (Article 26 paragraph 1, Article 30).

==== Czech Republic ====
: ''Status: '''Heavily regulated'''''
The Ministry of Education began an experiment on September 1, 1998, in which home education was made a legal alternative for students in the first five years of elementary school. In 2004 home education, referred to as Individual Education, was enshrined in the Education Act for children within that age group. On September 1, 2007, a new experiment began allowing the home education of children up to the 9th grade.<ref name="IEJEECzech">Home education in the post-communist
countries: Case study of the Czech
Republic ([http://www.iejee.com/3_1_2010/29_44.pdf pdf] ((webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111021050558/http://www.iejee.com/3_1_2010/29_44.pdf |date=2011-10-21 )) document)</ref>

==== Denmark ====
: ''Status: '''Heavily regulated'''''
It follows from § 76 in the Danish constitution that homeschooling is legal. All children must be educated for 10 years.<ref>[https://www.uvm.dk/Uddannelser/Folkeskolen/Fag-timetal-og-overgange/Skolestart-og-boernehaveklassen/Skolestart Skolestart], the Danish Ministry of Education</ref> The education can be received at home or in private school, but must meet the requirements of what is commonly required in government schools.<ref>((Cite web|url=https://www.retsinformation.dk/eli/lta/2019/816|title=Retsinformation|language=da|website=www.retsinformation.dk))</ref> Inspections are mandatory.

==== Finland ====
: ''Status: '''Regulated'''''
In Finland homeschooling is legal<ref name="finlex">[http://www.finlex.fi/sv/laki/ajantasa/1998/19980628 Law on primary education (Swedish)], 26 §</ref> but unusual (400–600 children<ref name="auto"/>), which is in contrast to [[#Sweden|Sweden]], where homeschooling is more restricted. The parents are responsible for the child getting the compulsory education and the advancements are supervised by the home municipality.<ref name="finlex"/> The parents have the same freedom to make up their own curriculum as the municipalities have regarding the school, only national guiding principles of the curriculum have to be followed.

Choosing homeschooling means that the municipality is not obliged to offer school books, health care at school, free lunches or other privileges prescribed by the law on primary education, but the ministry of education reminds they may be offered. The parents should be informed of the consequences of the choice and the arrangements should be discussed.<ref>[https://estetisyendoktor.com/dogum-kontrol-hapi-fiyat/ Ministry of Education: Homeschooling]((dead link|date=November 2017|bot=InternetArchiveBot|fix-attempted=yes)) (Swedish)</ref>

==== France ====
: ''Status: '''Heavily regulated'''''

Home education is legal in France and requires the child to be registered with two authorities, the 'Inspection Académique' and the local town hall (Mairie).<ref>[http://www.freetohomeschool.org/hs/international/France/200211250.asp HSLDA: Families in France Turn to Homeschooling Despite Heavy Regulation] ((webarchive|url=https://archive.today/20120804113852/http://www.freetohomeschool.org/hs/international/France/200211250.asp |date=2012-08-04 )) (English)</ref><ref>[http://www.lesenfantsdabord.org/association/qui-sommes-nous/english-version/ Les Enfants d'Abord : Frequently Asked Questions] (English)</ref>

Since September 2019, compulsory education starts from the age of three, meaning annual inspections now commence at that age.

Every other year, the mayor verifies the reasons the family home educates and confirms that the training provided is consistent with the health of the child. Only a narrow range of reasons are accepted. Parents are also subject to annual inspections if they are teaching children between the ages of three and 16. Two consecutive unsatisfactory outcomes of these inspections can mean the parents will have to send their children to a mainstream school.

While homeschooling parents are free to teach their children in any way they like, the children must remain at a skill level on par with those in mainstream schools at their yearly inspections. Since 2022, education must also be primarily provided in the French language. Children are expected to master the seven key competencies of the common foundation of competence by the end of their legal schooling obligation.<ref>((cite web|url=http://media.education.gouv.fr/file/3/46/0/instruction_famille_204460.pdf |title=B.O. Annexe 3 : Éléments de définition de la progression retenue |website=Media.education.gouv.fr |access-date=2016-04-03))</ref> The key competencies are:
* written and spoken French
* mathematics, basic science and technology
* at least one foreign language
* French, European and World history and geography & art
* computer science
* social and civic competences
* initiative and autonomy

Homeschooled children must also demonstrate that they can:
* ask questions
* make deductions from their own observations and documents
* be able to reason
* generate ideas, be creative and produce finished work
* use computers
* use resources sensibly
* evaluate risks

French organisations involved in homeschooling include Les Enfants D'Abord,<ref>((cite web|url=http://www.lesenfantsdabord.org/ |title=Les enfants d'abord – Instruction en famille &#124; LED'A est une association de familles pratiquant l'instruction en famille en France |publisher=Lesenfantsdabord.org |date=2015-10-13 |access-date=2016-04-02))</ref> LAIA (Libre d'Apprendre et d'Instruire Autrement),<ref>((cite web|url=http://laia.asso.free.fr/ |title=LAIA – Instruction en famille (école à la maison) – Accueil |publisher=Laia.asso.free.fr |date=2016-02-23 |access-date=2016-04-02))</ref> CISE (Choisir d'Instruire Son Enfant)<ref>((cite web|url=http://www.cise.fr/ |title=Choisir d'Instruire Son Enfant :: Home |publisher=Cise.fr |access-date=2016-04-02))</ref> and Hors Des Murs.<ref>((cite web|url=http://horsdesmurs.com/ |title=風俗の極め方 |publisher=Horsdesmurs.com |access-date=2016-04-02))</ref>

==== Germany ====
((Further|Schulpflicht))
: ''Status: '''Illegal'''''
Homeschooling is illegal in [[Germany]] with rare exceptions. Mandatory school attendance has been in place since 1919, when the Schulpflicht was introduced.<ref>((Cite web|title=documentArchiv.de – Verfassung des Deutschen Reichs ["Weimarer Reichsverfassung"] (11.08.1919)|url=http://www.documentarchiv.de/wr/wrv.html#VIERTER_ABSCHNITT02|access-date=2020-11-02|website=www.documentarchiv.de))</ref> The requirement to attend school has been upheld, on challenge from parents, by the [[Federal Constitutional Court of Germany]]. Parents violating the law have primarily or most prominently been Christians seeking a more religious education than that offered by the schools.<ref name="Spiegler"/><ref name=hslda>((cite web|url=http://www.hslda.org/hs/international/Germany/default.asp |title=Home Schooling – Germany |publisher=HSLDA |access-date=2016-04-03))</ref> Sanctions against these parents have included fines of thousands of euros, successful legal actions to remove children from the parents' custody, and prison sentences.<ref name="Spiegler"/><ref name=hslda /> It has been estimated that 600 to 1,000 children in Germany are homeschooled, despite its illegality.<ref>[https://www.economist.com/world/international/displaystory.cfm?story_id=15469407 ''The Economist'' web site], 4 February 2010.</ref> Meanwhile, homeschooling is legal in [[#Austria|Austria]] and [[#Switzerland|Switzerland]].<ref name="german-way.com">((Cite web|url=http://www.german-way.com/homeschooling-verboten/|title=Homeschooling verboten|website=german-way.com|access-date=2016-12-02))</ref>

Up until 1919, homeschooling in Germany was seen as an acceptable practice under certain circumstances, but more for higher class people. Many states developed school systems before, and with the rise of the [[Weimar Republic]] some reforms were proposed. In the [[Nazi Germany|Nazi regime]], homeschooling was seen as an anti-nationalistic and subversive practice that could undermine children's loyalty to their country. The Reichsschulpflichtgesetz (Law on Compulsory Education in the German Reich), which was implemented in 1938 and is one of the very few Nazi laws still followed in present-day Germany, effectively banned all homeschooling with criminal consequences for anyone found practicing.<ref>((Cite web|date=2019-01-08|title=Merkwürdige Schulpflicht|url=https://www.fr.de/wissen/merkwuerdige-schulpflicht-11415635.html|access-date=2020-08-04|website=fr.de|language=de))</ref>

In 1989, Helmut Stücher removed his children from the public school system to begin homeschooling. Stücher and others who followed suit were fined, and some even lost child custody.<ref>J.D., 2010. HOMESCHOOLING IN GERMANY AND THE UNITED STATES. James E. Rogers College of Law The Catholic University of America. Arizona Journal of International and Comparative Law.</ref> He founded a private school, the [[Philadelphia-School|Philadelphia-Schule]] in Siegen. The discussion in politics about this school were very rough.<ref>((Cite news|url=https://www.spiegel.de/lebenundlernen/schule/schulboykott-mit-harten-bandagen-gegen-verweigerer-a-352548.html|title=Schulboykott: Mit harten Bandagen gegen Verweigerer|date=2005-04-22|work=Spiegel Online|access-date=2019-09-24))</ref>

In a legal case commenced in 2003 at the [[European Court of Human Rights]], a homeschooling parent couple argued on behalf of their children that Germany's compulsory school attendance endangered their children's religious upbringing, promoted teaching inconsistent with their Christian faith–especially the German state's mandates relating to sex education in the schools—and contravened the declaration in the [[Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union]] that "the State shall respect the right of parents to ensure education and teaching is in conformity with their own religious and philosophical convictions".

In September 2006, the European Court of Human Rights upheld the German ban on homeschooling, stating "parents may not refuse... [compulsory schooling] on the basis of their convictions", and adding that the right to education "calls for regulation by the State". The European Court took the position that the plaintiffs were the children, not their parents, and declared "children are unable to foresee the consequences of their parents' decision for home education because of their young age.... Schools represent society, and it is in the children's interest to become part of that society. The parents' right to educate does not go as far as to deprive their children of that experience."

The European Court endorsed a "carefully reasoned" decision of the German court concerning "the general interest of society to avoid the emergence of [[Parallel society|parallel societies]] based on separate philosophical convictions and the importance of integrating minorities into society."<ref>See also the official summary of the European Court of Human Rights' decision in the case, [http://www.echr.coe.int/Eng/InformationNotes/INFONOTENo89.htm KONRAD versus GERMANY (Case No 35504/03)], decision dated September 11, 2006.</ref>

In January 2010, a United States [[immigration judge]] granted [[asylum in the United States|asylum]] to a German homeschooling family Romeike, apparently based on this ban on homeschooling.<ref>News reports arising from the judgment at [http://www.dw-world.de/dw/article/0,,5174919,00.html ''Deutsche Welle'' (in English)] 27 Jan 2010; [https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/germany/7080790/German-homeschoolers-granted-political-asylum-in-US.html ''The Telegraph''] 27 Jan 2010; [https://www.theguardian.com/world/2010/jan/27/german-home-schooling-family-asylum ''The Guardian''] 27 Jan 2010; [https://www.economist.com/world/international/displaystory.cfm?story_id=15469407 ''The Economist''] 4 Feb 2010.</ref> In April 2013, a decision by a U.S. [[Board of Immigration Appeals]] court overruled this and denied the petition for asylum, on the grounds that Germany's law applies to every resident, and does not single out any specific religious group for persecution.<ref>((Cite web|url=https://www.refworld.org/cases,USA_CA_6,520e1d364.html|title=Refworld &#124; Romeike v. Holder, Attorney General ((!)) United Nations High Commissioner Refugees|website=www.refworld.org))</ref><ref>((cite web|url=http://www.ca6.uscourts.gov/opinions.pdf/13a0137p-06.pdf|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130613013320/http://www.ca6.uscourts.gov/opinions.pdf/13a0137p-06.pdf|url-status=live|archive-date=2013-06-13|title="Congress might have written the immigration laws to grant a safe haven to people living elsewhere in the world who face government strictures that the United States Constitution prohibits. But it did not. The relevant legislation applies only to those who have a "well-founded fear of persecution on account of race, religion, nationality, membership in a particular social group, or political opinion." 8 U.S.C. § 1101(a)(42)(A). There is a difference between the persecution of a discrete group and the prosecution of those who violate a generally applicable law. As the Board of Immigration Appeals permissibly found, the German authorities have not singled out the Romeikes in particular or homeschoolers in general for persecution. As a result, we must deny the Romeikes' petition for review and, with it, their applications for asylum" (2).|website=uscourts.gov))</ref> A petition of March 2013 for granting full and permanent legal status to the family received a White House reply in August 2013 without comment on the legal case. In March 2014, the Supreme Court declined to hear the family's appeal,<ref>Sarah Pulliam Bailey: [https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/religion/supreme-court-rejects-asylum-bid-for-german-home-schooling-family/2014/03/03/06a987e8-a31b-11e3-b865-38b254d92063_story.html Supreme Court rejects asylum bid for German home-schooling family], Washington Post, 3 March 2014</ref> but the Department of Homeland Security granted the family indefinite [[Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals|deferred action]] status, allowing them to remain in the United States.<ref>[https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-26454988 German home-school family will not be deported from US], BBC, 5 March 2014</ref> In February 2015, a bill was introduced that would allow up to 500 grants of asylum per fiscal year to families fleeing home school persecution.<ref>[https://www.congress.gov/bill/114th-congress/house-bill/1153 H.R.1153 – Asylum Reform and Border Protection Act of 2015], congress.gov</ref> In September 2023, during a routine check-in, the Romeikes were informed by the federal government that their status as legal residents of the United States was being revoked, and that they were required to return to Germany.<ref>((Cite web |last=Mojica |first=Adrian |date=October 11, 2023|title=Tennessee family which fled Germany over homeschooling granted temporary deportation reprieve|url=https://fox17.com/news/local/tennessee-family-which-fled-germany-over-homeschooling-granted-temporary-deportation-repri |access-date=2023-09-30 |publisher=[[WZTV]] |language=en))</ref>

The [[Twelve Tribes communities|Twelve Tribes]] is one religious group that insists on home schooling and has been in conflict with authorities. On September 5, 2013, German police raided two communities and removed 40 children to protect them from supposed continued abuse.<ref>((cite news| url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-23977577 | work=BBC News | title=German Christian sect raided and children put in care | date=2013-09-05))</ref> An investigative TV report had documented systematic child abuse in a 100-strong community in Bavaria, including "persistent beatings for the most trivial offences".<ref>((cite news |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/in-germanys-twelve-tribes-sect-cameras-catch-cold-and-systematic-childbeating-8807438.html|title=In Germany's Twelve Tribes sect, cameras catch 'cold and systematic' child-beating|date=2013-09-10| access-date = 2013-09-12 |work=The Independent|location=London|first=Tony|last=Paterson))</ref> A few days later, German media reported about the disappearance of about ten school-aged children from the small town of Dolchau. Probably they had been brought to a farm belonging to the 12 Tribes in the Czech Republic to elude intervention by the authorities who would ensure their public schooling.<ref>((cite news |url=http://www.spiegel.de/schulspiegel/zwoelf-staemme-christen-sekte-sollen-kinder-ins-ausland-gebracht-haben-a-922111.html|title="Zwölf Stämme": Christen-Sekte soll Kinder ins Ausland gebracht haben|date=2013-09-15| access-date = 2013-09-15 |work=Spiegel online))</ref> In 2002 there were several police raids against the Twelve Tribes, which do not want to send their children to school. The children were taken away from the sect, which was legitimated in 2018 by the [[European Court of Human Rights]].<ref>((Cite web|url=https://laweuro.com/?p=8248|title=CASE OF WETJEN AND OTHERS v. GERMANY (European Court of Human Rights) – LawEuro|last=admin|date=23 August 2019 |language=en-US|access-date=2019-09-24))</ref> Also, the case of the family Wunderlich were denied.<ref>((Cite web|url=https://hudoc.echr.coe.int/eng?i=001-188994|title=WUNDERLICH v. GERMANY |work=[[European Court of Human Rights]]|date=10 January 2019|access-date=2019-09-24))</ref>

There is no general exemption for religious or pedagogical reasons; exemptions are allowed for severe illness, children of diplomats, and rarely for working children such as actors.<ref>((cite news |last1=Grunau |first1=Andrea |last2=Schumacher |first2=Elizabeth |title=European court rules against German homeschooling family |url=https://www.dw.com/en/european-court-rules-against-german-homeschooling-family/a-47021333 |access-date=10 January 2019 |publisher=Deutsche Welle))</ref> The last petition in the Bundestag to release the punishment of adults who practice homeschooling was denied.<ref>((Cite web|url=https://epetitionen.bundestag.de/petitionen/_2010/_04/_20/Petition_11495.abschlussbegruendungpdf.pdf|title=Homeschooling Petition))</ref>

==== Greece ====
: ''Status: '''Illegal'''''
Compulsory education for children from 6 to 15 years old,<ref>((cite web|url=http://www.minedu.gov.gr/ta-nea-toy-ypoyrgeioy-me-xronologiki-seira/298-uncategorised/299-to-ekpaideytiko-systima |title=Educational system in Greece (Ministry of Education – in Greek) |access-date=February 7, 2017 ))</ref><ref name=":3">((Cite web|date=2019-10-09|title=Greece – Legal status and resources on homeschooling in Greece|url=https://hslda.org/post/greece|access-date=2020-08-04|website=HSLDA|language=en))</ref> with 6 years of primary school and 3 years of secondary school education.<ref>((cite web|url=http://www.doe.gr/nomoi/1566.pdf |title=Δομή και λειτουργία της πρωτοβάθμιας και δευτεροβάθμιας εκπαίδευσης και άλλες διατάξεις|trans-title=Structure and operation of primary and secondary education and other provisions |access-date=October 13, 2015 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150616054249/http://www.doe.gr/nomoi/1566.pdf |archive-date=June 16, 2015 ))</ref> Homeschooling is only allowed for children with special needs.<ref name=":3" />

==== Hungary ====
: ''Status: '''Regulated'''''

Homeschooling is legal under certain conditions.<ref name=":2">((Cite web|date=2019-10-04|title=Hungary – Legal status and resources on homeschooling in Hungary|url=https://hslda.org/post/hungary|access-date=2020-08-04|website=HSLDA|language=en))</ref> There is a [[compulsory education]] for children from 6 to 16 years.<ref name=":2" /> Mostly, children are homeschooled due to illness or other special circumstances.<ref name=":2" /> Homeschooled children have to be tested at least twice a year.<ref name=":2" />

==== Iceland ====
: ''Status: '''Regulated'''''
Homeschooling is legal only if the home teacher has a teaching degree.<ref>((cite web |author=grapevine.is |url=http://grapevine.is/Author/ReadArticle/Mayor-Does-Not-Feel-School-Should-Be-Mandatory |title=Mayor Does Not Feel School Should Be Mandatory – The Reykjavik Grapevine |publisher=Grapevine.is |access-date=2016-04-02 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130501135434/http://grapevine.is/Author/ReadArticle/Mayor-Does-Not-Feel-School-Should-Be-Mandatory |archive-date=2013-05-01 ))</ref>

==== Republic of Ireland ====
: ''Status: '''Legal'''''
From 2004 to 2006, 225 children had been officially registered with the [[Republic of Ireland]]'s [[National Education Welfare Board]], which estimated there may be as many as 1500–2000 more unregistered homeschoolers.<ref>((cite web|url=http://www.homeschool-ireland.com/newb-letter.php|title=homeschool-ireland.com|website=homeschool-ireland.com))</ref> The right to a home education is guaranteed by the [[Constitution of Ireland]].<ref>((cite web|url=https://secure.hslda.org/Login.aspx?ReturnUrl=https%3a%2f%2fcontent.hslda.org%2fcourtreport%2fv19n5%2fv19n511.asp|title=HSLDA|website=secure.hslda.org))</ref>

==== Italy ====
: ''Status: '''Regulated'''''
In Italy, homeschooling is legal. It is called "Istruzione Parentale" which is the legal and formal term. "Educazione parentale" and "Istruzione Famigliare" are used by two different advocacy organizations.<ref>((Cite web|url=https://www.laifitalia.it/|title=Homepage|website=LAIF – L'Associazione Istruzione Famigliare))</ref><ref>((Cite web|url=https://edupar.org/|title=Educazione Parentale|website=edupar.org))</ref> Most commonly, parents involved in the practise informally call it "homeschooling".
The legal status of the practice draws on the Constitution which states: "It is the duty and right of parents to support, raise and educate their children, even if born out of wedlock. In the case of incapacity of the parents, the law provides for the fulfilment of their duties" (art. 30). 
Further regulations have required the mandatory annual notification to the authorities and the annual parents' self-certification of technical and economic capacity to teach their children (legislative decree 297/1994). Moreover, children are required to pass annual exams which are non-standardized assessments (legislative decree 62/2017 and ministerial decree 8th February 2021).<ref>((Cite web|url=https://www.miur.gov.it/istruzione-parentale|title = Istruzione parentale))</ref>

==== Netherlands ====
((See also|Special school (Netherlands)))
: ''Status: '''Generally illegal'''''
In the Netherlands, homeschooling is not a recognized form of education and every child is subject to compulsory education from his/her fifth birthday, with exemptions:<ref>((cite web|url=http://www.thuisonderwijs.nl/juridisch/|title=Wetgeving|website=thuisonderwijs.nl))</ref><ref>((cite web|url=https://open.overheid.nl/documenten/ronl-391a18920a131abde1fcc0d824a303b14641fdb9/pdf|title=Rapportage leerplichtwet G-gemeenten, schooljaar 2021-2022, Definitieve eindstand – Rijksoverheid.nl|first=Ministerie van Algemene|last=Zaken|date=2023-03-31|website=rijksoverheid.nl))</ref>
* the child is physically or mentally unfit for school education (7389 children in 2021–2022),
* the parents have reservations about the religious or philosophical direction of education in all schools with appropriate education at a reasonable distance from the home (1771 children in 2021–2022),
* the child is enrolled in and regularly visits a foreign school (8235 children in 2021–2022)
Many in the first group and all in the second group are home schooled. Until 1969 homeschooling was a recognized form of education.<ref>((cite web|url=http://www.kohnstamminstituut.uva.nl/rapporten/pdf/sco802.pdf |title=Vervangend onderwijs aan kinderen van ouders met een richtingbezwaar |website=Kohnstamminstituut.uva.nl |access-date=2016-04-03))</ref>

==== Norway ====
: ''Status: '''Regulated'''''
Homeschooling is legal.<ref>Lov om grunnskolen og den vidaregåande opplæringa [http://lovdata.no/all/tl-19980717-061-001.html#1-2 1 ch. 2 §], [http://lovdata.no/all/tl-19980717-061-002.html#2-1 2 ch. 1 §] (no), [http://www.nhuf.no/?q=node/28/English Summary on the site of the Norwegian homeschooling association] (en)</ref> The municipality is responsible for checking that the homeschooling's curriculum is "equal to" public schooling, but the wording of the law is vague and does not prescribe how this is supposed to be done. Hence, every municipality does things differently: some municipalities assist the parents by providing funding for educational materials, while other municipalities make it a child protection issue.

==== Poland ====
: ''Status: '''Heavily regulated'''''
Homeschooling is only allowed on highly regulated terms, but it is increasingly a popular option. Every child must be enrolled in a school (the school does not need to be a public school). The school principal may, but is not obliged to, allow of homeschooling a particular child. Usually the permission is just a formality and it is fairly easy to receive it. Homeschooled children are required to pass annual exams covering material in school curriculum, and failure on an exam automatically terminates the homeschooling permit. Even though it may seem difficult to homeschool in Poland, parents can choose a "homeschool friendly" school", where both children and parents can get support, where different trips or meetings for home schoolers can be organized.<ref>Ustawa z dnia 7 września 1991 r. o systemie oświaty. [http://isap.sejm.gov.pl/DetailsServlet?id=WDU20090560458], Ustawa z dnia 19 marca 2009 r. o zmianie ustawy o systemie oświaty oraz o zmianie niektórych innych ustaw [http://isap.sejm.gov.pl/DetailsServlet?id=WDU20090560458] (pl)</ref> As of November 2020, 15 034 children were homeschooled in Poland (up from 10 976 in the 2019–20 school year), according to [[Ministry of National Education (Poland)|Poland's Ministry of Education]].<ref>((Cite journal|date=22 April 2021|title=Prezydent podpisał nowelizację ustawy dotyczącą edukacji domowej|url=https://serwisy.gazetaprawna.pl/edukacja/artykuly/8147576,prezydent-podpis-ustawa-edukacja-domowa.html|journal=Gazeta Prawna))</ref>

==== Portugal ====
: ''Status: '''Legal'''''
Homeschooling is legal.<ref>((cite web|url=https://www.hslda.org/hs/international/Portugal/default.asp |title=Home Schooling – Portugal |publisher=HSLDA |access-date=2016-04-03))</ref> However, not many people choose the option of homeschooling, mostly because of not knowing about the choice.<ref>((cite web|author=Assembleia da República |url=http://pt.legislacao.org/primeira-serie/lei-n-o-85-2009-escolaridade-educacao-obrigatoria-idade-183011 |title=Lei n.º 85/2009 – escolaridade educação obrigatória idade |website=Pt.legislacao.org |access-date=2016-04-03))</ref>

==== Romania ====
: ''Status: '''Legal'''''
Homeschooling is legal since 2002, after it was included in the Romanian Educational Law at the request of the Romanian Home-Schooling Association.<ref name=":4">((Cite web|date=2019-10-07|title=Romania – Legal status and resources on homeschooling in Romania|url=https://hslda.org/post/romania|access-date=2020-08-04|website=HSLDA|language=en))</ref> The [[compulsory education]] age is between 6–16 years.<ref name=":4" />

==== Russia ====
: ''Status: '''Heavily regulated'''''

There are at least two forms of education that look like homeschooling. With "family education", homeschoolers are attached to a state-licensed school where they are allowed to participate in laboratory work and extracurricular activities, may use teacher support and the school library and do tests and exams in every subject. The local authorities are obliged to pay the parents some money, but no specific requirements exist. The formal, usually annual, interim examinations ("Промежуточная Аттестация"), even the online ones, are mandatory at least in the 4th and 9th grades. Many children finish a 9-year curriculum in less than 3 years. There is also a hybrid form of education, when the child can attend the classes of his choice and the rest of the subjects study on his own.

==== Slovenia ====
: ''Status: '''Legal'''''

Home education (called ''izobraževanje na domu'' in Slovene) is legal in Slovenia since 1996.<ref name=slo-uradni-list-1996>[http://www.uradni-list.si/_pdf/1996/Ur/u1996012.pdf Uradni list Republike Slovenije, 1996 no.12] (slo), "Zakon o osnovni šoli", Page 39(879) Articles 1 and 5; and Page 46(886) Section VII (Articles 88–92)</ref> The law regarding home education has not been changed since then.<ref name=slo-mss>[http://druginacin.hr/clanci/obrazovanje-kod-kuce-u-sloveniji-pravna-podloga/ "Obrazovanje kod kuće u Sloveniji: Pravna podloga"] ((webarchive|url=https://archive.today/20130217161349/http://druginacin.hr/clanci/obrazovanje-kod-kuce-u-sloveniji-pravna-podloga/ |date=2013-02-17 )) (hr), druginacin.hr</ref><ref name=slo-uradni-list-2006>[http://www.uradni-list.si/_pdf/2006/Ur/u2006081.pdf Uradni list Republike Slovenije, 2006 no.81] (slo), "Zakon o osnovni šoli", Page 15(8663) Articles 1 and 5; and Page 22(8670) Section VII (Articles 88–92)</ref> It is almost identical to [[#Montenegro|Montenegrin]] model of home education. According to Slovenian Ministry of Education it was based on [[#Denmark|Danish]] model of home education.<ref name=slo-mss />

The compulsory school-age starts at 6 and lasts for 9 years (page 18 (8666), article 45).<ref name="slo-uradni-list-2006" /> The child being home educated is required to enroll into a local school (public or private) and pass annual exam in certain subjects (mother tongue and math only in lower grades; with addition of foreign language in middle grades and more subjects in higher grades,<ref name=slo-uradni-list-2006 /><ref name=slo-exams>[http://www.nezazeljeno.com/?novica=1338 "Izobraževanje na domu"] ((Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120326160557/http://www.nezazeljeno.com/?novica=1338 |date=2012-03-26 )), (slo) nezazeljeno.com, Alenka Čurin Janžekovič, prof.</ref> Page 22(8670) Article 90). If the child does not pass all the exams in two attempts, it is ordered to continue the education with regular school attendance. Every year the parents have to notify the school before starting<ref name=slo-uradni-list-2011>[http://www.uradni-list.si/1/content?id=105682 Uradni list Republike Slovenije, 2011 no.87] (slo), "Zakon o osnovni šoli", Article 39</ref> new school year that they will be home educating their child.

There are no special requirements for parents wanting to home educate their children. Parents are ''not'' eligible for any kind of state help ''nor'' are schools required to provide any kind of assistance. The schools are free to choose (they often do<ref name=slo-sticna>[http://www.druginacin.hr/clanci/obrazovanje-kod-kuce-u-sloveniji-osnovna-skola-sticna/ "Obrazovanje kod kuće u Sloveniji: Osnovna škola Stična"] ((webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120326100251/http://www.druginacin.hr/clanci/obrazovanje-kod-kuce-u-sloveniji-osnovna-skola-sticna/ |date=2012-03-26 )) (hr), druginacin.hr</ref>) whether they will allow special arrangements with home educated children (flexi-schooling, the use of school resources, participation in field trips and other school activities, etc.). The Ministry of Education and schools are ''not'' required to provide any form of help to parents of home educated children (teacher guides, worksheets, consultation, etc.).

In the school year 2010/2011, 97 children have been home educated.<ref name=slo-mss />

As of July 2011 there are no organised home education groups in Slovenia.((Citation needed|date=July 2011))

==== Slovakia ====
: ''Status: '''Heavily regulated'''''
Homeschooling is legal in [[Slovakia]]. However, a child's tutor is required to have a degree with a major in primary school education, and homeschooling is restricted only to the first four years of primary education. Since 2021 is legal for 9 grades.<ref name="minedusk"/>

==== Spain ====
: ''Status: '''Illegal'''''
In Spain homeschooling is in somewhat of a legal vacuum. On the one hand in Article 27 the Spanish Constitution talks of compulsive education (not schooling), the freedom of teaching and the right of parents to choose their children's education in accordance with their own personal, moral and religious convictions.<ref>((cite web |url=http://www.tribunalconstitucional.es/en/constitucion/Pages/ConstitucionIngles.aspx |title=La Constitución en inglés |publisher=Tribunalconstitucional.es |access-date=2016-04-02 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120117063355/http://www.tribunalconstitucional.es/en/constitucion/Pages/ConstitucionIngles.aspx |archive-date=2012-01-17 ))</ref> On the other hand, Spanish education law speaks of compulsive school attendance for all children between the ages of 6 and 16. (Sec. 4.2 Organic Law on Education 2/2006, of 3 May).<ref name="autogenerated2006">((cite web|url=http://www.boe.es/aeboe/consultas/bases_datos/doc.php?id=BOE-A-2006-7899 |title=Documento BOE-A-2006-7899 |publisher=BOE.es |access-date=2016-04-02))</ref>

In 2010 a family went in front of the Spanish Constitutional Court to argue that the Spanish education laws are not in accordance with the parental rights granted by the Constitution and are therefore unlawful. The decision made by the Constitutional Court made it clear that current education laws were in fact lawful interpretations of the Constitution with the result that since 2010 effectively school attendance is considered mandatory in Spain for all children from 6 to 16 (STC 133/2010, of 2 December).<ref>((cite web |url=http://www.tribunalconstitucional.es/es/jurisprudencia/Paginas/Sentencia.aspx?cod=10041 |title=Detalle de sentencia |publisher=Tribunalconstitucional.es |access-date=2016-04-02 |archive-date=2012-07-30 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120730203222/http://www.tribunalconstitucional.es/es/jurisprudencia/Paginas/Sentencia.aspx?cod=10041 |url-status=dead ))</ref> However, the Constitutional Court also made it clear that the Constitution indeed only talks of compulsive education and that a change in the law to make homeschooling a legal alternative to regular school attendance would be a possible and lawful option for the future.

In 2009 the regional government of [[Catalonia]] amended its education law so that now according to article 55 "education without attendance to school" is a viable option.<ref>((cite web |url=http://www.gencat.cat/diari/5422/09190005.htm |title=Resultats i fitxa. Diari Oficial de la Generalitat de Catalunya . Generalitat de Catalunya |publisher=Gencat.cat |access-date=2016-04-02 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130812093127/http://www.gencat.cat/diari/5422/09190005.htm |archive-date=2013-08-12 |url-status=dead ))</ref> However the regulation of that right hasn't yet been developed. As a regional law it can't contradict the education law passed by the national parliament. Hence the newly amended Catalan law can only refer to pupils who have special needs or are for some other reason unable attend school regularly in order that they may have their educational rights met. (Sec. 3.9 Organic Law on Education 2/2006).<ref name="autogenerated2006"/>

==== Sweden ====
: ''Status: '''Virtually illegal'''''

In Sweden, children are obligated to attend school from the age of 6.<ref>((cite web|url=https://www.regeringen.se/pressmeddelanden/2017/08/skolplikt-fran-sex-ars-alder/|title=Skolplikt från sex års ålder|first=Regeringen och|last=Regeringskansliet|date=3 August 2017|website=Regeringskansliet))</ref> In 2010 Sweden passed a law (SFS 2010:800) that added further restrictions on homeschooling to an earlier law which was passed in 1985. Homeschooling is only allowed for certain specific reasons such as for children of parents working temporarily in the country. Homeschooling will not be approved based on religious beliefs or philosophical reasons, nor is there an automatic approval if the parent has had teacher training. Recent court cases have supported these restrictions on parents.<ref>((cite web|url=http://www.thelocal.se/27920/20100721/ |title=Parents barred from homeschooling son - the Local |access-date=June 13, 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110513175516/http://www.thelocal.se/27920/20100721/ |archive-date=May 13, 2011 ))</ref>

==== Switzerland ====
: ''Status: '''Legal, restricted in some cantons'''''

Homeschooling is legal in Switzerland. Requirements vary from Canton to Canton.<ref name=":1" /> In the Cantons Luzern, Zug, Schwyz and Zürich the teachers must have a Lehrdiplom (teaching diploma), in Cantons Bern and Aargau this is not required.<ref>''Es geht auch ohne Schule''. In: ''Zentralschweiz am Sonntag'', Nr. 18 from 3. Mai 2009 on ''bildungzuhause.ch''</ref> In Canton Obwalden homeschooling has to be allowed by the administration. The Bundesgericht decided in 2019 that there is no right for homeschooling based on the Swiss law.<ref>Urteil [https://www.bger.ch/ext/eurospider/live/de/php/aza/http/index.php?highlight_docid=aza%3A%2F%2Faza://22-08-2019-2C_1005-2018&lang=de&zoom=&type=show_document 2C_1005/2018] from August 22, 2019.</ref> In 2011 approximately 200 – 500 families currently homeschool,<ref>((cite web|url=http://www.hslda.org/hs/international/Switzerland/default.asp |title=Home Schooling – Switzerland |publisher=HSLDA |date=2011-03-16 |access-date=2016-04-03))</ref> in 2019 a study found 2100 children (0.2% of all pupils) where learning in homeschools.<ref name=":1">Jörg Krummenacher: [https://www.nzz.ch/schweiz/immer-mehr-eltern-unterrichten-ihre-kinder-privat-ld.1508446 ''Aus Misstrauen gegenüber dem Staat: Immer mehr Eltern unterrichten ihre Kinder privat''.] In: [[Neue Zürcher Zeitung|NZZ]], September 16, 2019</ref>

==== Ukraine ====
: ''Status: '''Heavily regulated'''''

The Home School Legal Defense Association claims that homeschooling is legal and expressly allowed for by Articles 59 and 60 of Ukraine's Education Law, but local authorities do not always agree.<ref>((cite web|url=http://www.hslda.org/hs/international/Ukraine/default.asp |title=Home Schooling – Ukraine |publisher=HSLDA |date=2011-03-16 |access-date=2016-04-03))</ref>

Homeschooling is mentioned swiftly in ''The Law of Ukraine on Education'', article 59:

<blockquote>
Parents and persons who substitute them shall be obliged to assist children to get education in educational institutions or provide them with full-value '''home education''' in accordance with the requirements to its content, level and scope.<ref>((cite web|url=http://www.cepes.ro/services/pdf/Ukraine.pdf|title=The Law of Ukraine on Education|access-date=2011-03-24|author=HSLDA|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110429230346/http://www.cepes.ro/services/pdf/Ukraine.pdf|archive-date=2011-04-29|url-status=dead)) section III, article 59, point 3</ref>
</blockquote>

In 2019 a law came into force, which liberalized the education system. Before the law, to receive home education, children had to demonstrate that they cannot visit school due to medical condition or disability. That restriction is now lifted.

Ukrainian education system remains very restrictive though. Curriculum must be authorized by the school appointed supervisor. To receive home education, children have to register with a school and to undergo assessments by the school up to 4 times a year. In case an assessment fails, the child loses the privilege of home education.

==== United Kingdom ====
((Main|Home education in the United Kingdom))
: ''Status: '''Officially legal''''' ([[England and Wales]], [[Scotland]] and [[Northern Ireland]] have their own education laws each with variations regarding homeschooling.)
Homeschooling is legal in the United Kingdom. Parents are legally required to ensure that their children receive "efficient full-time education suitable to [their] age, ability and aptitude, and... to any special educational needs [they] may have, either by regular attendance at school or otherwise."<ref>((cite web|url=https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1996/56/section/7 |title=Education Act 1996, section 7 |publisher=legislation.gov.uk |date=1996 |access-date=2018-05-21))</ref> Parents are not required to inform local authorities that they are homeschooling.<ref>((cite web |url=https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/288135/guidelines_for_las_on_elective_home_educationsecondrevisev2_0.pdf |title=Elective Home Education: Guidelines for Local Authorities |publisher=Department for Children, Schools and Families |date=2013 |access-date=2018-05-21 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180522112855/https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/288135/guidelines_for_las_on_elective_home_educationsecondrevisev2_0.pdf |archive-date=2018-05-22 |url-status=dead ))</ref>

A [[Badman Review|report]] commissioned by the UK government in 2009 found that councils were aware of approximately 20,000 children being homeschooled, but that the true number could be in excess of 80,000.<ref>[http://publications.everychildmatters.gov.uk/eOrderingDownload/HC-610_Home-ed.PDF Review of Elective Home Education in England] ((webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090824071157/http://publications.everychildmatters.gov.uk/eOrderingDownload/HC-610_Home-ed.PDF |date=2009-08-24 )) page 2</ref> A study by the BBC in 2018 found that councils were aware of 48,000 children who were being homeschooled in 2016/7.<ref>((cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-42624220 |title=Homeschooling in the UK increases 40% over three years |publisher=BBC |date=2018-05-18 |access-date=2018-05-21))</ref>

The Department for Education estimated 97,000 children were homeschooled in the summer of 2023, an increase of 11,000 on the previous year.<ref>((Cite news |last=Adams |first=Richard |date=2024-01-25 |title=England homeschooling surge could become permanent, data suggests |url=https://www.theguardian.com/education/2024/jan/25/england-homeschooling-surge-could-become-permanent-data-suggests |access-date=2024-03-15 |work=[[The Guardian]] |language=en-GB |issn=0261-3077))</ref>

=== Oceania ===

==== Australia ====
((Main|Homeschooling and distance education in Australia))
: ''Status: '''Legal'''''
Homeschooling is relatively popular and enjoys a good reputation in Australia. It is legal in every [[States and territories of Australia|state and territory]]. Around 30,000 children in Australia are homeschooled, including students who take [[distance education]].

==== New Zealand ====
((Main|Homeschooling in New Zealand))
: ''Status: '''Legal'''''
As of July 2011 there were 6,517 homeschooled pupils registered with the [[Ministry of Education (New Zealand)|Ministry of Education]]. It is an increase of 23.6% since 1998.<ref>((cite web|url=http://www.educationcounts.govt.nz/statistics/schooling/homeschooling/homeschooling-as-at-1-july-2011 |title=Homeschooling as at 1 July 2011 |publisher=Education Counts |access-date=23 October 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130209023526/http://www.educationcounts.govt.nz/statistics/schooling/homeschooling/homeschooling-as-at-1-july-2011 |archive-date=9 February 2013 ))</ref>
As at 1 July 2013, there were 5,521 home schooled students recorded in the Ministry of Education's homeschooling database. These students belong to 2,789 families and represent 0.7% of total school enrolments as at 1 July 2013. Out of the 5,521 homeschoolers 65% were the aged 12 or under, 66% had been home-schooled for less than 5 years, and only 4% had been home-schooled for 10 years or more.<ref>((cite web|url=https://www.educationcounts.govt.nz/statistics/schooling/homeschooling |title=Homeschooling - Education Counts |access-date=February 18, 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140221230931/https://www.educationcounts.govt.nz/statistics/schooling/homeschooling |archive-date=February 21, 2014 ))</ref>

==== Singapore ====
((Main|Education_in_Singapore))
: ''Status: '''Legal''', '''Regulated for citizens'''''
Primary education is compulsory under the Compulsory Education Act since 2003. Exemptions are made for pupils who are [[homeschooling]], attending a full-time religious institution or those with special needs who are unable to attend mainstream schools. However, parents have to meet the requirements set out by the Ministry of Education before these exemptions are granted. Students have to take a test at Primary 4 to determine whether they could remain homeschooled.

Parents of Singaporean children who wish to homeschool need to apply to MOE to seek exemption from compulsory education; this requirement is not applicable to expatriates.<ref>((cite web|title=Home School Singapore What is Homeschooling?|url=https://homeschoolsingapore.sg/2021/08/01/vision/|access-date=August 7, 2022))</ref>

== See also ==
* [[Home School Legal Defense Association]]
* [[Schoolhouse Home Education Association]]

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