Homeschooling in Virginia

[BriansLovie]

If you homeschool in Virginia, what is your experience, good or bad? Was it a big hassle? Also, did you have to register your child with the school district at age 5?

[AmyDoll]

I'm registering Sam this year. I've never lived anywhere else, but there's lots of Homeschoolers in Virginia & the HSDLA is here.
I think it's relatively easy & there's lots of support.

[Blue Aurora]

You have to register at 5 but you can send a letter saying your delaying your child a year for social/physical/emotional reasons (that is what we are doing).

[me]

I have this boomarked in case we are still here this comming school year.
http://www.hslda.org/laws/analysis/Virginia.pdf

[AmyDoll]

You have to register at 5 but you can send a letter saying your delaying your child a year for social/physical/emotional reasons (that is what we are doing).


I decided against that bc I didn't want that in his school file - kwim? JIC we ended up putting him in Public School later - I didn't want him labeled. It is an option tho.

The religious exemption option only has to be filed once, but can be a little bit more annoying.