Alabama
Problem in Covington County
A new home school mother in Red Level, Covington County, nearly faced truancy charges for failing to file the appropriate paperwork. In January, this widowed mother decided to remove her children from public school and to begin teaching them at home through enrollment in Full Gospel Bible Church School, a ministry of Full Gospel Bible Church.
When this mother had not filed the church school enrollment form with the local superintendent by January 14, she received a telephone call from a public school official threatening truancy charges. Home School Legal Defense Association intervened on behalf of this family by writing a letter to the Covington County School Board advising the public school officials of the student’s enrollment in the church school. At the same time, the mother took immediate steps to file the church school enrollment form with the public school superintendent.
This family’s story is a reminder that new home schooling parents in Alabama need to file the church school enrollment form with the local superintendent at the time they withdraw their children from the public school. Fulfilling this requirement of state law should preclude any threats of truancy by public school officials in similar cases.
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Alabama
by
Julia S. Tutwiler
“. . . From thy southern shore where groweth By the sea thy orange tree . . .”
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