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School contact resolved

The principal of Longfellow Elementary School in Hazel Park recently wrote a Home School Legal Defense Association member family, the Klobuchers, demanding that they complete the school district's Home School Report form. (The form asked for the family's address, the children's names, ages, and grade levels, and a list of subjects taught—information that Michigan homeschooling families are not required to provide.)

In his letter, the principal advised the family that failure to comply could result in truancy or educational neglect proceedings. He also erroneously stated that the family had a responsibility to notify the district of their intent to teach their children at home.

The Klobuchers asked HSLDA to help resolve the situation. HSLDA wrote to the school principal, explaining that Michigan law requires neither completion of any district form regarding homeschooling nor submission of any notification of intent to home educate.

After receiving HSLDA's letter, the principal made no further attempt to communicate with the Klobucher family.

If you are contacted by a school official and asked to provide information, be sure to ask HSLDA's legal department if you are required to comply.

— by Christopher J. Klicka