The N.C. House Education Committee is scheduled to discuss House Bill 161, "Require Six-Year-Olds To Attend School", at its regular meeting today. The bill, which has four primary- and twelve co-sponsors, would lower the compulsory attendance age from seven- to six years old. It does not change the upper end of the range, which is 16.
Although the bill does not mention homeschoolers specifically, the homeschool statute is based on how home education complies with the compulsory attendance law. The new regulation would require homeschoolers to begin formal instruction, testing, and documentation a year earlier, and would also add to the paperwork load at the Division of Non-Public Education.
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