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How to Start Homeschooling in California (2026)

California Education Code section 33190 requires a private school to file an affidavit with the Superintendent of Public Instruction between the first and 15th day of October each year.

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California Education Code section 33190 requires a person, firm, association, partnership, or corporation offering or conducting private school instruction on the elementary or high school level to file with the Superintendent of Public Instruction, between the first and 15th day of October of each year, an affidavit or statement under penalty of perjury by the owner or other head setting out specified information for the current year.