This does not bode well for government schools, which were already down on students.
The number of home school applications submitted to the California Department of Education (DOE) soared during the 2020–2021 school year, state data indicates.
There were 34,715 private school affidavits (PSAs) for five children or less submitted during the most recent curricular year. In California, homeschools are recognized as private schools, and homeschooling families are required to submit an affidavit to the DOE annually.
The most recent homeschool figures are more than twice as high as they were during the 2018–2019 school year, when 14,548 PSAs were filed. There were 22,433 PSAs filed during the 2019–2020 school year.
“People are just really dissatisfied with the performance of the regular public schools during the COVID crisis,” Lance Izumi, a senior director of the Center for Education at the Pacific Research Institute and author of the upcoming book on homeschooling, “Voices from Home,” told The Epoch Times.
Izumi said California’s increase in homeschooling is part of a nationwide trend.
https://www.theepochtimes.com/homeschool-applications-double-in-california_3890023.html