What Mississippi law requires when you teach your child at home — the filings, the deadlines, the records — and what it does not require, in writing.
Notice: Parent files a certificate of enrollment for the home instruction program with the school attendance officer each year.
Ongoing duties: Legitimate home instruction program; no state testing or evaluation required.
Withdrawal from public school: no codified withdrawal procedure — a dated written notice to the school is the practice, and it creates your paper record.
Source: Miss. Code 37-13-91
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