Parents in Texas seeking to homeschool their children are complaining that some public schools are trying to block them from withdrawing their children, according to a recent report from the Texas Home School Coalition Association (THSC).
The Texas Education Association’s back-to-school guidelines, which requires all students 10 and older to wear masks, except those who live in a county with 20 or fewer COVID-19 cases, has prompted many parents to withdraw their children from public schools, the THSC said. In July, the homeschool advocacy group helped process 3,114 withdrawals, a 15-fold increase compared to 201 withdrawals in July 2019.
