School is compulsory for all children from 3 years old to 16 years old. If a majority of children find themselves on the benches of a public or private school, others can, under conditions, do school at home, also called home education (IEF).
To benefit from it, it is necessary to request authorization from Dasen, the Academic Director of the National Education Services, for a child to be educated in the family. The latter carries out each year pedagogical control to verify the instruction given, and can force the family to enroll the child in a school if the results are not sufficient. But this control can also be carried out by the mayor to inquire about the justification chosen by the parents.
Tutors can design their educational program, which must however be in line with that of National Education so that students at home develop the same knowledge as those who go to the classroom.
Under what circumstances can we homeschool?
The criteria for the child to be educated in the family are clearly defined. The child must be of school age and subject to the obligation of education, if he is between 3 and 16 years old. A child residing in France can follow education in the family, whatever his nationality and can also take place in a place other than the child’s domicile.
It is therefore possible to educate a child at home if his state of health justifies it, if he practices an intensive sports or artistic activity. In addition, if the household is regularly on the move or away from a school, this practice is a possible alternative. Finally, a child can benefit from this alternative mode of education if the physical or moral integrity of the child is threatened in his school.
How to benefit from financial aid?
It is necessary to have sent the authorization for education in the family to the Family allowance fund to benefit from family allowances. Your rights differ whether your child is enrolled in a CNED regulated class or not. If your child is not enrolled in a regulated class and the latter is educated in the family, then you cannot benefit from the back-to-school allowance (ARS).
If you would like to enroll your children in CNED as part of their education in primary school, college or high school, 4 options are available to you: the regulated full class, the free full class, the regulated à la carte courses and the free à la carte courses. If your child is enrolled in a regulated class and educated in the home, you may qualify for three financial aids : the back-to-school allowance, the college grant or the high school grant.
2023-08-21 17:32:20
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