New to Washington State Homeschooling

As if moving wasn't complicated enough. As if homeschooling wasn't complicated enough. As if life wasn't complicated enough. We've all had these thoughts at times, right? There are important things to remember when you're moving and homeschooling. The first bit of helpful advice I have is to research the homeschooling laws on official state websites. For example, the state of Washington has a Home-based Instruction law and their site defines it clearly. There are commercial and nonprofit websites that also offer up their own translations of the law, which are sometimes easier to digest than the actual legal terminology. At other times, however, these translations are unnecessarily wordy. One nice thing about legal language is that it's concise. The Washington Homeschool Organization provides a nice translation. One of the nicest things about the WA homeschool law is that children aren't subject to the compulsory education laws until they're eight years old in Washington State. Once the legal aspects are out of the way, you can focus on the necessities of packing and switching over your utilities and making sure everything is insured and transported safely.
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