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Hi, I'm from California and my son is 8 and in third grade. I am very disappointed with his school, and all the schools here in general. I want to start Homeschooling him next year and have to call his school on August 4th to start it up.

My questions are: What do I have to do? Do I have to have any sort of papers? I saw somewhere that you have to have a copy of your High School dipolma. I got my GED. Does that still count? I don't have a copy of it any more. Can I call the college I went to and ask them for it? Any advice you can give me would be very helpful!

Thank you!

California law requires that you be "capable of teaching". I don't believe there is any specific requirement as to whether you need a high school diploma or not, but a GED would suffice if there were such a requirement, and you can request a copy of your GED as follows:
Looking for your GED Transcript?

See the following CHN page on your options for homeschooling in CA:
http://www.californiahomeschool.net/howTo/legOpt.htm

And for specifics on the private school affidavit:
http://www.californiahomeschool.net/howTo/psa.htm

Basically, you need to file an affidavit (see above), keep an attendance register, and teach the same subjects as the public schools.