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How to avoid in-person schooling in Plano, TX for 2021-22 school year?
<p>Texas legislature killed funding for remote learning in the upcoming 2021-22 school year, meaning that children will have to do in-person schooling again.</p>
<p>Because of the increased spread of the delta variant of COVID and the lack of approved vaccines for smaller children, I'm deeply worried about in-person schooling.</p>
<p>What are my legal options to avoid sending my child to school? Is it possible to convince / force schools to provide remote learning due to the increasing health risks?</p>

<h2 id="yes-its-possible-klba">Yes, it’s possible</h2>
<p>Education is <a href="https://statelaws.findlaw.com/texas-law/texas-compulsory-education-laws.html" rel="nofollow noreferrer">compulsory</a> in Texas for children between the ages of 6 and 18 (unless they have a high school diploma) subject to a number of exemptions that don’t seem applicable.</p>
<p>This can be met by:</p>
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<li>attending a public school - which has the problem you identified,</li>
<li>attending a private school - some of these may be offering distance education. These obviously cost money - median for Texas is about $10k pa.</li>
<li><a href="https://tea.texas.gov/texas-schools/general-information/finding-a-school-for-your-child/home-schooling" rel="nofollow noreferrer">home schooling</a> - which obviously meets the issue but may not be something you can do.</li>
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