If you are planning to withdraw your child from public school at any time other than at a semester break (i.e. winter vacation or summer vacation) and enroll them in a home school program,
 
OR
 
If your child(ren) is withdrawing from public school while disciplinary action was being contemplated or begun at the school, (an example of disciplinary actions the school may have begun would be truancy, expulsion, etc.)
 
OR
 
If an agency concerned with child welfare (juvenile court, Department of Social Services, etc.) has made a formal request to determine if your child(ren) are in school, then you need to make a careful note of the information and suggestions found in the Best Practices Document.