I googled about the California homeschool reimbursement scheme. It appears it works like this. Homeschoolers register with the school district, thereby becoming recognized as student being "taught" by the district. Consequently the district receives $5k per homeschooled student, gives each student $1k, and keeps the other $4k.
Depending on the school this is true. However, some homeschool charters maintain an actual school site where the kids can take classes. One we are involved in is a K-8 school, with about 240 students and more than 70 classes from piano, guitar and dance to science, math and a hybrid 2x a week program. Plus field trips, a huge curriculum catalog and lots of choice to use (or not use( that curriculum. PM me if you want more info!
