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> I don't think that's how state laws work.

You know, one family we knew was home schooling. They found out about a program for advanced students that enabled them to put their three kids into community college and have those classes count for both high school / middle school credit and for college credit. So their kids (11-14 years old) attended the local college at a discounted rate (most of it was paid by state education funds) until the law changed to require that only a certain proportion of any particulars school's students could participate in that program.

The father, as school principal, downloaded a template and printed out diplomas for them. I think the youngest was 12 by that time. So at those ages, they were full-time college students and high school graduates.

(They also worked part time in the dad's business, but same-family businesses have always been exempt from a lot of the restrictions that apply to outside businesses.)

The point being, as school principal, there are a lot of things that dad could do without consulting the local school district.