---
kind: "section"
citation: "29 U.S.C. § 3273"
title: "29"
title_heading: "Labor"
number: "3273"
heading: "Home schools"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/29/3273"
units:
  - "Chapter 32 — Workforce Innovation and Opportunity"
  - "Subchapter II — Adult Education and Literacy"
---

# §3273. Home schools


Nothing in this subchapter shall be construed to affect home schools, whether a home school is treated as a home school or a private school under [State](/usc/29/3102.md?p=56) law, or to compel a parent or family member engaged in home schooling to participate in [adult education and literacy activities](/usc/29/3272.md?p=2).


## Source credit

(Pub. L. 113–128, title II, § 204, July 22, 2014, 128 Stat. 1611.)

## Notes

### Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Effective Date

Section effective on the first day of the first full program year after July 22, 2014 (July 1, 2015), see section 506 of Pub. L. 113–128, set out as a note under section 3101 of this title.