has recorded approximately 2,000 school deregistrations for the current school year, a slight increase from 1,900 last year. leads with 477 cases, followed by at 294, at 284, and reporting 254 deregistrations.
Under Austrian law, education is compulsory but school attendance is not, allowing parents to teach children at home or in private schools without public status. To opt out, parents must report deregistrations before the start of the annual summer holidays.
While boys are deregistered more often than girls, the number of girls under 14 in home schooling rose by 70 this year. This demographic, representing one-third of current deregistrations, is notably exempt from the school headscarf ban while home schooling.