This is worth a read!  Here's a snip:

Many homeschoolers don’t have in mind specific public policies for homeschooling any more than we have in mind specific public polices for weekly menu planning.  Yes, it’s helpful that public health nurses can find dietary information for us, but, I’m assuming, most of us don’t want to be required to comply with compulsory community menus, even though having such menus would simplify food acquisition, just as public schooling simplifies the education of children for individual families.