"Home School" a cover for dropouts?

Texas schools are under scrutiny after the possibility of fraud in the Home School program came to light.
US statistics show that more than 70% of Home Schooled kids are non-minority children of college educated higher wage parents.
In one Texas district, most of the children listed as Home Schooled are minorities with parents that are low wage and less uneducated.
Students listed as "Home Schooled" have tripled in number in the last decade and have outpaced other states.
It (finally) occurred to some bright light in the system that this may be the schools way of hiding a sky high truancy or dropout rate (Ya Think?).
Now they want to crack down on the possibility of fraud by making it more difficult to list children in this category.
This is a good idea since some districts only require a "record of an oral statement from the parent/guardian"

Will this make it tougher on parents that really are home schooling their kids?
I hope not.