American Home Schools
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American Home Schools |
Georgia homeschooling is defined in the Georgia Code. Homeschoolers must submit an annual declaration of intent to the local school superintendent. The teaching parent must have a high school diploma and may employ a tutor with at least a baccalaureate college degree. Subjects must include reading, language arts, mathematics, social studies, and science. There are requirements for the length of the school year and for reporting attendance monthly. The teaching parent must write annual progress reports, and standardized tests must be taken every three years beginning at the end of third grade; neither the progress report nor the test results are routinely submitted to local or state authorities.
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Summary:
Every parent, guardian, or other person residing within this state having control or charge of any child or children between their sixth and sixteenth birthdays shall enroll and send such child or children to a public school, a private school, or a home study program. Home Study Programs
Parent or guardian must annually submit to the superintendent of the local school district in which the program is located a declaration of intent to utilize a home study program by September 1 or within 30 days after a program is established. The local school superintendent will provide a form upon request for this purpose to be returned to that office
The home study program must include but is not limited to instruction in reading, language arts, mathematics, social studies, and science.
Students in home study programs shall be subject to an appropriate nationally standardized testing program administered in consultation with a person trained in the administration and interpretation of norm reference tests. The student must be evaluated at least every three years beginning at the end of the third grade. Records of such tests shall be retained.