American Home Schools
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Tennessee homeschoolers may choose one of three options. (1). Register with the Local Education Agency (LEA) as independent homeschoolers. Parents must have a high school diploma or a GED; if homeschooling a high school student, a baccalaureate degree or a waiver is required. The LEA does not provide curriculum, does not have the authority to inspect the home or approve the curriculum or schoolwork, and only requires some basic information. Attendance and instruction is required for 4 hours per day for 180 days. Testing is required in 5th, 7th, and 9th grades. Certain subjects are required in high school. 2. Register with a Church Related School (CRS). Under this option, parents report only high school students to the LEA, must have a high school diploma. A baccalaureate degree to teach high school is not required. There must be 180 days of teaching but curriculum, hours and testing are determined by the CRS. The child in this option is considered a homeschooler. 3. Register with a CRS as a "satellite" of their campus and the child can be educated at home by the parent. Parents do not need a baccalaureate degree to teach their high schooler. Curriculum, tests, and hours of instruction are determined by the CRS, but 180 days of instruction is required. The child in this option is considered "privately educated."
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Summary:
(1) Every parent, guardian or other legal custodian residing within this state having control or charge of any child or children between six (6) years of age and seventeen (17) years of age, both inclusive, shall cause such child or children to attend public or non-public school, and in event of failure to do so, shall be subject to the penalties hereinafter provided. The local education agency in which a transfer student seeks to enroll may require disclosure and copies of the student's records in accordance with the Family Education Rights and Privacy Act (12 USC § 1232g et seq.), including, but not limited to, disciplinary records from educational agencies where the student was previously enrolled.
(2) The provisions of subdivision (c)(1) do not apply to any child who:
(A) Has received a diploma or other certificate of graduation issued to the person from a secondary high school of this state or any other state;
(B) Is enrolled and making satisfactory progress in a course leading to a general educational development certificate (GED) from a state-approved institution or organization, or who has obtained such certificate. Any institution or organization which enrolls a child who is under eighteen (18) years of age shall provide a report to the local board of education at least three (3) times each year relative to the progress of all such persons under eighteen (18) years of age. If the local board of education determines any child under eighteen (18) years of age is not making satisfactory progress, then such child shall be subject to the provisions of subdivision (c)(1) ;
(C) Is six (6) years of age or younger and whose parent or guardian has filed a notice of intent to conduct a home school with the superintendent of local education agency or with the superintendent of a church-related school; (Emphasis added)
(D) A student enrolled in a home school who has reached seventeen (17) years of age.