Are they anywhere on the web? We are a military family and do not know where we will end up next but pretty sure it will be one of about 5 states. Is there a link that spells them all out? I have heard TX has part time homeschool set up somehow, school at home but recess, art, gym etc are at public school?
the HSLDA has them on their websire I believe. Texas has not rules about homeschooling. My SIL lives there. You don't have to do any paper work (unless it changed in the last few months) Alabama I heard is one of the toughest states.
I wanted to add that I am military also and you have quite a bit of protection with homeschooling if you live on the base.
I live in Texas. There are pretty much no rules here. We are not required by the state to keep any kind of records at all (I do anyway just so I know what we have accomplished). There is nothing you have to send in to the state and you do not have to have your child take the state tests. The only thing I had to do was send a certified letter to the school (found the form on HLSDA website) telling them I was withdrawing my child to hoemschool. Thats it and that was only becasue she was enrolled in the public school. With my dd3 I will not have to do that since I don't plan on ever enrolling her in public school.
I am stationed at Davis-Monthan AFbase in AZ. AZ is pretty lacks as far as rules go. you have to send in a notorized paper and that is it. What I mean by protection is that the state cannot just come to your house without the commanders permission. Kinda helps when you have nosey neighbors that call saying you are keepingyour kids out of school. All of my hubby's "higher ups" know we homeschool. I actually know people that do not even fill out the state forms because of this. Not sure that is legal but at the same time what canthe state do, it has no authority on base. Also if you go overseas you are covered by the SOFA. Germany just passed a anti-homeschool law and yet we can homeschool their being military.
Ok, makes sense. So they do not even test kids in other states? Will they if you request it? Are state universities in those states required to recognized homeschooling diploma?
All states have different rules. In Texas your kids don't have to take the TAKS (Texas Assesment of Knowledge and Skills) test if they are homeschooled just like private school kids don't have to. But you can if you want to. I don't know who you would contact though. I know that my nephew in enrolled in a virtual school which is public school at home and he does have to take the test. Tests are administered usually in a hotel banquet room.
this is for military homeschoolers, a support group http://home.kc.rr.com/milhmschlhq/military_homeschool_support.htm
Some states test and some do not. As far as the College accepting your Diploma that depends on each college. I know a lady that homeschooled 2 kids (in NM) all the way through and the 2 colleges that her kids went to accepted them. However, my neighbor's friend (here in AZ) is having trouble getting her child accepted into college.
here is another one it looks good, even saw a thing for recipes, http://www.4militaryfamilies.com/homeschoolers.htm i typed in, militar, homeschool (don't forget the comma)
I am not sure, but couldn't you also use which ever state's law that is considered your primary residence? If you kept your home residence in another state, wouldn't those homeschooling laws apply to you? I was just wondering and truelly have no idea, but it would make sense to me. Doesn't mean that is the way the law goes though.
That is true what ever you make your home state you can go by those laws. Texas doesn't have any testing, if you want to test your child you just call a public school and they work something out.
This is from HSLDA's site. It explains that military families have to abide by the state laws they are currently living in. "In summary, military families do have the right to home school. If a military home school family resides in the United States, they must abide by the state's compulsory attendance law. If the military family lives on foreign soil, however, they are not under the jurisdiction of the foreign country's compulsory attendance law. Nor are they under any regulatory authority of the DoD." HSLDA You can read the whole article here: http://www.hslda.org/docs/nche/000000/00000032.asp Kristen1nv, do you have a different address everytime you move or do you keep the same address. I wonder if it would make a difference as to what laws you abide by. Patty
As for colleges, many in California are a bit difficult to get into but UC Riverside has its doors open to homeschoolers and slowly but surley others are starting to allow them as well. Many homeschool programs or groups are not considered accredited so this is why some colleges and universities have a bit of a time with it. Our director told us that in order for a gaduate to be considered for most California universities they need a high school diploma from an accredited program. So in order for Ems to receive a diploma acceptable to most colleges I might have to place her in the private school her senior year. Although it is possible for her to get into college with a diploma given by me, it could be tricky. I intend on homeschooling her until she graduates and by this time hopefully more colleges will be more accepting. Patty
