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Tennessee Homeschooling Welcome to homeschooling in Tennessee! Tennessee has three ways you can homeschool. You have the option of being (1) an independent homeschooler (registered with the state), or (2) registered with a Church-Related School or (3) registered as a satellite school of a Church-Related School (The Jeter Memo.) As a result, the number of days and hours to be taught would depend on where you are registered (State=4 hours*180 days). Kay Brooks, TnHomeEd, is one of several good contacts about homeschooling in Tennessee. Others are in the links below. [Note: you may contact Kay about Tennessee Homeschooling concerns. Contact Ann Zeise, the webmaster, about general homeschooling concerns through the "Contact" link at the bottom of this page.] Associations Network of Home Education We help promote Home Education in the West Tennessee area by providing seminars, workshops, curriculum fairs, orientation meetings and more. Tennessee Home Education Association 3677 Richbriar Court, Nashville, TN 37211 Phone: (615) 834-3529; email jcthornton3@earthlink.net . (An HSLDA affiliate.) TnHomeEd STARTING POINT The place to start to find information about homeschooling, event information, and legislative news in Tennessee. Created by Kay Brooks. Events Homeschooling through the LEA Deadline August 1. Register to homeschool independently. After this date, you may be subject to a fine. Calendar of Events TnHomeEd keeps a frequently updated calendar of fun and useful events for Tennessee homeschoolers. Homeschool events on this page: SMEA Event Calendar Reminders and upcoming events. See also: Past Events in Tennessee Legal Information Tennessee Education Code For Homeschooling AN A TO Z RESOURCE Not intended as legal advice. Laws for your information only. Current Status of the Tennessee Law AN A TO Z RESOURCE On Church-Related Schools (Satellite) and Home Schools in Tennessee. Just how involved you are with your child's education determines whether of not you fall under homeschooling laws or not. January 29, 1999. HB1652-SB1827 NEW You should know that currently the homeschooling community in Tennessee is dealing with the fact that the TN Department of Education is telling the Department of Human Services and the POST (Peace Officers Standards and Training) Commission that Category IV diplomas are insufficient for qualifying to obtain jobs as police officers or daycare workers. This despite their acceptance by a myriad of colleges, university and training schools. Information and links from TnHomeEd. Driver's License Basically, a child needs to have a "Certificate of Compulsory School Attendance" form filled out by their school and taken to the driver's testing station. TnHomeEd explains how homeschool teens can get around this. Home Schooling in Tennessee Basic information from the Department of Education. There are two sets of home school procedures for the school year: Independent Home Schools and Church-Related Home Schools. Contact: James Abernathy (615) 532- 4703, e-mail: jabernathy@mail.state.tn.us  Jeter Memorandum Text of Commissioner Jane Walters' memo accompanying the Jeter Memo: RE: Current Status of the Law on Church-Related Schools (Satellite) and Home Schools in Tennessee. Associations | Events | Field Trips | Legal Information | Online | Resources | Support Groups | Support Group Lists | Team Sports | Umbrella & Cover Schools | Universities

Recommended books to help you explore homeschooling   Home Learning Year by Year How to Design a Homeschool Curriculum from Preschool Through High School by Rebecca Rupp A structured plan to ensure that your children will learn what they need to know when they need to know it, from preschool through high school. November 2000 Paperback.   Homeschooling : The Teen Years Your Complete Guide to Successfully Homeschooling the 13- To 18-Year Old by Cafi Cohen This book reveals the adventure and rewards as well as the special challenges of working with this age group. 2000 Paperback   Swamp Angel (Caldecott Honor Book) by Anne Isaacs, Paul O. Zelinsky (Illustrator) Ages 5-9. Forget those images of angelic maidens, ethereal and demure. Angelica Longrider is the greatest woodswoman in Tennessee. She can lasso a tornado. She can toss a bear into the sky so hard that it is still on the way up at nightfall. She snores like a locomotive in a thunderstorm.   Best Selling Homeschooling Books