posted Apr 23, 2009 1:24 PM by Michelle Kretzschmar
No. If your child has never attended school in the district, you are
not required to contact them. Think of having enrolled your child in a
private school. You wouldn’t notify the district in such a case and the
private school is not sending them any information either.If
you are withdrawing your child from school, you do not have to register
your child or curriculum with the district. Again, think private
school. Public schools do not ask private schools to submit their
curriculums for approval. They do not consider children in private
school truant. They do not ask you for attendance records.
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posted Apr 23, 2009 1:24 PM by Michelle Kretzschmar
Members
will have access to the equipment lending library, mentoring, a San
Antonio Homeschool Directory, and an ID Card. We are also planning a
Homeschool Roundup of individuals and support groups, a homeschool
band, an Odyssey of the Mind team, homeschool information sessions, and
an academic competition team. All
services and activities are contingent on enrolling members and
volunteers. The services we selected are based on the results of our
survey. Some services, such as the equipment library, require a certain
level of funding for purchasing equipment. Others, such as the
directory, require volunteers to collect the information. Therefore, if
no one joins or volunteers, nothing happens! We will be posting our
membership and volunteer goals along with their status on the website.
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posted Apr 23, 2009 1:23 PM by Michelle Kretzschmar
No.
SA-HERO does not intend to replace support groups or coops. Our goal is
to act as referral for individuals new to homeschooling or new to the
San Antonio area to the various homeschool groups. And while it's part
of SA-HERO's mission to operate without regard to religion or
philosophy, we don't expect this to be true of support groups. We want
to know if a group has a statement of faith or is geared for teaching
only a certain curriculum. This way we can refer individuals to
appropriate support groups. If a support group only wants purple
martians we need to know so when a purple martian shows up we can tell
it where to go. Our goal is to focus on providing resources and services that are beyond the scope of any one support group.
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posted Apr 23, 2009 1:22 PM by Michelle Kretzschmar
You
do not have to buy curriculum to homeschool. You do not have to have a
"set" curriculum to homeschool. Your child will not be truant if
withdraw her to homeschool without having purchased a curriculum.
According to the Commissioner's April 20, 2004 Home School Policy Letter,
"Students should be disenrolled by school officials when they receive
written notice either by signing withdrawal forms or sending a letter
of withdrawal. It is not necessary for the parents to make a personal
appearance with school officials or present curriculum for review."
(emphasis included in original document)
You are only required to provide a curriculum is designed to meet basic
education goals including reading, spelling, grammar, mathematics, and
a study of good citizenship. Furthermore, your curriculum may consist
"of books, workbooks, or written materials including that which appears
on an electronic screen of either a computer or video tape monitor, or
any combination of the preceding from (1) either one of a private or
parochial school which exists apart from the child home or (2) which
has been devloped or obtained from any source.." Final Judgement Leeper
et al v. Arlington et al (Austin Area Homeschoolers)
The Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills (TEKS) is
available on the TEA website and covers all grades. This is the state
curriculum for Texas which "appears on an electronic screen." So don't
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posted Apr 23, 2009 1:19 PM by Michelle Kretzschmar
The following is some friendly, non-legal advice based other homeschooler’s experiences.Yes.
Homeschooling is legal in Texas. You are considered a private school in
Texas. And in Texas, of course, private schools are unregulated. This
means that public school officials can not request to review or approve
your curriculum. The Texas education code describes the exemption from
compulsory school attendance as follows: Title 2. Public Education; Subtitle E. Students and Parents;
Chapter 25. Admission, Transfer, and Attendance
Subchapter 25. Admission and Enrollment
25.086. Exemptions (a) A child is exempt from the requirements of compulsory school attendance if the child:
(1) attends a private or parochial school that includes in its course a study of good citizenship; Also note the following part of the exemption: (b)
This section does not relieve a school district in which a child
eligible to participate in the district's special education program
resides of its fiscal and administrative responsibilities under
Subchapter A, Chapter 29, or of its responsibility to provide a free
appropriate public education to a child with a disability.
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