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    Filed at 7:52 pm under by dcobranchi

    This is utter g-school bullshit propaganda. If there are any Alabamans out there, I hope they’ll write a LttE to set the record straight:

    Q. What would I have to do to be able to home school my child in Alabama?

    A. Judy Rushton, attendance specialist at Huntsville City Schools, said that parents who wish to homeschool their children must notify the local public school system. In Huntsville, they would contact the pupil services department. “We have a little packet that walks them through the process,” said Rushton. Children must be schooled under the auspices of a certified teacher, said Rushton, which can mean through a church program, a private school, a private tutor or an online home school program.

    Per HSLDA’s analysis of the law, there is another option that is entirely ignored in this brief answer. Coincidentally, it’s the one that has no certification requirement. Amazing coincidence, that.

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    Comment by
    Daryl Cobranchi
    August 6th, 2006
    at 3:50 am

    From your link:

    Alabama State Law Regarding Homeschooling
    Compulsory school age “between the ages of 7 and 16.”

    Two options for Homeschooling:

    1. Establish and/or enroll in a church school.
    a. No specified attendance required (175 days for public schools).
    b. No subjects required.
    c. No teacher qualifications required.
    d. Requirement to file notice of enrollment and attendance with the local superintendent on a provided form (not required annually).
    e. Requirement to maintain a daily attendance register.
    f. No testing required.

    Neither the parent nor the person starting the :church school” (who may be one and the same) is required to be certified. Slip of the tongue? Perhaps, but I think not.

    Comment by
    Daryl Cobranchi
    August 6th, 2006
    at 7:33 am

    No, but I would never use a cover school. If I were in AB I’d start my own. FSM, of course. 🙂

    Comment by
    Daryl Cobranchi
    August 6th, 2006
    at 7:37 am

    I just read up on them. Geez! What a racket! If I were to start my FSM church school, $1/year. Tops.

    Comment by
    Daryl Cobranchi
    August 6th, 2006
    at 9:06 am

    It appears that there are essentially no requirements for church schools:

    (B) The term church school, as used in this chapter, shall mean and only include such schools as offer instruction in grades K-12, or any combination thereof including the kindergarten, elementary, or secondary level and are operated as a ministry of a local church, group of churches, denomination, and/or association of churches of a nonprofit basis which do not receive any state or federal funding.
    (School Code 1927, §302; Code 1940, T. 52, §299; Acts 1982, No. 82-218, p. 260, §1.)

    If you can argue that your homeschool is a ministry of a local church, you’re safe.

    Comment by
    sam
    August 7th, 2006
    at 10:31 am

    Yes, those lovely TN laws. We actually have recently discussed this on a local Yahoo group, the benefits of one vs. the other. Either sign a statement of faith and stand under the umbrella, or find a way to deal with or avoid testing as an independant. We may eventually move from TN just so that neither my wife nor I will have to go back to school just to get a bachelors (in any subject) so that we can continue to homeschool past the eighth grade.