I need help with homeschooling!!!!!?

Question

I recently moved to Texas from California. I finished my first semester of my Junior year, and have also completed 3 courses at a local community college. I'm not fully aware of the Texas Laws regarding education. My parents are not certified to home school me, so I was hoping that someone could please help me find a local affordable home school with accredited teachers provided. An online home schooling is also acquirable. I really need help on this one, so any suggestions are appreciated.

Thank you,

Soni

Answer 1

You need to find out the rules and regulations that govern homeschooling in Texas.  Your parents don't necessarily need to be certified in any way.  If you plan to attend college, however, you may be better served going with an accredited correspondence program.  If you are already taking community college classes, find out what the university entrance requirements are for transfer from the cc.  You may only need to take enough cc credits to transfer and not necessarily even finish a high school program.

Bottom line, talk to your community college about how you can get into a degree program without a high school diploma, or if you want to finish high school look online for an accredited program.  In Nevada there are not a lot of laws about homeschool, and my kids followed a home made program through 12th grade and then entered the cc at about age 16.  My 19 year old is currently in her third year at the university now.

Answer 2

Texas homeschool law is very different from California's.  California regulates homeschooling out the wazoo, whereas Texas is very hands-off and doesn't even require notifying a school district if you aren't already in public schools.  Texas is actually one of the easiest states in the country to homeschool in, with very few requirements on parents or students (they don't even have required testing, as some neighboring states do).

However, if you are more comfortable with a more regulated approach to your education, Texas Tech offers homeschool curriculum and is certified as an Independent School District, issuing a state of Texas diploma upon high school graduation.  http://www.depts.ttu.edu/ode/k-12Overvie...

Obviously the Texas Tech program would ease your enrollment into college courses, as they also offer those, and some of their high school courses count for dual credit on the college side of things.