Texas
Our summary below describes the overall picture of homeschooling requirements in the state of Texas. Additional and more extensive help can be found within our e-book: Texas Homeschool Legal Workbook: Your Guide to Compliance - Facts & Forms, prepared by HomeSchoolLegal.com.
Approach 1 |
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| Approach: | Operate a homeschool as a private school |
| Restrictions: | Teacher certification not required |
| Reporting: | None |
| Recordkeeping: | None |
| Requirements: | Subjects required: Math, reading, spelling, grammar and good citizenship |
| Testing: | None |
| Compulsory Attendance: | Applies to children who are at least 6 years of age (or younger than 6 if they had previously been enrolled in first grade) and who have not yet reached their 18th birthday. |
| Source of Law: | Texas Education Code |
| NOTE: | This is not intended to be legal advice and is offered only as an educational service for visitors to www.Home-School-Inc.com and www.HomeSchoolLegal.com. It is not a substitute for competent legal advice. Requirements may change at any time, and interpretations of the law and regulations can differ. Consult a legal services provider and a local homeschooling support group for more specific information. |
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