crystal rid

I hope you all dont mind all my questions. I live in Texas and although Texas is a very lenient state regarding homeschooling the law does state you must use a written curriculum. How do you follow the law and unschooling at the same time? It also states you have to teach good citizenship. If any of you are in Texas can you tell me how you follow the law and unschool?
Thank you

Debra Rossing

Not in TX, but I don't think there's any legal way for anyone to check
on what you're doing - once you're kids are out of the public school and
registered as a private school (very private), you can do pretty much
whatever you choose.



--Deb R


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Nicole Willoughby

Im in TX, I don't currently unschool but have and will again when my children decide they are done trying out public school.
Written curriculum does not mean x brand in a box....a library card and your computer fulfills the writen curriculum requirement :) .
If I may ask, are you in grayson county?

Nicole


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Subject: [unschoolingbasics] anyone unschooling in texas?
To: [email protected]
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I hope you all dont mind all my questions. I live in Texas and although Texas is a very lenient state regarding homeschooling the law does state you must use a written curriculum. How do you follow the law and unschooling at the same time? It also states you have to teach good citizenship. If any of you are in Texas can you tell me how you follow the law and unschool?

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crystal rid

My children have never been in public (or even private) school so I guess you could say we re flying under the radar. Whether or not they ll ever ask for proof I would much prefer to be in compliance should anything ever come up.

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>Not in TX, but I don't think there's any legal way for anyone to check
>on what you're doing - once you're kids are out of the public school and
>registered as a private school (very private), you can do pretty much
>whatever you choose.
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otherstar

I am in Texas and they do not require a written curriculum. Here is a blurb from the Texas Homeschool Coalition website on their FAQ page: "In order to be a legitimate home school, you must have a curriculum which teaches reading, spelling, grammar, mathematics and a study of good citizenship, and you must pursue that curriculum in a bona fide (not a sham) manner. This curriculum may be obtained from any source and can consist of books, workbooks, other written materials, or materials on an electronic monitor including computer or video screens, or any combination thereof." You can read more at THSC's webpage http://www.thsc.org/ There is a wealth of information on their pages. Unschooling is a bona fide approach to education since you are providing ample learning opportunities for your children. School districts are not allowed to ask you about your curriculum and you do not have to register. There is no oversight in the state of Texas for homeschoolers.

It might be helpful for you to look for local groups. There are unschooling groups in most of the major metro areas of Texas. You can go to the Yahoo groups page and do a search on Texas Unschoolers.

Connie


From: crystal rid
Sent: Tuesday, May 11, 2010 9:03 PM
To: [email protected]
Subject: [unschoolingbasics] anyone unschooling in texas?



I hope you all dont mind all my questions. I live in Texas and although Texas is a very lenient state regarding homeschooling the law does state you must use a written curriculum. How do you follow the law and unschooling at the same time? It also states you have to teach good citizenship. If any of you are in Texas can you tell me how you follow the law and unschool?
Thank you






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otherstar

If anybody questions you, all you have to do is send them a letter of assurance. That is it. They cannot question you and get in your business. The Texas Homeschool Coalition has gone after several school districts that have tried to overstep their bounds.

Connie


From: crystal rid
Sent: Wednesday, May 12, 2010 8:33 AM
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: [unschoolingbasics] Re:anyone unschooling in texas?



My children have never been in public (or even private) school so I guess you could say we re flying under the radar. Whether or not they ll ever ask for proof I would much prefer to be in compliance should anything ever come up.

On Wed May 12th, 2010 5:28 AM CDT Debra Rossing wrote:

>Not in TX, but I don't think there's any legal way for anyone to check
>on what you're doing - once you're kids are out of the public school and
>registered as a private school (very private), you can do pretty much
>whatever you choose.
>
>
>
>--Deb R
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crystal rid

I have read the laws for Texas but was unsure how they applied to unschooling. Thank you all for helping me see how it all fits. That is one less thin for me to question as I consider and explore unschooling.

On Wed May 12th, 2010 11:03 AM CDT otherstar wrote:

>I am in Texas and they do not require a written curriculum. Here is a blurb from the Texas Homeschool Coalition website on their FAQ page: "In order to be a legitimate home school, you must have a curriculum which teaches reading, spelling, grammar, mathematics and a study of good citizenship, and you must pursue that curriculum in a bona fide (not a sham) manner. This curriculum may be obtained from any source and can consist of books, workbooks, other written materials, or materials on an electronic monitor including computer or video screens, or any combination thereof." You can read more at THSC's webpage http://www.thsc.org/ There is a wealth of information on their pages. Unschooling is a bona fide approach to education since you are providing ample learning opportunities for your children. School districts are not allowed to ask you about your curriculum and you do not have to register. There is no oversight in the state of Texas for
homeschoolers.
>
>It might be helpful for you to look for local groups. There are unschooling groups in most of the major metro areas of Texas. You can go to the Yahoo groups page and do a search on Texas Unschoolers.
>
>Connie
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>To: [email protected]
>Subject: [unschoolingbasics] anyone unschooling in texas?
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>Thank you
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