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REQUIREMENTS FOR HOME STUDY
PROGRAM
(O.C.G.A. 20-2-690 ET ESQ.)
EVERY PARENT, GUARDIAN, OR OTHER PERSON RESIDING
WITHIN THIS STATE HAVING CONTROL OR CHARGE OF ANY CHILD OR CHILDREN
BETWEEN THEIR SIXTH AND SIXTEENTH BIRTHDAYS SHALL ENROLL AND SEND
SUCH CHILD OR CHILDREN TO A PUBLIC SCHOOL, PRIVATE SCHOOL OR A HOME
STUDY PROGRAM.
● Parents or
Guardians must annually submit to the superintendent of the local
school district in which the program is located a Declaration of
Intent to Utilize a Home Study program by September 1 or within 30
days after a program is established. The local school superintendent
or designee* will provide a form upon request for this purpose to be
returned to that office.
● The Declaration
must include the names and ages of the students, the address where
the program is located, the dates of the school year.
● Parents or
Guardians may teach only their own children in the Home Study
program provided the teaching parent or guardian possesses at least
a high school diploma or a general educational development
equivalency diploma, but the parents or guardians may employ a tutor
who holds at least a baccalaureate college degree to teach such
children.
● The Home Study
program must include, but is not limited to: instruction in reading,
language arts, mathematics, social studies and science.
● The school year
must include the equivalent of 180 days of at least 4.5 (four and
one half) hours of instruction per day unless the child is
physically unable to comply with this requirements.
● Monthly attendance
reports must be sent to the local superintendent at the end of each
month. The local school superintendent or designee will, upon
request, provide the reporting forms.
● Students in Home
Study programs shall be subject to an appropriate nationally
standardized testing program administered in consultation with a
person trained in the administration and interpretation of
norm-referenced tests. The student must be evaluated at least every
three years beginning at the end of the third grade. Records of such
tests shall be retained.
● The instructor
shall write an annual progress assessment report in each required
subject area for each student. These reports shall be retained for
at least three years.
* IN COBB COUNTY, DECLARATION OF INTENT FORMS AND
HOME STUDY ATTENDANCE REPORT FORMS MAY BE OBTAINED BY CONTACTING THE
HOME STUDY OFFICE AT : (770) 426-3349
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