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Georgia home
schooling laws and regulations cannot be summarized in a short
informational page or overview. It is incumbent upon
you to perform due diligence in researching and
familiarizing yourself with your state's legal's and
regulations as they pertain to homeschooling. This
information is provided for you to give you a
starting point. This is not intended to be legal
advice and is distributed for basic informational
purposes only. For more information about the laws
and regulations in this state please contact a state
or local support group or your public library.
Homeschooling in Georgia is defined
in the Georgia Code. Homeschoolers must submit an annual
declaration of intent to the local school superintendent.
The teaching parent must have a high school diploma and may
employ a tutor with at least a baccalaureate college degree.
Subjects must include reading, language arts, mathematics,
social studies, and science. There are requirements for the
length of the school year and for reporting attendance
monthly. The teaching parent must write annual progress
reports, and standardized tests must be taken every three
years beginning at the end of third grade; neither the
progress report nor the test results are routinely submitted
to local or state authorities.
Requirements for Home Study Programs
(O.C.G.A. 9 20-2-690 ET SEQ.)
Every parent, guardian, or
other person residing within this state having control or
charge of any child or children between their seventh and
sixteenth birthdays shall enroll and send such child or
children to a public school, a private school, or a home
study program.
Home Study Programs
1.
Parent or guardian 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 will
provide a form upon request for this purpose to be returned
to that office.
2. The declaration must include the names and ages of the
students, the address where the program is located, and the
dates of the school year.
3. Parents or guardians may teach only their own children,
the teaching parent or guardian must have at least a high
school diploma or equivalent GED certificate. If a tutor is
employed, the tutor must hold a baccalaureate college
degree.
4. The home study program must include but is not limited to
instruction in reading, language arts, mathematics, social
studies, and science.
5. The school year must include the equivalent of 180 days
of at least 4.5 hours of instruction per day unless the
child is physically unable to comply with this requirement.
6. Monthly attendance reports must be sent to the local
superintendent at the end of each month. The local school
superintendent will upon request provide the reporting
forms.
7. 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 reference 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.
8. 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.
