What Tennessee law requires when you teach your child at home — the filings, the deadlines, the records — and what it does not require, in writing.
Notice: Parent files notice of intent with local director of schools before each school year (independent home school).
Ongoing duties: 180 days, 4 hours/day; attendance records; standardized testing in grades 5, 7 and 9 (independent home school).
Withdrawal from public school: no codified withdrawal procedure — a dated written notice to the school is the practice, and it creates your paper record.
Source: Tenn. Code Ann. 49-6-3050
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