1. The Alert Page is where current information regarding legislation, incidents and other important news impacting homeschoolers will be posted. Further this page leads to three sections:

• Incident Page : This page contains information on incidents (arrests, lawsuits, harassment--whatever) involving homeschoolers across the State of Tennessee. Since compulsory attendance is enforced at the local education agency level (frequently a county-wide entity) these events are listed alphabetically by county. A state map showing the counties, with counties where trouble has occurred, highlighted in yellow, will immediately give the viewer an idea of where the hot spots in our state are. You'll also find smiley faces where folks have found LEA personnel to be knowledgeable and supportive of homeschoolers.

• Current Legislation : This section will list bills currently pending in the State legislature which may directly impact homeschoolers. The actual legislation text, when and where hearings and votes are scheduled, opinions on the legislation, contact information as well as other supporting documents will all be found here.

• Past legislation contains an overview of what legislation has been previously introduced, its disposition and links to the actual legislation when possible. This is section not a complete record of events and will be added to as information becomes available. If you have something to add please contact TnHomeEd to have it included.

• the laws , regulations, forms, opinions and other supporting documents you may need to be aware of in order to homeschool in our state.

  • Also included under this section is the Chart of Church Related Schools.

   

• Legal help is sometimes needed. Here you'll find various organizations that may provide legal help

• and the "Chain of Authority" page (not yet finished)

Disclaimer: The Tennessee Code on this website is taken from the State of Tennessee Legislative web site. No guarantee is made that the laws contained on this web site are current. You are responsible for making sure the information you rely on is current and accurate. You can access the state's most up to date copy of the Code by going to http://www.legislature.state.tn.us/, clicking on Legislation, then Tennessee Code and then searching by code number or keyword via their LexisNexis service.