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In Texas they now charge you $300 for each subject for each semester. So yes

in a away you are paying for the credits. This is also the charge for any grade.

Even kindergarten. For me to home school my grandson it would cost me $3000 for

the year. And I still have to pay school tax on my property !!

 

hugs,

Sally

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Dale Bernucca<dbernucca

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Wednesday, September 15, 2004 11:29 AM

Wait...Homeschool Credits = $$

 

 

Hi -

 

Here's one I didn't know.

 

When your child gets to highschool you then have to pay for them to receive

the highschool credit??

 

Please explain!

 

:)

 

Dale

 

 

 

 

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Are there any activists in Texas working to change that? What an

absurdity. That would certainly be a deterrent to moving to Texas for me.

 

> Hi

> In Texas they now charge you $300 for each subject for each

semester. So yes in a away you are paying for the credits. This is also

the charge for any grade. Even kindergarten. For me to home school my

grandson it would cost me $3000 for the year. And I still have to pay

school tax on my property !!

>

> hugs,

> Sally

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> Dale Bernucca<dbernucca

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> Wednesday, September 15, 2004 11:29 AM

> Wait...Homeschool Credits = $$

>

>

> Hi -

>

> Here's one I didn't know.

>

> When your child gets to highschool you then have to pay for them to

receive the highschool credit??

>

> Please explain!

>

> :)

>

> Dale

>

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>

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Hi Sally,

 

Can you give me details on where I can find out about this info? I know

quite a few homeschoolers here in Texas and none of them have to pay any

money like you are speaking of (ok, they pay for curriculum and books,

but that is a separate issue). I have heard that high school students,

including homeschoolers, can pay about $300 per credit and start getting

early college credits .. maybe someone got that info confused and told

you that all kids have to pay $300 per credit when homeschooled?

 

I can't find anything on the net about it and the couple of TX

homeschooling friends I've tried to call aren't home right now. Thanks

for any info you've got! :)

 

*Smile*

Chris (list mom)

 

http://www.alittleolfactory.com

 

 

Sally Trew [sallyTrew2]

 

 

Hi

In Texas they now charge you $300 for each subject for each semester.

So yes in a away you are paying for the credits. This is also the charge

for any grade. Even kindergarten. For me to home school my grandson it

would cost me $3000 for the year. And I still have to pay school tax on

my property !!

 

hugs,

Sally

 

 

 

 

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Hi Joshua,

 

I'm going through all my emails now, so pretty much replying back as I see

them. Chris posted links on the Texas Homeschooling Laws. Again,

homeschooling in Texas is probably one of the easiest states. If I had my

child in school and wanted to pull her out, all I would do (and I don't need

to do this) is have a letter on file stating that I am homeschooling my

child. The state of Texas only requires that you teach your child Math,

Reading and Good Citizenship. There are no papers to send in, no forms to

fill out, no tests to take and most of all you don't have to pay anything to

homeschool your child!

 

In a previous email, I have shown how I homeschool my first grader.

Although, when most people ask her what grade she's in she says first and

second grade!! With the exception of the ASL course (which is $75.00 for

the year), I have not had to pay anything over that to teach my child. Now,

I want to teach her a certain curriculum, then that may run up the cost, but

again there are wonderful places such as Vegsource and 1001Books on

groups where I can go find any curriculum I need or want for garage sale

prices!!

 

I've lived in Texas all my life and I ain't goin' nowhere!!! :)

 

Regards,

 

Nikie Brown

After The Rayne - Handmade Soaps & Toiletries

http://www.aftertherayne.com <http://www.aftertherayne.com/>

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936-203-3188

 

 

 

 

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In a message dated 9/15/2004 9:59:55 PM Pacific Standard Time,

SallyTrew2 writes:

 

> I know that she is not a stay at home Mom and her daughter does all her

> lessons on her own

 

Poor kid. That's just too much to ask of her. There ARE homeschool coops too

where kids are home schooled in a group situation. Something else to think

about... that kid has enough on her plate without trying to learn everything by

herself.

 

Just my opinion.... as someone who is trying to get a college degree " by

myself " I can deeply sympathise.

 

K

 

Cheers!

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Hi Chris,

I don't know anything except that her daughter was home schooling . What

happened was her husband killed himself in their home and her daughter had some

serious issues because of it. She refused to go to school after that. So

recently I asked how it was working out and that is when she told me that they

had to pay and what it cost and that her daughter only got 3 credits for the

year. I will go back and ask her more about it. I will also ask Shawn's

caseworker again more about it. This maybe something that is set up here in our

school system. I just don't know. I had no reason to doubt what she told me. I

know that she is not a stay at home Mom and her daughter does all her lessons on

her own.

 

Hugs,

Sally

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Christine Ziegler<chrisziggy

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Wednesday, September 15, 2004 8:16 PM

RE: Wait...Homeschool Credits = $$

 

 

 

Hi Sally,

 

Can you give me details on where I can find out about this info? I know

quite a few homeschoolers here in Texas and none of them have to pay any

money like you are speaking of (ok, they pay for curriculum and books,

but that is a separate issue). I have heard that high school students,

including homeschoolers, can pay about $300 per credit and start getting

early college credits .. maybe someone got that info confused and told

you that all kids have to pay $300 per credit when homeschooled?

 

I can't find anything on the net about it and the couple of TX

homeschooling friends I've tried to call aren't home right now. Thanks

for any info you've got! :)

 

*Smile*

Chris (list mom)

 

http://www.alittleolfactory.com<http://www.alittleolfactory.com/>

 

Sally Trew [sallyTrew2]

 

 

Hi

In Texas they now charge you $300 for each subject for each semester.

So yes in a away you are paying for the credits. This is also the charge

for any grade. Even kindergarten. For me to home school my grandson it

would cost me $3000 for the year. And I still have to pay school tax on

my property !!

 

hugs,

Sally

 

 

 

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Hi Sally,

 

How awful!

 

It sounds like something is fishy there and maybe they are taking

advantage of the bad situation your friend is in. I hope she can get tot

he bottom of this. Maybe have her contact these folks to help her out

http://www.thsc.org/

 

*Smile*

Chris (list mom)

http://www.alittleolfactory.com

 

 

Sally Trew [sallyTrew2]

 

 

Hi Chris,

I don't know anything except that her daughter was home schooling .

What happened was her husband killed himself in their home and her

daughter had some serious issues because of it. She refused to go to

school after that. So recently I asked how it was working out and that

is when she told me that they had to pay and what it cost and that her

daughter only got 3 credits for the year. I will go back and ask her

more about it. I will also ask Shawn's caseworker again more about it.

This maybe something that is set up here in our school system. I just

don't know. I had no reason to doubt what she told me. I know that she

is not a stay at home Mom and her daughter does all her lessons on her

own.

 

Hugs,

Sally

 

 

 

 

 

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But that would be only if you wanted the HS credit so that you could have a

diploma from the school? Is a GED an option and you wouldn't have to pay for

the HS credit?

 

I'm sorry for being dense but I would really like to have it explained to me.

As Denzel Washington said in Philadelphia: Explain it to me like I'm 5 years

old. :)

 

Please and thanks

Dale

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Sally Trew

Wednesday, September 15, 2004 7:21 PM

Re: Wait...Homeschool Credits = $$

 

 

Hi

In Texas they now charge you $300 for each subject for each semester. So yes

in a away you are paying for the credits. This is also the charge for any grade.

Even kindergarten. For me to home school my grandson it would cost me $3000 for

the year. And I still have to pay school tax on my property !!

 

hugs,

Sally

-

Dale Bernucca<dbernucca

< >

Wednesday, September 15, 2004 11:29 AM

Wait...Homeschool Credits = $$

 

 

Hi -

 

Here's one I didn't know.

 

When your child gets to highschool you then have to pay for them to receive

the highschool credit??

 

Please explain!

 

:)

 

Dale

 

 

 

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I was talking to another homeschool friend and asked her if she had ever

heard of something like this. She said something that makes sense.

 

For kids who might have had behavioral problems or something happened that

would keep them from a school environment (which sounds like the case since

you said she doesn't want to go to school), there is a program called

Homebound students. This is done through the school and you do have to pay

for it. It has nothing to do at all with homeschooling. With homebound

students they are using the same curriculum as they are doing in school plus

there are caseworkers and such that keep up with the family to make sure the

student is doing the work they're supposed to.

 

Maybe she just figured since her daughter was home and the materials were

being furnished by the school that they were homeschooling. Homebound and

Homeschooling are two different things.

 

Homebound students would not be covered under the Homeschooling Laws.

 

There are some working moms that homeschool their children, but it doesn't

cost anything. Heck, there's even some single, working homeschooling moms!!

These girls I admire a lot!! Not only do they need to make sure that their

children have somewhere to go or someone to watch them while they are gone.

They also take it upon themselves to teach their children too.

 

 

 

HTH,

 

Nikie Brown

After The Rayne - Handmade Soaps & Toiletries

http://www.aftertherayne.com <http://www.aftertherayne.com/>

nbrown

936-203-3188

 

 

Christine Ziegler [chrisziggy]

Thursday, September 16, 2004 10:27 AM

 

RE: Wait...Homeschool Credits = $$

 

 

Hi Sally,

 

How awful!

 

It sounds like something is fishy there and maybe they are taking

advantage of the bad situation your friend is in. I hope she can get tot

he bottom of this. Maybe have her contact these folks to help her out

http://www.thsc.org/

 

*Smile*

Chris (list mom)

http://www.alittleolfactory.com

 

 

 

 

 

 

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