More Information about Public School at Home
"Public school at home" does not meet the legal definition of homeschooling. We have provided it as an option only in deference to the fact that we have many "mixed families" - that is to say, some children may be homeschooled through the local school board (LEA) or an umbrella school while other children attend public or private brick-and-mortar schools, virtual schools, etc. Families are still qualified for BHEA membership if even only one of their children is homeschooled, but please note there may be restrictions on the activities in which the other school-aged children may participate during normal school hours out of respect for state mandatory education laws.
More Information about Schools of Register
Independent Homeschoolers might be registered as such with one of the Local Education Associations (LEA): Blount County Schools, Maryville City Schools, Alcoa Schools, or Knox County or Knox City Schools. Please note that anyone registered with an LEA to participate in Preferred Flex or Future Ready Academies - or any other academy administrated by a public school system - is actually registered as a public school student and is NOT being homeschooled. If this is the case, please go back and click on the box "public school at home" for that child.
Homeschoolers more often register with an umbrella school (a bricks-and-mortar school which administers a program especially for homeschoolers, OR a school which acts as a virtual administrator for homeschoolers). Some of those include Maryville Christian School, Homelife Academy, Berean Christian School, The Farm School, etc. Please list yours in the space provided.
Occasionally, homeschoolers choose to work through a private, accredited, online school. A few examples of these are: Abeka Academy, Penn Foster, K12 International Academy, The Keystone School, The George Washington University Online High School, Liberty University Online Academy. Please enter your accredited online school in the space provided. Please note that many public and charter online schools also exist. Legally, these are "public school at home" programs, as they are publicly-funded and supported.