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I've got a couple of qusetions about the homeschooling and community college in Texas. I am 15, and I just moved here with my family. We had always lived in Califronia. When I was 13 years old, my mom made her own homeschool up, throught the state of California. It was accredited because she has a masters in education. However, I completed all of my work through a community college. We moved here in December and I was interested to see what high school was all about, so my mom enrolled me at the local high school as a Jr. I am very much above all the other kids, I've completed most of my required courses in California, so I've basically got electives to fill up my schedule. However, I am so sick and tired of my peers. I cannot stand the immature behavior. I would like to disenroll from high school and begin at Jr. College. I have no clue where to start because, like I said, we are new to Texas and it's laws. In reading some of your posts, I have seen a couple of people who have just made up their own diplomas. I was wondering if this would work for me as I do have two years of Jr. college transcripts. Sorry for the long post. Any help would be very appreciated.
Thank you,
Lauryn

You should go to the local JR college, or even a regular college and talk to the counselors there (take your parent along too). They can hook you up with what you need to do, like take a GED exam or whatever is required. Most will give you an appointment, so call ahead and ask. Consider starting college, you can take all the electives you need and fulfill your college degree, and you'll have more fun with those classes anyway. You are well spoken and articulate for a 15 year old. Welcome aboard!

For one thing, Texas does not have nearly so many laws of any sort as does California.

Texas does nothing to regulate home schoolers. We never had any contact with any school or state authorities during the entire time we homeschooled our daughter from third grade until she went to community college at fifteen.

Texas considers home schoolers to be a private school. There is almost no regulation on private schools either. My wife teaches at a school associated with a church now and they just teach the kids without any trouble from the state.

In your case, since you are enrolled in now high school, it seem like it would be hard for you to now claim to be homeschooled. Many high school students enroll in community college classes and get both college credits and high school credits. You might want to do that. You also might want to talk to the admissions person at the community college that you want to attend to see what your options are at this point.

In any case, you need the cooperation of your parents, so I would advise you to talk to your parents about what you want to do and see if you cannot get yourself enrolled in a college.