Tennessee SB0494, the Family Right to Educational Emancipation (FREE) Act, exempts home-schooled children from compulsory attendance laws and other.
Tennessee SB0494, the Family Right to Educational Emancipation (FREE) Act, amends various sections of Tennessee Code to provide greater autonomy to parents who choose to home-school their children. The act exempts children aged six to seventeen who are home-schooled from compulsory school attendance, truancy intervention, and other educational laws. It also prevents state and local governments from requiring parents to submit attendance records or other educational documentation. Additionally, the act modifies driver's license requirements to eliminate the need for school attendance records.
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