<?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1" ?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[HSLDA | Headlines]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.hslda.org/hs/state/headlinearchive.asp?S=TN&SN=Tennessee&B=148]]></link><description><![CDATA[HSLDA RSS Feed : Headlines]]></description><language>en-us</language><copyright>(c) 2009 HSLDA</copyright><pubDate>Sat, 21 Nov 2009 11:46:57 EST</pubDate><ttl>60</ttl><item><title><![CDATA[Family Challenged in McMinn County]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.hslda.org/hs/state/tn/200910280.asp]]></link><description><![CDATA[A truant officer threatened to involve social services with a homeschool family after insisting the family provide documentation indicating their children were enrolled in school.]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 28 Oct 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Religious Freedom Bill Becomes Law]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.hslda.org/hs/state/tn/200907090.asp]]></link><description><![CDATA[On July 1, 2009, Governor Phil Bredesen signed into law legislation intended to preserve religious freedom in Tennessee.]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 9 Jul 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Lawmakers Urge Germany to Let Parents Homeschool]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.hslda.org/hs/state/tn/200906150.asp]]></link><description><![CDATA[The Tennessee House of Representatives recently became the second U.S. lawmaking body to urge the German government to lift its onerous restrictions on homeschooling.]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 15 Jun 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Diploma Bill Enacted]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.hslda.org/hs/state/tn/200906040.asp]]></link><description><![CDATA[On June 1, 2009, Tennessee Governor Phil Bredesen approved legislation requiring all state and local government entities to recognize high school diplomas awarded by homeschools and church-related schools the same as diplomas awarded by public schools.]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 4 Jun 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[New Option for Home Instruction]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.hslda.org/hs/state/tn/200903020.asp]]></link><description><![CDATA[The Tennessee Department of Education has decided to recognize enrollment in the distance learning program of an accredited private school as a means of complying with the compulsory attendance law.]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 2 Mar 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[School District Seeks Work Samples from Homeschoolers]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.hslda.org/hs/state/tn/200901220.asp]]></link><description><![CDATA[HSLDA recently assisted a member family who had been requested to submit samples of their children&rsquo;s schoolwork to the local school district for examination.]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 22 Jan 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[School District Says Parent Must Be State-Certified Teacher]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.hslda.org/hs/state/tn/200809240.asp]]></link><description><![CDATA[A public school official threatened truancy charges after erroneously informing a parent she had to be a certified teacher in order to homeschool.]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 24 Sep 2008 00:00:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Favorable Diploma Bill Dies]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.hslda.org/hs/state/tn/200806190.asp]]></link><description><![CDATA[An amended bill which would have required the State of Tennessee to recognize high school diplomas issued by homeschools and church-related schools failed to pass this year.]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 19 Jun 2008 00:00:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Memphis Official Resists Obeying Law]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.hslda.org/hs/state/tn/200804251.asp]]></link><description><![CDATA[When a homeschool mother was denied her lawful right to be present with her fifth-grade daughter during standardized testing, HSLDA immediately intervened.]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 25 Apr 2008 00:00:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Testing Bill Defeated]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.hslda.org/hs/state/tn/200804250.asp]]></link><description><![CDATA[Intense lobbying by homeschooling families helped persuade state legislators to kill a testing bill that threatened home education.]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 25 Apr 2008 00:00:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Superintendent Says &lsquo;No&rsquo; to Homeschooling]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.hslda.org/hs/state/tn/200803050.asp]]></link><description><![CDATA[A public school superintendent tried to stop a mother from starting to homeschool in the middle of the school year until an HSLDA attorney explained state law to him.]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 5 Mar 2008 00:00:00 EST</pubDate></item></channel></rss>