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  1. When I was in college (in the 1990's), coloring was a common way for students to de-stress. I would imagine that de-stressing technique has carried over into their adulthoods, and it is now a common relaxation technique.
  2. I'm not completely clear on this point, but I do know that it varies by state. Just imagine if little Jimmy went to visit Aunt Suzy's house in another state. After being at Aunt Suzy's house for "too long", he would be required to enroll in the local public school under that state's compulsory attendance statute. It's pretty much the same thing with RVers. If you are in-state (I believe most states make it 30 days or so?), then you would technically be required to enroll in the school in that state. If that state is a high regulation state with regards to homeschooling, then you could get "caught" and have a headache to deal with. However, if you move around a little bit, no one's really the wiser, know what I mean? All that said, I have never known this issue to actually bear out in real life. It's more of a theoretical "it could happen" situation.
  3. Kirk is right. You can't claim domicile in a state solely for the purpose of education choice. You have to basically "move yourself" to that state entirely before you can claim the education options of that state. Just think of it as any other move: you can't send your kids to the local school unless you live in that school district. So you need to "move" yourself to Texas in order to homeschool under the Texas laws. To do that, you would have to change your vehicle registration, voter registration, etc. to make it seem as though you truly do live in Texas, even though you'd be absent most of the time. Kirk explains the process well in his posts above. For us, we were already Texas residents when we sold everything and hit the road, so all we had to do was open up an Escapees mailbox out of Livingston and update the address on our vehicle and voter registrations, and we were good to go. As for homeschooling in Texas... If your children have never been in PUBLIC schools IN TEXAS, then there is no notification that you need to do here in Texas. Texas is considered a "no notification" state as far as homeschooling goes. So unless you are withdrawing a child out of a Texas public school, there's no other paperwork you need to do. As for withdrawing your children from your local oversight in the state you reside in now, I can't speak to that. You will have to find out how to do that in your own state. http://www.hslda.org/ might be able to help with that. The Texas law states that you have to teach five subjects, using visual materials, in a bona fide manner: math, reading, spelling, grammar, and good citizenship. For good measure, once you switch your domicile to Texas and start homeschooling under Texas law, I recommend joining Texas Home School Coalition, just in case you run into "good intentioned" neighbors along your travels. http://www.thsc.org/ You need to proceed with traveling with caution. In many states, if you are in-state for more than "X" number of days, then you suddenly fall under the compulsory attendance laws of that state. That could get a little sticky at times if you aren't careful. That's just one of those weird situations to keep in the back of your mind. I will say, though, that in our 15 months on the road, we never encountered any problems as far as nosy neighbors reporting us or over-anxious campground owners. I know of one situation where a homeschooling family was kicked out of a campground once the local school calendar started in September because the campground owners were afraid they would be harboring truant children (I still shake my head at that), but otherwise I know of no problems. Not to say they don't exist. I hope this helps to answer some of your questions. Let me know if I can help in any other way.
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