Homeschool benefits and savings in Knoxville
Knoxville KORE Summer Camp scholarship: Get full camp registration and weekly fees covered. The 2026 cycle is closed.
Benefits in Knoxville
Knoxville KORE Summer Camp scholarship
What it is worth
Get full camp registration and weekly fees covered; the 2026 cycle is closed
Who qualifies
Rules
- Application windows and funds change annually.
Homeschool rules and statewide help in Tennessee
For independent homeschools, file a notice with the local education agency before each school year. A first-time filing may be made at any time during the school year; there is no fixed August 1 deadline.
Tennessee sets these rules:
- Subjects: Independent homeschool parents select and identify their curriculum and provide at least four hours of instruction per day for 180 days each year. Church-related schools set their own program requirements.
- Testing: Testing in grades 5, 7, and 9 for registered independent homeschools.
- Records: Independent homeschool parents keep attendance records, permit inspection, and submit them at year end. Maintain grades, transcripts, student records, and copies of final diplomas; provide required test results to the recipients specified in the current testing rule.
- Teachers: An independent homeschool parent-teacher needs a high-school diploma or equivalent. Church-related umbrella schools set their own enrollment and parent requirements.
Tennessee also has an education savings account that home-educated students can use.
- The Individualized Education Account pays a student with a qualifying disability and an active IEP the state and special-education funding for their district, including an independently homeschooled student. Most students must have spent the prior year in a Tennessee public school, and 2026-27 applications are closed.
Read the Tennessee homeschooling guide See statewide programs in Tennessee
Questions parents ask
- What enrollment rules apply to this benefit?
- None listed. Knoxville KORE Summer Camp scholarship is open to homeschooled students without public school enrollment.
- Who receives payment from this benefit?
- No payment to the family is listed for Knoxville KORE Summer Camp scholarship.
Turn support into your child’s next lesson
Camps and local activities give your child new interests to explore. Their discoveries can shape the examples and questions they study at home.
$149/month per child after the trial.
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