Looking over the state laws for Georgia homeschoolers I suspect that the requirements aren't as stringent as they were for you in California. Georgia state law considers homeschoolers to fall under the same laws as private, rather than public schools. You may want to contact the Georgia state board of education to see what they say on it, but you'd probably find more people who can tell you specifics on how to work around it by speaking with someone in a local homeschool group.
I'd suggest looking for one on yahoo. Com or meetup. Com to start with.
Looking over the Georgia Board of Education FAQ on it, they don't have any specified required classes you need to graduate but you will need to pass a properly administered set of exams to graduate.
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