Homeschool Laws by State (2026)

Compulsory School Attendance Age

Alaska's compulsory attendance law generally applies to children between the ages of 7 and 16. A child being educated at home by a parent or legal guardian is exempt from the public school attendance requirement.

Homeschool Notification and Enrollment

Alaska does not require a parent homeschooling under the parent-directed homeschool exemption to register the homeschool with the state, file an annual notice of intent, obtain approval from the local school district, enroll in a public correspondence program, or enroll with a private school or cover school.

Instructional Days and Hours

Alaska does not establish a specific number of instructional days or instructional hours for families homeschooling independently under the parent-directed homeschool provision.

Required Subjects

Alaska's basic parent-directed homeschool law does not impose a specific statewide list of required homeschool subjects. Parents have broad authority to determine the educational program used for their children.

Attendance and Records

Alaska does not require independently homeschooling parents to submit routine attendance reports, grades, portfolios, or progress reports to the state or local school district. Families are strongly encouraged to maintain educational records.

Standardized Testing

Alaska does not require independently homeschooled students to participate in annual state standardized testing simply because they are homeschooled.

Parent Teacher Qualifications

Alaska does not require a parent or legal guardian homeschooling their own child under the parent-directed homeschool exemption to hold a teaching certificate, college degree, complete teacher training, or obtain approval from the Alaska Department of Education and Early Development.

Curriculum Freedom

Alaska gives independently homeschooling parents broad freedom to choose their child's curriculum and educational methods. Families are not required to use state-approved curriculum, public school textbooks, a district correspondence curriculum, an accredited curriculum, or a specific online program.

Graduation

Alaska does not operate a separate state homeschool graduation program for independently homeschooled students. Parents may establish the homeschool's graduation requirements and should maintain a complete high school transcript.

Public Correspondence Programs Are Different

Alaska has state-funded public correspondence programs that allow students to complete school primarily from home. These are public school programs and are different from independent homeschooling.

Alabama Church School Services for Alaska Families

Alaska families may choose Alabama Church School for curriculum, enrollment documentation, attendance resources, academic records, report cards, transcripts, diplomas, graduation documentation, student records, and educational support. Enrollment is optional and does not replace any responsibility the parent has under Alaska law.

Compulsory School Attendance Age

Arizona's compulsory attendance law generally applies to children between the ages of 6 and 16. Arizona law also allows a parent of a homeschooled child who has not reached age 8 by September 1 to delay formal homeschool instruction until age 8, while still filing the required affidavit.

Homeschool Notification and Enrollment

Arizona requires the parent or person having custody of a homeschooled child to file an Affidavit of Intent to Homeschool with the county school superintendent, generally within 30 days after the child begins homeschooling.

The affidavit is generally a one-time filing. If homeschooling is terminated, the parent must notify the county school superintendent within 30 days. If homeschooling later resumes, another affidavit must be filed.

Instructional Days and Hours

Arizona does not establish a specific number of instructional days or instructional hours for a homeschool.

Required Subjects

Arizona law specifically requires instruction in reading, grammar, mathematics, social studies, and science.

Attendance and Records

Arizona does not require homeschool parents to submit routine attendance reports, report cards, grades, portfolios, or academic progress reports to the state. Families should maintain organized educational records.

Standardized Testing

Arizona does not require homeschooled students to participate in state standardized testing simply because they are homeschooled.

Parent Teacher Qualifications

Arizona does not require a parent or guardian teaching their own child through a homeschool to hold a teaching certificate, college degree, complete teacher training, or obtain curriculum approval.

Curriculum Freedom

Arizona does not require state-approved curriculum, public school textbooks, a specific online program, an accredited curriculum, or a particular teaching method. Required subject areas must still be covered.

Graduation

Arizona does not operate a separate state graduation system for independently homeschooled students. Parents may establish the student's high school program and graduation requirements.

Arizona Empowerment Scholarship Accounts

Arizona operates an Empowerment Scholarship Account (ESA). ESA participation is legally distinct from formal homeschool status and may involve different requirements.

Alabama Church School Services for Arizona Families

Arizona families may choose Alabama Church School for curriculum, enrollment documentation, attendance resources, academic records, report cards, transcripts, diplomas, graduation documentation, and educational support. Enrollment does not replace the Arizona parent's responsibility to file the required Affidavit of Intent or otherwise comply with Arizona law.

Compulsory School Attendance Age

Arkansas compulsory attendance law generally applies to school-age children beginning at age 5 and continuing through age 17, subject to statutory exceptions.

Homeschool Notification and Enrollment

Arkansas requires parents or legal guardians to file a Notice of Intent to Home School every school year. For the regular school year, the Notice of Intent should be filed no later than August 15.

If a currently enrolled public-school student is withdrawn after August 15, a 5-school-day waiting period generally applies unless waived by the superintendent or school board.

Instructional Days and Hours

Arkansas does not require independently homeschooling families to follow the public school calendar or complete a specific number of instructional hours each day.

Required Subjects

Arkansas does not prescribe a specific statewide list of required subjects for independently homeschooled students.

Attendance and Records

Arkansas does not require homeschool families to routinely submit attendance reports, grades, report cards, portfolios, progress reports, or transcripts to the state or local school district.

Standardized Testing

Arkansas does not require homeschooled students to take annual standardized achievement tests simply because they are homeschooled. Certain state-funded programs may have separate testing requirements.

Parent Teacher Qualifications

Arkansas does not require the parent or legal guardian directing an independent homeschool to hold a teaching certificate, college degree, specific diploma, teacher training, or approval from the Arkansas Department of Education.

Curriculum Freedom

Arkansas gives homeschool parents broad freedom in choosing curriculum and educational materials. Parents are not regulated by the state regarding their choice of curriculum, books, online programs, correspondence programs, workbooks, educational websites, teaching methods, or supplemental resources.

Graduation

Independent homeschool families establish and administer their own homeschool graduation program and may determine the courses, credits, and requirements a student must complete.

Arkansas Education Freedom Accounts

Arkansas operates an Education Freedom Account (EFA) program. Participation may create requirements that do not apply to an independently funded homeschool.

Alabama Church School Services for Arkansas Families

Arkansas families may choose Alabama Church School for curriculum, records, report cards, transcripts, diplomas, attendance resources, graduation documentation, and educational support. Enrollment does not replace the Arkansas parent's responsibility to file the annual Notice of Intent.

Compulsory School Attendance Age

California's compulsory education laws generally apply to children between the ages of 6 and 18.

Homeschool Notification and Enrollment

A parent operating a home-based private school generally files a Private School Affidavit (PSA) with the California Department of Education every year. The statutory filing period is October 1 through October 15.

Filing the PSA does not mean California has approved, accredited, endorsed, or evaluated the homeschool.

Instructional Days and Hours

California does not establish a specific numerical number of instructional hours or school days for a home-based private school operating under the private-school exemption, though it must operate as a full-time private day school.

The separate private-tutor route generally requires at least 3 hours per day for at least 175 days per calendar year by an appropriately credentialed tutor.

Required Subjects

California requires private schools, including home-based private schools, to offer instruction in the branches of study required to be taught in California public schools. Instruction is generally required to be provided in English.

Attendance and Records

California requires home-based private schools to maintain an attendance register, courses of study, names and addresses of faculty, and records of faculty educational qualifications.

Standardized Testing

California does not require students enrolled in a qualifying home-based private school to participate in California's regular public-school standardized testing program simply because they are homeschooled.

Parent Teacher Qualifications

California does not require a parent teaching through a home-based private school to hold a California teaching credential, though private-school instruction must be provided by persons capable of teaching.

Curriculum Freedom

Parents operating a California home-based private school are responsible for selecting and providing their own curriculum, instructional materials, textbooks, workbooks, online programs, educational resources, and teaching methods, while covering required branches of study.

Graduation

A privately operated homeschool is responsible for establishing its own academic program, course requirements, credit system, and graduation requirements.

Public School Programs Are Different

California public charter schools and public independent study programs are public-school programs and are different from independently operated home-based private schools.

Credentialed Private Tutor Option

California also recognizes a separate credentialed private-tutor exemption with its own teacher credential, instructional time, subject, and English-language requirements.

Alabama Church School Services for California Families

California families may choose Alabama Church School for curriculum, enrollment documentation, attendance resources, academic records, report cards, transcripts, diplomas, graduation documentation, and educational support. Enrollment does not replace California's legal requirements for the family's selected education option.

Compulsory School Attendance Age

Colorado homeschool notification requirements generally begin when a child reaches age 6. Parents are not required to formally establish the homeschool program until the child reaches age 7. Notification generally ends after age 16.

Homeschool Notification and Enrollment

Colorado requires a parent establishing a nonpublic home-based educational program to provide written notice to a Colorado school district at least 14 days before beginning the program and every year thereafter.

Instructional Days and Hours

Colorado requires at least 172 days of instruction per year averaging at least 4 instructional contact hours per day.

Required Subjects

Colorado homeschool instruction must include reading, writing, speaking and communication skills, mathematics, history, civics, literature, science, and instruction in the United States Constitution.

Attendance and Records

Colorado requires parents to maintain permanent records for each student, including attendance information, test or evaluation results, and immunization records or applicable documentation.

Testing and Academic Evaluation

Colorado requires academic progress evaluation in grades 3, 5, 7, 9, and 11. Parents may use a nationally standardized achievement test or an evaluation by a qualified person.

Parent Teacher Qualifications

Colorado does not require a parent or adult relative providing instruction in a nonpublic home-based educational program to hold a Colorado teaching license.

Curriculum Freedom

Colorado gives homeschool parents broad authority over curriculum and instructional methods as long as the required subject areas are included.

Graduation

Colorado does not issue a state homeschool diploma. Parents may determine when the student has completed the homeschool's graduation requirements and may issue a homeschool diploma.

Alabama Church School Services for Colorado Families

Colorado families may choose Alabama Church School for curriculum, records, transcripts, diplomas, attendance resources, graduation documentation, and educational support. Enrollment does not replace Colorado's annual notice, instructional time, permanent records, or testing/evaluation requirements.

Compulsory School Attendance Age

Connecticut compulsory attendance generally applies from age 5 until age 18. A parent may delay formal attendance for a 5- or 6-year-old until age 7 by following the local opt-out procedure.

Homeschool Notification and Enrollment

Connecticut law does not currently require parents to file an annual homeschool registration or application with the state. The State Department of Education recommends notice to the local district, but the recommended Notice of Intent is guidance rather than a statutory requirement.

Instructional Days and Hours

Connecticut law does not establish a specific number of instructional days or hours for an independently homeschooled student.

Required Subjects

Connecticut law requires instruction in reading, writing, spelling, English grammar, geography, arithmetic, United States history, and citizenship, including town, state, and federal government.

Attendance and Records

Connecticut law does not impose a specific statutory homeschool attendance-record or portfolio requirement, though families should maintain educational documentation.

Standardized Testing

Connecticut does not currently require independently homeschooled students to participate in annual public-school standardized testing simply because they are homeschooled.

Parent Teacher Qualifications

Connecticut does not require a parent teaching their own child at home to hold a Connecticut teaching certificate, college degree, complete teacher training, or obtain curriculum approval.

Curriculum Freedom

Connecticut does not require state-approved curriculum, public school textbooks, a specific online program, an accredited curriculum, or a particular teaching method, provided required subject areas are taught.

Graduation

Connecticut does not operate a state homeschool graduation program for independently homeschooled students. Parents may establish homeschool completion requirements and maintain a transcript.

Returning to Public School

A local public school district determines placement and whether homeschool coursework will be accepted for public-school credit if a student returns.

Alabama Church School Services for Connecticut Families

Connecticut families may choose Alabama Church School for curriculum, records, report cards, transcripts, diplomas, attendance resources, graduation documentation, and educational support. Enrollment does not replace the parent's responsibility to provide the instruction required under Connecticut law.

Compulsory School Attendance Age

Delaware compulsory attendance generally applies beginning at age 5 and through age 16, subject to statutory exceptions and withdrawal rules for older students.

Homeschool Registration and Enrollment

Delaware requires a homeschool to be registered with the Delaware Department of Education as a nonpublic school. A parent opens the homeschool through the Nonpublic School System and enrolls the child in that school.

Annual Enrollment Reporting

Delaware requires nonpublic schools, including homeschools, to report student enrollment every year, currently no later than September 30.

Annual Attendance Reporting

Delaware requires annual attendance reporting, currently due no later than July 31.

Instructional Days and Hours

Delaware does not require a homeschool or other nonpublic school to operate for a specific minimum number of instructional days. Families may establish their own school calendar.

Required Subjects

Delaware law requires regular and thorough instruction in the subjects prescribed for Delaware public schools in a manner suitable for children of the same age and stage of advancement.

Attendance and Records

Families must maintain sufficient attendance information to complete annual attendance reporting and should maintain academic records such as grades, courses, transcripts, test results, and graduation records.

Standardized Testing

Delaware does not require independently homeschooled students to participate in the state's regular public-school standardized testing program simply because they are homeschooled.

Parent Teacher Qualifications

Delaware does not require the parent operating an ordinary single-family homeschool to hold a Delaware teaching certificate.

Curriculum Freedom

The Delaware Department of Education does not provide, endorse, approve, accredit, or monitor the curriculum used by an ordinary nonpublic homeschool.

Graduation

Delaware does not issue a state diploma to independently homeschooled students simply because they complete homeschool education. The homeschool may establish its own academic program and graduation requirements.

Alabama Church School Services for Delaware Families

Delaware families may choose Alabama Church School for curriculum, records, transcripts, diplomas, attendance resources, graduation documentation, and educational support. Enrollment does not replace Delaware registration or annual enrollment and attendance reporting.

Compulsory School Attendance Age

Florida compulsory attendance generally applies beginning at age 6 and continues until the student reaches the age at which compulsory attendance ends under Florida law.

Homeschool Notification and Enrollment

A parent establishing a Florida home education program must notify the district school superintendent in writing within 30 days. The notice includes each child's full legal name, address, and date of birth.

Terminating a Home Education Program

When a Florida home education program ends, the parent must file a written Notice of Termination with the district superintendent, generally within 30 days.

Instructional Days and Hours

Florida home education programs are exempt from statutory school-day requirements. Florida does not require independent home education families to complete a specific number of daily instructional hours or follow the public school calendar.

Required Subjects

Florida's home education statute does not impose a detailed statewide list of required homeschool subjects. The educational program must provide sequentially progressive instruction directed by the parent.

Portfolio and Recordkeeping

Florida requires a portfolio containing a contemporaneous log of educational activities, titles of reading materials, and samples of writings, worksheets, workbooks, and creative materials. The portfolio must be preserved for at least 2 years and may be inspected only after at least 15 days' written notice.

Annual Educational Evaluation

Florida requires an annual educational evaluation. Parents may use portfolio review by a Florida-certified teacher, a nationally normed achievement test administered by a certified teacher, a statewide assessment, evaluation by an appropriately licensed psychologist, or another valid measurement tool agreed upon by the parent and district superintendent.

Standardized Testing

Florida does not require every independently homeschooled student to take the regular statewide public school assessment. Standardized testing is one of several evaluation options.

Parent Teacher Qualifications

Florida does not require the parent directing a home education program to hold a Florida teaching certificate, college degree, complete teacher training, or obtain approval from the Florida Department of Education.

Curriculum Freedom

Florida gives parents broad authority over curriculum and teaching methods.

Graduation

Florida does not issue a public-school diploma to an independently homeschooled student simply because the student completes a home education program. Parents may establish homeschool graduation requirements.

Florida Scholarship Programs

Florida operates school-choice and scholarship programs that may create additional requirements beyond ordinary home education rules.

Alabama Church School Services for Florida Families

Florida families may choose Alabama Church School for curriculum, records, report cards, transcripts, diplomas, attendance resources, graduation documentation, and educational support. Enrollment does not replace Florida's Notice of Intent, portfolio, annual evaluation, or other legal requirements.

Compulsory School Attendance Age

Georgia compulsory attendance generally applies to children between their 6th and 16th birthdays. A child who has completed high school diploma requirements is exempt.

Homeschool Notification and Enrollment

Georgia requires the parent or guardian operating a home study program to submit a Declaration of Intent to the Georgia Department of Education within 30 days after establishing the program and by September 1 every year thereafter.

Instructional Days and Hours

Georgia requires 180 school days during each 12-month school year and at least 4.5 hours of instruction during each school day, subject to a physical-inability exception.

Required Subjects

Georgia requires a basic academic educational program that includes reading, language arts, mathematics, social studies, and science.

Attendance and Records

Families should maintain records showing the required instructional time has been provided, along with academic records such as courses, grades, credits, report cards, transcripts, test results, and annual progress reports.

Annual Progress Assessment

Georgia requires the homeschool instructor to prepare a written annual progress assessment for each student covering reading, language arts, mathematics, social studies, and science. The parent must retain the report for at least 3 years.

Standardized Testing

Georgia requires an appropriate nationally standardized test beginning at the end of grade 3 and at least once every 3 years thereafter, generally grades 3, 6, 9, and 12. Parents retain the results.

Parent Teacher Qualifications

A parent or guardian teaching their own children must possess at least a high school diploma or state-approved high school equivalency diploma. Georgia does not require a teaching certificate or college degree.

Curriculum Freedom

Georgia does not require a particular state-approved curriculum. Parents may choose their own materials as long as the required basic academic subjects are included.

Graduation

Georgia does not impose public-school graduation requirements upon an independently operated home study program in the same manner as public schools. Parents may establish graduation requirements and issue educational records.

Alabama Church School Services for Georgia Families

Georgia families may choose Alabama Church School for curriculum, enrollment documentation, attendance resources, academic records, annual progress documentation, report cards, transcripts, diplomas, graduation documentation, student records, and educational support. Enrollment does not replace Georgia's Declaration of Intent, instructional time, standardized testing, annual progress assessment, or other legal requirements.

Compulsory School Attendance Age

Hawaii compulsory attendance generally applies to children who:

• Will be at least 5 years old on or before July 31 of the school year • Have not reached age 18 by January 1 of that school year

Children who qualify for a lawful exception to compulsory school attendance, including homeschooling, are not required to attend a public or private school.

Homeschool Notification and Enrollment

A parent or legal guardian who intends to homeschool must notify the public school the child would otherwise attend.

The parent may submit either:

• Hawaii Department of Education Form 4140, Exceptions to Compulsory Education, or • A written letter of intent to homeschool

A letter of intent should include the child's name, address, telephone number, date of birth, grade level, parent or guardian signature, and date.

Homeschooling may begin once the signed Form 4140 or letter of intent has been submitted to the child's designated school.

Parents do not have to wait for approval before beginning homeschooling.

The school will acknowledge receipt of the homeschool notification and maintain a copy.

Annual Notification

Parents do not normally have to submit a new homeschool notice every year.

A new notice should generally be submitted when the family moves into the geographic area of another school, or when the student transitions to another school level, such as elementary to middle school or middle school to high school.

Parents should also notify the school if homeschooling ends because the student enrolls in another school or the family moves outside Hawaii.

Instructional Days and Hours

Hawaii does not impose a specific statewide number of homeschool instructional days or a specific daily number of homeschool hours.

However, parents must maintain a record of the educational program, including the number of hours per week devoted to instruction.

Parents may determine their own school calendar, daily schedule, lesson length, educational pace, vacation periods, and year-round or traditional schedule.

Required Curriculum and Subjects

Hawaii places responsibility for developing the homeschool curriculum on the parent.

Parents are not required to submit their curriculum to the school for approval. However, parents must maintain a record of the planned curriculum.

The curriculum should be structured, based on educational objectives, appropriate for the child's needs and interests, cumulative and sequential, designed to provide current knowledge and skills, and appropriate for the child's abilities.

For elementary students, subject areas may include language arts, mathematics, social studies, science, art, music, health, and physical education.

Parents may use Hawaii academic standards as a guide, but families retain responsibility for selecting and providing the curriculum.

Curriculum Records

Parents should maintain a record of the planned curriculum containing information such as:

• Beginning date of the educational program • Ending date of the educational program • Number of instructional hours per week • Subjects being taught • Methods used to determine mastery • Textbooks and instructional materials used

For books, records may include the author, title, publisher, and publication date.

Parents are not routinely required to submit the curriculum record to the school, although the school may request to review it to assist the family with educational planning.

Annual Progress Report

Hawaii requires parents to submit an annual progress report for each homeschooled student.

Parents may satisfy the annual progress-report requirement through several methods. Options may include:

• Scores from a nationally normed standardized achievement test • Progress demonstrated through a nationally normed standardized assessment • A written evaluation by a teacher certified to teach in Hawaii • A written evaluation prepared by the parent

A parent-prepared evaluation should include a description of the student's progress in each subject taught, samples of the student's work, samples of tests, assignments, and grades if grades are given.

The annual progress report is submitted to the student's designated public school.

Standardized Testing

Hawaii requires homeschooled students to provide standardized assessment results in grade 3, grade 5, grade 8, and grade 10.

The assessment must be a nationally normed standardized achievement test.

Families may choose to have their student participate in qualifying testing through the designated public school at no cost when available. Parents may also arrange private testing at their own expense.

The student's standardized test scores may also be used to satisfy the annual progress-report requirement for that year.

Although Hawaii public schools currently test public-school students in grade 11 rather than grade 10 for some statewide assessments, the homeschool regulation continues to specify homeschool testing in grade 10.

Attendance and Academic Records

Hawaii expects parents to maintain records relating to their child's homeschool education.

Useful records include beginning and ending dates of instruction, weekly instructional hours, subjects taught, curriculum used, assessments, test scores, annual progress reports, samples of student work, grades, courses completed, credits earned, report cards, and transcripts.

Maintaining complete academic records is particularly important for high school students planning to attend college, enter the military, seek employment, or transfer to another school.

Parent Teacher Qualifications

Hawaii does not require the parent or legal guardian directing the homeschool to hold a Hawaii teaching certificate, hold a college degree, complete teacher training, or obtain curriculum approval from the Hawaii Department of Education.

Parents assume responsibility for providing the child's education and selecting appropriate instructional materials.

Curriculum Freedom

Hawaii parents have significant freedom to select the curriculum and educational resources used in the homeschool program.

Families may use printed curriculum, online curriculum, workbooks, educational websites, parent-created lessons, tutors, cooperative classes, hands-on instruction, educational videos, career and technical education, or a combination of educational resources.

Parents do not have to use a state-issued curriculum. The educational program should nevertheless be structured and appropriate for the student's age, abilities, needs, and educational progress.

Graduation

Hawaii does not issue a Hawaii public-school diploma to a student solely because the student completes an independent homeschool program.

The Hawaii Department of Education states that a homeschooled student does not receive a public high school diploma through homeschooling.

To receive a Hawaii public-school diploma, a student generally must attend a public high school for at least 3 full years and satisfy Hawaii's public-school graduation requirements.

Independent homeschool families may establish their own homeschool completion and graduation requirements and maintain their own academic records.

Families should maintain a complete transcript documenting courses completed, grades, credits earned, grade point average when applicable, and graduation date.

Parents should also research the requirements of colleges, universities, military branches, employers, scholarship programs, trade schools, and licensing organizations when planning a high school program.

High School Equivalency

A qualifying homeschooled student may pursue a Hawaii High School Equivalency Credential.

A student who has been properly homeschooled under Form 4140 may qualify to take an approved high school equivalency examination such as the GED or another approved equivalency assessment.

College Admission

Homeschooled students may apply to colleges and universities.

Families should maintain detailed transcripts and supporting academic records.

Parents may also request written acknowledgment from the student's designated Hawaii public high school confirming that the student was homeschooled in compliance with Hawaii homeschool requirements, provided required annual progress reports and standardized test scores have been submitted.

Alabama Church School Services for Hawaii Families

Hawaii families are not legally required to enroll with Alabama Church School in order to homeschool.

However, families may choose to use Alabama Church School for the curriculum, organization, documentation, and educational services we provide.

Hawaii families enrolled with Alabama Church School may receive available services including complete curriculum, enrollment documentation, attendance resources, academic records, annual progress documentation, report cards, transcripts, diplomas, graduation documentation, student records, educational support, and other available family and student services.

For families who prefer having established curriculum, organized records, transcripts, report cards, and graduation documentation rather than creating everything independently, Alabama Church School can provide additional educational structure while parents continue directing their child's education at home.

Enrollment with Alabama Church School does not replace the Hawaii parent's responsibility to submit the required homeschool notification, maintain curriculum records, submit annual progress reports, provide required standardized testing results, or comply with other applicable Hawaii homeschool requirements.

Compulsory School Attendance Age

Idaho compulsory education law generally applies to children who have reached age 7 at the beginning of the school year and who are under age 16. During those compulsory-attendance years, the parent or guardian must ensure that the child is instructed as required by Idaho law.

Homeschool Notification and Enrollment

Idaho does not require a homeschool family to register with the state, file an annual notice of intent, obtain approval from the local school district, or enroll with a cover school or umbrella school.

If a child is currently enrolled in a public school, the Idaho Department of Education recommends making sure the child is officially withdrawn before beginning homeschool instruction.

Instructional Days and Hours

Idaho does not establish a separate fixed number of daily homeschool hours or a specific homeschool day-count reporting requirement. The state does not monitor homeschool calendars or require homeschool attendance reports.

Required Subjects

Idaho Code requires children of compulsory-attendance age to be instructed in the subjects commonly and usually taught in Idaho public schools. The statute does not require homeschool families to use the public-school curriculum or state-adopted lesson plans.

Families commonly include core subjects such as:

• English and Language Arts • Mathematics • Science • Social Studies and History • Additional electives and practical subjects selected by the parent

Attendance and Records

Idaho does not impose routine state homeschool reporting or record-submission requirements. The Department of Education does not maintain a state homeschool list or student homeschool records.

Families are still strongly encouraged to maintain useful educational records, especially for high school students, including:

• Attendance • Courses completed • Grades and credits • Report cards • Transcripts • Samples of student work • Curriculum used • Graduation records

Standardized Testing

Idaho does not require independently homeschooled students to take state standardized tests. A local district or charter school may choose to allow a homeschool student to participate in state testing upon request, but the district is not required to do so.

Parent Teacher Qualifications

Parents and guardians homeschooling their children in Idaho are not required to hold a teaching license or state educator credential.

Curriculum Freedom

Idaho does not prescribe a homeschool curriculum. Parents select the curriculum, books, online programs, workbooks, educational websites, tutors, or other resources they believe are appropriate. Idaho Content Standards may be used as a guide, but the Department of Education states that homeschool parents determine which standards they wish to teach.

Graduation

Idaho does not issue an accredited public-school diploma to an independently homeschooled student. Parents should establish their own high school requirements and maintain complete records and a transcript. Colleges, employers, military branches, licensing agencies, and other institutions may establish their own admission or documentation requirements.

Alabama Church School Services for Idaho Families

Idaho families are not legally required to enroll with a cover school or umbrella school. However, families may choose Alabama Church School for curriculum, organization, academic documentation, and educational support.

Available services may include:

• Complete curriculum • Enrollment documentation • Attendance resources • Academic records • Report cards • Transcripts • Diplomas and graduation documentation • Student records • Educational support and other available family services

For families who want the freedom Idaho provides without having to build every curriculum and recordkeeping system from scratch, Alabama Church School can provide an organized educational framework while the parent continues directing the child's education at home.

Enrollment with Alabama Church School does not replace the Idaho parent's responsibility to provide instruction that satisfies Idaho law.

Compulsory School Attendance Age

Illinois compulsory attendance generally applies to children age 6 through age 17, unless the student has already graduated from high school or qualifies for another statutory exemption.

Homeschool Notification and Enrollment

Illinois does not require parents to register a homeschool before beginning. The Illinois State Board of Education offers a voluntary homeschool registration form, but registration is not mandatory.

If a child is currently attending public school, ISBE strongly recommends giving the school a dated written withdrawal notice. This helps prevent the student from being marked absent and referred for truancy.

Instructional Days and Hours

Illinois does not set a specific minimum number of homeschool hours per day or homeschool days per year. However, the educational program must be at least equivalent to the education offered in public schools.

Required Subjects

Illinois requires homeschool instruction in the following subject areas:

• Language Arts • Mathematics • Biological and Physical Science • Social Science / Social Studies • Fine Arts • Physical Development and Health

Instruction must be offered in the English language.

Attendance and Records

Illinois does not require routine homeschool attendance reports, grade reports, portfolios, or transcripts to be filed with the state. Good records are nevertheless strongly recommended, especially if a student may later return to public school or apply to college.

Useful records include:

• Attendance • Courses and curriculum used • Grades • Credits • Report cards • Transcripts • Student work samples • Testing, if voluntarily completed • Graduation records

Standardized Testing

Illinois does not require homeschooled students to take standardized tests. If parents choose to test their children, the results do not have to be submitted to a school official or state agency.

Parent Teacher Qualifications

Illinois does not require a homeschooling parent to hold an Illinois teaching license or teaching certificate. The parent is responsible for providing an educational program that satisfies the required subject and equivalency standards.

Curriculum Freedom

Illinois does not provide or mandate a specific homeschool curriculum. Parents may select textbooks, workbooks, online programs, parent-created lessons, tutors, cooperative classes, educational websites, or other resources as long as the program covers the required subject areas and is at least equivalent to public-school instruction.

Graduation

Illinois does not issue a state homeschool diploma. Families operating a homeschool as a private school may establish their own high school course and graduation requirements and should maintain a detailed transcript. Acceptance of homeschool coursework, credits, transcripts, and diplomas may depend on the receiving college, employer, military branch, licensing program, or other institution.

Returning to Public School

If a homeschooled student later enrolls in public school, the receiving public school determines grade placement and may review records or administer an assessment to determine appropriate placement or credit.

Alabama Church School Services for Illinois Families

Illinois families are not legally required to enroll with Alabama Church School. However, families may choose Alabama Church School for curriculum, academic records, transcripts, report cards, graduation documentation, and other educational services.

• Complete curriculum • Enrollment documentation • Attendance resources • Academic records • Report cards • Transcripts • Diplomas and graduation documentation • Student records • Educational support and other available services

Alabama Church School can provide families with an organized curriculum and recordkeeping framework while the parent continues operating the Illinois homeschool and remains responsible for meeting Illinois law.

Compulsory School Attendance Age

Indiana compulsory school attendance generally begins at age 7. Parents may homeschool before age 7 if they wish. The Indiana Department of Education states that homeschooled students complete compulsory schooling at age 18.

Homeschool Notification and Enrollment

Indiana does not require homeschool registration. Parents may voluntarily report homeschool enrollment to the Indiana Department of Education, but the state expressly states that submitting the homeschool registration form is not required.

A family withdrawing a child from a public school should notify the current school in writing. For certain high school withdrawals, Indiana requires the parent or guardian to sign the applicable withdrawal form so the student is properly recorded as transferring to a non-accredited nonpublic school rather than as a dropout.

Instructional Days and Hours

Indiana homeschools should provide 180 days of instruction during the academic year. Parents choose which days the homeschool is in session and how long instruction lasts each day. Days already attended in a public or accredited school during a mid-year transfer may count toward the 180-day total.

Required Subjects

Indiana requires instruction equivalent to that given in public schools, but state law does not define a specific required homeschool subject list or define exactly what "equivalent" instruction means. Indiana law also exempts homeschools from the public-school curriculum and program requirements.

Attendance and Records

Indiana requires homeschools to maintain an accurate daily record of attendance. There is no required state attendance form.

Attendance records must be available if requested by the Indiana Secretary of Education or the public school superintendent where the student resides.

Indiana does not otherwise require homeschool parents to submit routine grades, portfolios, transcripts, or other educational records to the Department of Education. Good academic records are strongly recommended.

Standardized Testing

Indiana does not require state testing or other standardized testing for independently homeschooled students. Parents may choose private standardized testing or may participate in certain programs that have their own testing requirements.

Parent Teacher Qualifications

Indiana does not require a homeschooling parent to hold a teaching license, college degree, or other state educator credential.

Curriculum Freedom

Indiana does not have a state-approved homeschool curriculum or mandated homeschool textbooks. Parents and guardians choose the curriculum and instructional materials they believe are appropriate for their children.

Graduation

Homeschooled students do not receive a diploma from the local public school or Indiana Department of Education simply because they complete a homeschool program. Families should establish their own graduation requirements and keep complete high school records and transcripts. Students age 16 or older may also pursue Indiana's High School Equivalency pathway if desired.

Alabama Church School Services for Indiana Families

Indiana families are not legally required to enroll with Alabama Church School. However, Alabama Church School can provide a structured curriculum and organized documentation system for families who do not want to build those systems themselves.

• Complete curriculum • Enrollment documentation • Attendance resources • Academic records • Report cards • Transcripts • Diplomas and graduation documentation • Student records • Educational support and other available services

Because Indiana requires 180 instructional days and accurate attendance records, Alabama Church School's attendance and recordkeeping resources can be especially useful. Enrollment with Alabama Church School does not replace the Indiana parent's responsibility to provide the required instruction and maintain required attendance records.

Compulsory School Attendance Age

Iowa compulsory attendance generally applies to a child who has reached age 6 and is under age 16 by September 15. Iowa law also contains rules that can make certain younger children subject to compulsory attendance after enrollment in public-school or state preschool programs.

Iowa Private Instruction Options

Independent Private Instruction (IPI) is the lower-interaction option. IPI is not accredited and must provide private or religious-based instruction as its primary purpose. IPI must provide instruction in mathematics, reading and language arts, science, and social studies.

IPI generally does not require annual Form A filing. However, upon written request from the resident district superintendent or the Iowa Department of Education director, the family must provide a report identifying the primary instructor, location, responsible authority, and students receiving instruction.

Competent Private Instruction (CPI) may be provided or supervised by a licensed practitioner, or it may be provided by a parent, guardian, or custodian without an Iowa teaching license. CPI has additional rules, including instructional-day requirements and, for some CPI arrangements, reporting and annual evaluation requirements.

Notification and Forms

Iowa does not use one universal homeschool registration process for every family. Some private-instruction options do not require Form A, while CPI families using certain options, dual enrollment, or optional reporting may need to submit Form A to the resident district. The Iowa Department of Education currently lists Form A as due September 1 when it applies.

Because the filing requirement depends on the selected pathway, families should review the current Iowa Private Instruction Handbook before beginning or changing options.

Instructional Days and Hours

For Competent Private Instruction, Iowa requires instruction on a daily basis for at least 148 days during the school year, with attendance for at least 37 days in each school quarter.

The statutory definition of Independent Private Instruction does not impose that same 148-day CPI requirement. IPI families must instead satisfy the requirements specifically applicable to IPI and Iowa compulsory education law.

Required Subjects

Independent Private Instruction must provide instruction in:

• Mathematics • Reading and Language Arts • Science • Social Studies

CPI requirements depend on the selected CPI pathway and the student's instructional program. Families should ensure the program provides a genuine course of study and meets any assessment or progress requirements that apply to their chosen CPI option.

Attendance and Records

Recordkeeping requirements depend on the option selected. CPI families should maintain attendance and academic records sufficient to document the required instructional days and progress. IPI families should maintain records sufficient to demonstrate the educational program and respond accurately if the district or Department of Education makes a lawful written information request.

For all Iowa homeschool families, useful records include:

• Attendance • Curriculum and courses • Grades • Credits • Report cards • Transcripts • Assessment results when applicable • Student work samples • Graduation documentation

Standardized Testing and Annual Evaluation

Testing rules vary by pathway.

Certain CPI students are subject to annual evaluation requirements and adequate-progress standards. Iowa law provides standardized achievement testing and other approved evaluation methods for applicable CPI students.

IPI does not carry the same annual CPI evaluation requirement. Families should not assume that an assessment rule attached to one Iowa homeschool option automatically applies to every other option.

Parent Teacher Qualifications

Iowa offers both licensed-practitioner and parent-directed options. A parent does not need an Iowa teaching license to use the parent-directed CPI option or IPI, provided the family complies with the requirements of the selected pathway.

Curriculum Freedom

Iowa families may select their own educational materials and methods within the legal requirements of the chosen private-instruction option. IPI expressly requires instruction in the four core subject areas listed above. Families may supplement with online programs, workbooks, textbooks, parent-created lessons, tutors, cooperative classes, life skills, electives, and other resources.

Graduation

The Iowa Department of Education does not issue a homeschool diploma. For a student receiving private instruction, whether the resident public school will issue a district diploma is a local district decision and the district is not required to do so.

Families operating independently should maintain a complete high school transcript and clear graduation requirements. Colleges, employers, scholarship programs, military branches, trade schools, and licensing agencies may establish their own documentation requirements.

Iowa Education Savings Accounts

Iowa's Students First Education Savings Account program is tied to enrollment and attendance at an accredited nonpublic school. Independent homeschool/private-instruction status by itself does not make a student an ESA participant. Families using ESA funds must follow the separate current ESA rules.

Alabama Church School Services for Iowa Families

Iowa families may choose Alabama Church School for curriculum, records, report cards, transcripts, diplomas, and other educational services. However, ACS enrollment does not select an Iowa legal pathway for the family and does not replace Iowa filings, testing, or other requirements that may apply to that family's chosen CPI or IPI option.

• Complete curriculum • Enrollment documentation • Attendance resources • Academic records • Report cards • Transcripts • Diplomas and graduation documentation • Student records • Educational support and other available services

For Iowa families, the safest approach is to choose the appropriate Iowa private-instruction pathway first, then use Alabama Church School's curriculum and recordkeeping services within that framework.

Compulsory School Attendance Age

Kansas compulsory attendance generally applies to children who have reached age 7 and are under age 18. Special rules can apply to certain children under age 7 who have been identified as having a disability.

Homeschool Registration and Enrollment

A Kansas homeschool operating as a Nonaccredited Private School must register the name and address of the school with the Kansas State Board of Education.

Kansas describes this as registration, not approval. There is no state review or approval process and no registration fee. The Kansas State Department of Education currently instructs families to register the homeschool only once and to mark it non-active when the school no longer exists.

When a student transfers from another school to a Kansas NAPS, the parent or guardian should notify the previous school. KSDE warns that if the prior school is not notified, the student may be reported as truant.

Instructional Days and Hours

Kansas requires Nonaccredited Private Schools to hold classes for a period substantially equivalent to the time public schools are in session.

KSDE currently identifies the public-school benchmark as at least:

• 186 days of not less than 6 hours per day, or • 1,116 instructional hours per year for grades 1 through 11

Families should maintain an instructional schedule and attendance records sufficient to demonstrate substantial equivalence.

Required Subjects

Kansas does not provide a state-approved homeschool curriculum or a single prescribed homeschool textbook program. KSDE states that Nonaccredited Private Schools are responsible for acquiring their own curriculum materials.

Kansas curricular standards may be used as guidance, but KSDE explains that the standards are guidelines and are not themselves the curriculum. Families should provide a genuine, organized educational program appropriate to the student's age and educational needs.

Attendance and Records

Kansas registration identifies the school and the custodian of its records. Families should maintain organized attendance and academic records to document operation of the Nonaccredited Private School and the student's progress.

Useful records include:

• Attendance and instructional time • Courses completed • Grades • Credits • Report cards • Transcripts • Curriculum used • Assessments when used • Graduation records

Standardized Testing

Kansas does not impose the regular public-school statewide assessment program on independently operated Nonaccredited Private Schools simply because they are homeschools. Families may choose private standardized testing or other assessments for their own records.

Parent Teacher Qualifications

Kansas does not require teachers in Nonaccredited Private Schools to hold a Kansas teaching license. However, KSDE states that courses must be taught by competent instructors.

Curriculum Freedom

Kansas Nonaccredited Private Schools select and obtain their own curriculum. The state does not supply homeschool books or curriculum materials and does not require families to use the public-school curriculum. Families may use textbooks, workbooks, online programs, educational websites, parent-created lessons, tutors, cooperative classes, career education, and other resources.

Graduation

A Kansas Nonaccredited Private School issues its own diploma. KSDE states that these diplomas are not recognized by the State of Kansas as meeting state diploma requirements. Families should maintain a complete high school transcript and should research the requirements of colleges, employers, military branches, scholarship programs, trade schools, and licensing agencies.

Alabama Church School Services for Kansas Families

Kansas families are not required to enroll with Alabama Church School. However, they may choose Alabama Church School for curriculum, records, attendance tools, report cards, transcripts, diplomas, and educational support while operating their Kansas Nonaccredited Private School.

• Complete curriculum • Enrollment documentation • Attendance resources • Academic records • Report cards • Transcripts • Diplomas and graduation documentation • Student records • Educational support and other available services

Because Kansas expects a registered NAPS to operate as a genuine school with substantially equivalent instructional time, an organized curriculum and recordkeeping system can be particularly valuable. Enrollment with Alabama Church School does not replace the Kansas family's responsibility to register its NAPS and satisfy Kansas requirements.

Kentucky Homeschool Law Basics

Parents or guardians who homeschool in Kentucky are responsible for meeting the state's homeschool requirements.

Compulsory Attendance Age

Kentucky children between the ages of 6 and 18 are generally subject to compulsory school attendance requirements.

Notification to the Local School District

A parent or guardian operating a homeschool must notify the superintendent of the local public school district that the child is being educated through a homeschool.

Kentucky treats this as a notification rather than an application for permission to homeschool.

Families should contact their local school district regarding the required annual homeschool notification and retain a copy of the notice for their records.

Instructional Days and Hours

Kentucky homeschools are expected to provide:

Required Areas of Instruction

Kentucky law requires nonpublic schools, including homeschools, to provide instruction in subjects generally comparable to those taught in Kentucky public schools.

These include:

Attendance Records

Parents must maintain attendance records showing that the required school days and instructional hours have been completed.

These records are generally maintained by the homeschool family and are not routinely submitted to the Kentucky Department of Education.

Academic Progress Records

Kentucky homeschool families should also maintain records of the student's academic progress. These may include items such as:

Testing

Kentucky does not require homeschool students to participate in annual state standardized testing simply because they are homeschooled.

Teacher Certification

Parents are not required to hold a Kentucky teaching certificate in order to homeschool their own children.

Curriculum

Kentucky does not prescribe or approve a specific homeschool curriculum. Parents have the authority and responsibility to choose the educational materials and program used for their children.

Using Alabama Church School Services

Kentucky families may enroll with Alabama Church School for curriculum, educational resources, recordkeeping assistance, forms, transcripts, report cards, and other available services.

Enrollment with Alabama Church School does not replace the Kentucky parent's responsibility to comply with Kentucky homeschool law, including any required notification to the family's local Kentucky school district.

Kentucky does not require families to have a cover school. Families who choose to enroll with Alabama Church School may do so for the curriculum, documentation, organization, educational support, and other services we provide.

Parents remain responsible for ensuring that their homeschool complies with all requirements applicable in their state of residence.

Compulsory School Attendance Age

Louisiana compulsory attendance generally applies to children from age 5 through age 18 unless the student has graduated or qualifies for another statutory exception.

BESE-Approved Home Study Program

A family using the BESE-approved home study route applies directly to the Louisiana Department of Education. An initial application must be submitted no later than 15 days after the home study program begins. Approval is valid for one year for the grade level listed on the application.

After initial approval, families must submit a renewal application by October 1 of the school year, within 12 months of the initial approval, whichever is later, or when the student advances to the next grade level.

Instructional Days and Curriculum

A child using the BESE-approved home study route must participate in the home study program for at least 180 days during the school year. Parents select the curriculum. Louisiana requires the program to use a sustained curriculum of quality at least equal to that offered by public schools at the same grade level.

Parent Teacher Qualifications

Louisiana does not require the parent or tutor in a BESE-approved home study program to hold a teaching certificate.

Annual Renewal Documentation

For renewal, parents generally provide evidence that the student made academic progress. The Louisiana Department of Education allows several methods, including a curriculum packet with samples of work, qualifying standardized test results, or a statement from a certified teacher who reviewed the program.

Standardized Testing

Students in a BESE-approved home study program are not required to participate in Louisiana state assessments merely because they are homeschooled. Standardized test scores may, however, be used as one method of documenting progress for renewal.

Graduation

Parents operating a BESE-approved home study program create and issue the student's diploma. Louisiana law provides that a diploma from a BESE-approved home study program carries the rights and privileges afforded to a diploma from a state-approved nonpublic school for Louisiana governmental and public postsecondary purposes. The diploma is not issued by BESE or the Louisiana Department of Education.

Nonpublic School Not Seeking State Approval

Louisiana also permits families to educate through a nonpublic school that does not seek state approval. This option requires annual reporting of enrollment/attendance information to the Louisiana Department of Education. The school maintains its own student records and attendance records. Students in this route are not treated as BESE-approved home study students, and the diploma does not receive the same statutory treatment as a BESE-approved home study diploma.

Alabama Church School Services for Louisiana Families

Louisiana families may use Alabama Church School for curriculum, academic records, report cards, transcripts, diplomas, attendance resources, graduation documentation, and educational support. ACS enrollment does not replace Louisiana-specific filing or approval requirements. Families should choose the Louisiana legal route that applies to them and complete the required Louisiana paperwork.

Compulsory School Attendance Age

Maine compulsory attendance generally applies from the child's 6th birthday until age 17, subject to statutory exceptions.

Notice of Intent

For the first year of home instruction, the parent or guardian must provide a Notice of Intent within 10 calendar days after beginning home instruction. Maine provides an online portal that sends the notice to the resident superintendent and the state. Paper filing is also available through the resident superintendent's office.

For each subsequent year, the family must file a continuation notice by September 1 and include the prior year's assessment results.

Instructional Days and Hours

Maine requires at least 175 instructional days annually. Maine does not impose a specific number of instructional hours per day or per year for home instruction.

Required Subjects

• English and language arts • Mathematics • Science • Social studies • Physical education • Health education • Library skills • Fine arts • Maine studies in at least one grade from 6 through 12 • Demonstrated computer proficiency at one grade level from 7 through 12

Annual Assessment

Maine requires an annual assessment of academic progress. Acceptable methods include a standardized achievement test, an approved local test, review by a currently certified Maine teacher, portfolio review through a qualifying homeschool support group that includes a certified teacher or administrator, or review by a local advisory board when arranged with the superintendent.

Records

Parents must keep copies of the information filed under Maine's home instruction law until the home instruction program concludes. Families should also retain attendance, assessment results, grades, course records, transcripts, and graduation records.

Parent Teacher Qualifications

Maine does not require a parent providing home instruction to hold a teaching certificate. Certification becomes relevant only when a family chooses a certified-teacher review as its annual assessment method.

Curriculum Freedom

Parents choose their own curriculum and teaching methods. Maine does not prescribe grade-by-grade homeschool curriculum standards, but the required subject areas must be included.

Graduation

The State of Maine does not issue grades, credits, transcripts, certificates of completion, or diplomas for independent home instruction. Families establish their own completion requirements and should maintain a complete high school transcript and graduation record.

Alabama Church School Services for Maine Families

Maine families may use Alabama Church School for curriculum, attendance tools, report cards, transcripts, diplomas, graduation documentation, student records, and educational support. ACS enrollment does not replace Maine's Notice of Intent, 175-day requirement, required subjects, or annual assessment.

Compulsory School Attendance Age

Maryland compulsory attendance generally applies from age 5 until age 18. A child who turns 5 after September 1 generally does not have to begin home instruction supervision for that school year unless the local superintendent chooses otherwise.

Notice Before Beginning

The parent or guardian must sign the state-prescribed home instruction statement and submit it to the local superintendent or designee at least 15 calendar days before beginning home instruction. After the program begins, the parent must verify continuation annually with the supervising entity and report changes in status.

Required Subjects

• English • Mathematics • Science • Social studies • Art • Music • Health • Physical education

Instruction must be regular and thorough and must cover the studies usually taught in public schools to children of the same age.

Instructional Days and Hours

Maryland does not prescribe a single homeschool day-count or hourly formula. The program must take place on a regular basis during the school year and be of sufficient duration to implement the instructional program.

Supervision and Portfolio Reviews

A family supervised by the local school system must permit review of the homeschool portfolio. Portfolio reviews normally occur twice each year, generally at the end of each semester, and no more than three reviews may occur in one school year. Reviews must occur at a mutually agreeable time and place.

Instead of local-school-system review, a family may choose supervision by a Maryland-registered nonpublic school, church-exempt nonpublic school, or qualifying church organization that is registered to supervise home instruction.

Portfolio and Records

The portfolio should contain enough material to demonstrate regular, thorough instruction. Examples include instructional materials, reading materials, writing samples, worksheets, workbooks, creative work, and tests. Families should also maintain grades, attendance, course records, transcripts, and graduation documentation.

Standardized Testing

Maryland does not require every home instruction student to take the public-school standardized tests. A homeschooled student may participate in the local public school's regularly scheduled standardized testing program if the parent arranges participation.

Parent Teacher Qualifications

Maryland does not require the parent, guardian, or other instructor providing home instruction to hold teacher certification.

Curriculum Freedom

Parents select the curriculum and instructional materials. The program does not have to align with Maryland's public-school college- and career-ready standards, but it must include the required subjects and provide regular, thorough instruction.

Graduation

A student completing an independent home instruction program does not receive the specific Maryland High School Diploma issued by public schools. However, Maryland states that a student enrolled in a nonpublic or church-exempt school may receive a diploma issued by that school's legal authority if the student meets that school's graduation requirements.

Alabama Church School Services for Maryland Families

Maryland families may use Alabama Church School for curriculum, academic records, attendance resources, report cards, transcripts, diplomas, and graduation documentation. However, Maryland supervision is a regulated role. ACS enrollment by itself should not be presented as replacing Maryland supervision unless ACS has separately completed Maryland's registration requirements to act as a supervising nonpublic or church organization. Families must still comply with Maryland's notice and supervision rules.

Compulsory School Attendance Age

Massachusetts generally requires school attendance beginning at age 6. Families should confirm the current maximum compulsory attendance age and local district procedures, because Massachusetts law gives the Board of Elementary and Secondary Education authority over compulsory attendance ages and local districts administer homeschool approval.

Advance Approval

Before homeschooling, the parent must submit a home education plan to the local superintendent or school committee and obtain approval. Each Massachusetts district maintains its own approval procedures, but local requirements must remain consistent with Massachusetts law and controlling court decisions.

What a District May Review

Under Care & Protection of Charles, a district may reasonably review factors such as the proposed curriculum, the amount of instructional time, the competency of the persons providing instruction, the textbooks or instructional materials being used, and a reasonable method of evaluating the student's educational progress.

Required Subjects

Massachusetts home education must provide instruction in the subjects required by state law for school-age children. These include core areas such as reading, writing, English language and grammar, mathematics, geography, history and civics, science, and physical education, together with other applicable statutory subjects.

Instructional Time

Massachusetts does not create a single homeschool-specific statewide hourly formula in the statute. The local approval process may consider whether the proposed amount of instruction is adequate. Families should follow the instructional-time expectations accepted in their approved home education plan.

Evaluation and Records

A district may require a reasonable method of evaluating academic progress as part of the approved plan. The exact method may vary by district and plan. Families should maintain copies of the approved plan, correspondence, attendance or instructional records, course descriptions, student work, assessments, report cards, transcripts, and graduation records.

Home Visits

Massachusetts courts have held that home visits are not automatically necessary and may not be required as a condition of homeschool approval without parental consent merely because the family is homeschooling.

Parent Teacher Qualifications

Massachusetts does not impose a blanket requirement that every homeschooling parent hold a teaching license. A district may consider the competency of the instructor as part of the approval process, but it may not automatically require teacher certification where the education plan is otherwise adequate.

Curriculum Freedom

Parents may select curriculum and teaching materials, subject to the requirement that the overall educational program be approved and provide instruction in the required subject areas. Massachusetts does not require families to purchase a particular state curriculum package.

Graduation

Massachusetts does not operate a single state-issued homeschool diploma program. Families should establish clear graduation requirements, maintain transcripts and course records, and check college, military, employment, licensing, and scholarship requirements.

Alabama Church School Services for Massachusetts Families

Massachusetts families may use Alabama Church School for curriculum, records, attendance tools, report cards, transcripts, diplomas, and educational support. ACS enrollment does not replace the family's obligation to obtain advance approval from the Massachusetts local superintendent or school committee.

Compulsory School Attendance Age

Michigan compulsory attendance generally begins at age 6 and continues until age 18 for most students, subject to statutory exceptions. Michigan law also contains provisions allowing certain students age 16 or older to stop attending with written parental permission.

Homeschool Notification and Enrollment

A family homeschooling under the parent-home-education exemption in MCL 380.1561(3)(f) does not register as a nonpublic school with the Michigan Department of Education and does not submit routine homeschool reports to MDE. Local and intermediate school districts are responsible for interpreting and enforcing compulsory attendance law.

Required Subjects

Michigan requires an organized educational program in the following subject areas:

• Reading • Spelling • Mathematics • Science • History • Civics • Literature • Writing • English grammar

Instructional Days and Hours

Michigan does not prescribe a specific number of homeschool instructional days or daily instructional hours for a family operating under the parent-home-education exemption. Parents may design their own schedule while maintaining an organized educational program.

Attendance and Records

Families using the parent-home-education exemption are not required to submit routine attendance, grades, portfolios, or transcripts to MDE. Good recordkeeping is nevertheless strongly recommended, especially attendance, courses, grades, credits, work samples, assessment results, transcripts, and graduation documentation.

Standardized Testing

Michigan does not impose a routine statewide standardized-testing requirement on students homeschooled under the parent-home-education exemption simply because they are homeschooled.

Parent Teacher Qualifications

Under the parent-home-education exemption, there are no minimum educational or certification qualifications for the teacher beyond the requirement that the instruction be provided by the child's parent or legal guardian.

Curriculum Freedom

Parents choose the curriculum, materials, teaching methods, and educational resources. The program must include the required subject areas listed in Michigan law, but families are not required to use Michigan public-school curriculum or state-approved textbooks.

Graduation

Michigan public-school graduation requirements under the Michigan Merit Curriculum do not automatically apply to independent homeschool students. Parents may establish their own homeschool graduation requirements and issue their own graduation documentation. Families should maintain a detailed transcript and consider future college, military, employment, and licensing requirements.

Separate Nonpublic School Option

Michigan also allows a homeschool to operate under the nonpublic-school exemption. That route involves separate reporting and personnel requirements and should not be confused with the simpler parent-home-education exemption. Most families using the parent exemption do not report as nonpublic schools to MDE.

Alabama Church School Services for Michigan Families

Michigan families may use Alabama Church School for curriculum, attendance resources, academic records, report cards, transcripts, diplomas, graduation documentation, and educational support. ACS enrollment does not replace the parent's obligation to provide the organized program and required subjects under Michigan law, but Michigan families using the parent-home-education exemption generally do not have a separate state homeschool registration requirement.

Compulsory School Attendance Age

Minnesota compulsory instruction generally applies to children from age 7 through age 17 unless the child has graduated. A child under age 7 who is enrolled in certain kindergarten programs is also subject to instruction requirements, although a parent may generally withdraw a child under age 7 from enrollment.

Homeschool Notification and Annual Reporting

The person or nonpublic school providing instruction must report to the superintendent of the school district in which the child resides. The initial report is generally due by October 1 of the first school year after the child reaches age 7. If a child over age 7 is withdrawn from public school to begin homeschooling, the report is generally due within 15 days. A continuing letter of intent is then due by October 1 each year.

• Student name, birth date, and address • The annual standardized test intended to be used, when testing is required • The name of each instructor • Evidence that the instructor meets one of Minnesota's statutory instructor qualifications

Instructional Days and Hours

Minnesota homeschool law does not impose the public-school calendar or a specific homeschool day/hour count in the same way some states do. The family must provide instruction sufficient to satisfy the compulsory-instruction requirements and should maintain records showing that the required subjects are being taught.

Required Subjects

Minnesota requires instruction in at least the following areas:

• Basic communication skills, including reading and writing • Literature and fine arts • Mathematics and science • Social studies, including history, geography, economics, government, and citizenship • Health and physical education

Instruction, textbooks, and materials are generally required to be in English, subject to statutory language-program exceptions.

Attendance and Academic Records

Minnesota requires the person providing instruction to maintain documentation showing that the required subjects are being taught and that required tests have been administered. The documentation must include class schedules, copies of instructional materials, and descriptions of methods used to assess achievement. Families should also maintain attendance, grades, report cards, courses, credits, and transcripts.

Standardized Testing

A nationally norm-referenced standardized achievement examination is generally required every year for homeschooled children ages 7 through 16 and certain 16- and 17-year-olds. The local superintendent and the person in charge of instruction must agree on the specific examination and its administration and location. Children receiving instruction through a qualifying recognized accredited program may be exempt from this annual testing requirement.

Parent Teacher Qualifications

A Minnesota homeschool instructor must satisfy at least one statutory qualification. A parent may qualify simply by being the child's parent if the child is assessed under Minnesota's annual testing provisions. Other qualifying routes include holding an appropriate Minnesota teaching license, being supervised by a licensed teacher, teaching through a recognized accredited school, or holding a bachelor's degree.

Curriculum Freedom

Minnesota does not require homeschool families to use a state-issued curriculum. Parents may select their curriculum, books, online programs, workbooks, and teaching methods, but the required subject areas must be covered and the family must maintain the required documentation.

Graduation

Minnesota does not operate a separate state homeschool diploma program for independent homeschool families. Parents may establish the homeschool's graduation requirements and issue academic records. Families should maintain a complete transcript and consider college, scholarship, military, trade-school, and licensing requirements when planning high-school coursework.

Alabama Church School Services for Minnesota Families

Minnesota families are not legally required to enroll with Alabama Church School. However, ACS may provide curriculum, attendance resources, academic records, report cards, transcripts, diplomas, graduation documentation, and organizational support. Enrollment with ACS does not replace Minnesota reporting, documentation, testing, or other state-law requirements.

Compulsory School Attendance Age

Mississippi's compulsory attendance law generally applies to children who will be age 6 on or before September 1 of the calendar year and who have not reached age 17 on or before September 1.

A 5-year-old child who enrolls in a full-day public kindergarten program also becomes subject to Mississippi's compulsory attendance requirements.

Homeschool Enrollment and Notification

Mississippi requires parents or guardians who homeschool a compulsory-school-age child to complete a Certificate of Enrollment for each homeschooled child every school year.

For the 2026-2027 school year, the Mississippi Department of Education instructs homeschool families to submit the Certificate of Enrollment by August 15.

The form is submitted to the local School Attendance Officer. Mississippi also currently allows families to submit the completed form electronically through the Mississippi Department of Education homeschool office.

Parents should retain a copy of the completed Certificate of Enrollment for their records. The Certificate is a notification and enrollment document, not an application asking the state to approve the family's homeschool curriculum.

Instructional Days and Hours

Mississippi does not establish a specific statewide number of instructional days or instructional hours that a home instruction program must complete. Mississippi law allows nonpublic educational programs to establish their own school term and requirements for promotion from one grade to another.

Required Subjects

Mississippi does not prescribe a specific list of subjects that must be taught in a home instruction program. Parents may determine the subjects and educational program appropriate for their child. Mississippi homeschool law does not require parents to follow the public school curriculum.

Attendance and Records

Mississippi's primary statewide homeschool filing requirement is the annual Certificate of Enrollment. The state does not impose the same attendance-reporting, grading, portfolio, or progress-report requirements on home instruction programs that public schools must follow.

Families are strongly encouraged to maintain attendance, courses completed, grades, credits, report cards, transcripts, samples of student work, curriculum used, reading lists, and assessments.

Standardized Testing

Mississippi does not require homeschool students to participate in annual state standardized testing simply because they are homeschooled.

Parent Teacher Qualifications

Mississippi does not require a parent teaching their own child through a home instruction program to hold a teaching certificate, college degree, specific diploma, or obtain approval from the Mississippi Department of Education.

Curriculum Freedom

Mississippi does not require homeschool families to use state-approved curriculum, public school textbooks, Mississippi public school course standards, a specific online program, or an accredited curriculum.

Graduation

Mississippi does not establish a separate state homeschool graduation program requiring homeschool students to complete the same graduation requirements imposed upon Mississippi public school students. The homeschool administrator may establish the student's educational program and determine when the student has completed the requirements of that homeschool program.

Alabama Church School Services for Mississippi Families

Mississippi families are not legally required to enroll with a cover school. However, families may choose to enroll with Alabama Church School for curriculum, enrollment documentation, attendance resources, academic records, report cards, transcripts, diplomas, graduation documentation, student records, educational support, and other available services.

Enrollment with Alabama Church School does not replace the Mississippi parent's responsibility to complete the annual Mississippi Certificate of Enrollment or comply with other applicable Mississippi requirements.

Compulsory School Attendance Age

Missouri compulsory attendance generally begins at age 7 and continues until the compulsory attendance age applicable to the student's district. In most districts, compulsory attendance continues until age 17 or until the student has completed 16 credits toward high-school graduation. A child between ages 5 and 7 who was voluntarily enrolled in public school may generally be withdrawn by written parental request.

Homeschool Registration and Notification

Traditional Missouri homeschools are not required to register with the state. Missouri DESE specifically states that there is no state homeschool registration, inspection, approval, or accreditation program. Families should properly withdraw a student from any school the child is leaving and maintain their own documentation of the homeschool program.

Instructional Hours

A Missouri homeschool must offer at least 1,000 hours of instruction during the school year. At least 600 of those hours must be in reading, language arts, mathematics, social studies, science, or related academic courses appropriate to the child's age and ability. At least 400 of those 600 core-subject hours must occur at the regular homeschool location.

Required Academic Areas

Missouri's hour requirement specifically identifies the core academic areas below:

• Reading • Language arts • Mathematics • Social studies • Science • Related academic courses consistent with the student's age and ability

Missouri also expressly prohibits state agencies from dictating a statewide curriculum for homeschools.

Records Families Must Maintain

As evidence that the child is receiving regular instruction, Missouri law requires the parent to maintain either the specified records below or other credible equivalent evidence:

• A plan book, diary, or other written record showing subjects taught and activities completed • A portfolio containing samples of the child's academic work • A record of evaluations of the child's academic progress

Standardized Testing

Missouri does not impose a general annual standardized-testing requirement on traditional homeschools.

Parent Teacher Qualifications

Missouri does not require a parent operating a traditional homeschool to hold a teaching certificate, college degree, or state approval.

Curriculum Freedom

Parents have broad freedom to choose curriculum and teaching methods. Missouri law expressly restricts state agencies from imposing a statewide curriculum on home, private, parochial, or parish schools.

Graduation

Missouri does not issue a state homeschool diploma to independent homeschool students. Parents may determine the homeschool's graduation requirements and maintain the student's transcript, credits, grades, and completion records. Under current Missouri law, 100 or more hours of instruction in a course is treated as a completed credit for certain compulsory-attendance purposes.

Alabama Church School Services for Missouri Families

Missouri families are not legally required to enroll with Alabama Church School. Families may nevertheless use ACS for curriculum, structured academic records, attendance tools, report cards, transcripts, diplomas, graduation documentation, and other educational services. ACS can help organize the documentation Missouri already expects families to maintain, but enrollment does not replace Missouri's instructional-hour and recordkeeping requirements.

Important 2025 change: Montana separated homeschool requirements from nonpublic-school requirements.

Homeschools are no longer required to maintain immunization records for the county superintendent or satisfy the former school-building health-and-safety requirement.

Compulsory School Attendance Age

Montana compulsory enrollment generally applies to a child who is age 7 or older before the first day of school and continues until the later of the child's 16th birthday or completion of the work of grade 8. A child enrolled in a homeschool that complies with Montana law is exempt from public-school enrollment.

Annual Homeschool Notification

A homeschool must notify the county superintendent of schools in the county where the homeschool is located during each school fiscal year of the student's attendance at the homeschool. Families should retain a copy of the annual notice.

Instructional Hours

Montana requires at least the following aggregate instructional hours during the school fiscal year:

• 720 hours for grades 1 through 3 • 1,080 hours for grades 4 through 12 • Kindergarten hours are governed separately; compulsory attendance generally begins later

Required Subjects

The homeschool must provide an organized course of study that includes instruction in the subjects required of public schools as the basic instructional program. Montana's accreditation standards define that broader basic program. Families commonly include English language arts, mathematics, science, social studies, health and physical education, arts, and career/technology-related instruction as appropriate.

Attendance and Records

Montana homeschool families must maintain pupil attendance records and make them available to the county superintendent upon request. After the 2025 law change, the homeschool-specific statute no longer requires homeschool families to maintain disease-immunization records for this purpose.

Standardized Testing

Montana does not impose a general statewide standardized-testing requirement on independent homeschool students.

Parent Teacher Qualifications

Montana does not require a homeschooling parent to hold a teaching certificate or college degree. State law gives the parent authority over the educational philosophy, curriculum, instructional materials, time, place, method of instruction, and evaluation of the homeschool program.

Curriculum Freedom

Parents are responsible for choosing instructional materials, curriculum, and textbooks and for determining the time, place, and method of instruction, subject to the required hours and organized-course-of-study requirement.

Graduation

Montana does not operate a state-issued independent homeschool diploma program. Parents may establish graduation requirements and maintain transcripts, credits, grades, and graduation records. Postsecondary institutions and other organizations may set their own admission or documentation standards.

Alabama Church School Services for Montana Families

Montana families are not required to enroll with Alabama Church School. ACS may provide complete curriculum, attendance tools, report cards, transcripts, diplomas, graduation documentation, academic records, and support. Enrollment with ACS does not replace Montana's annual county notification, instructional-hour, attendance-record, or course-of-study requirements.

Compulsory School Attendance Age

A child is generally of mandatory attendance age if the child will reach age 6 before January 1 of the current school year and has not reached age 18. Nebraska provides several exceptions and withdrawal procedures, including special provisions for some 6-year-olds and for students age 16 or older.

Exempt School Filing

Parents, legal guardians, or educational decision makers who choose the exempt-school route must file with the Nebraska Department of Education and receive exempt status. For 2026-27, NDE accepts filings either through its online Exempt School Program or by paper submission. Families should not submit both methods. The filing includes the required Statement of Election and Assurances and related student/parent information.

Instructional Hours

Nebraska exempt schools must provide sufficient time to meet the statutory minimum school term:

• 1,032 instructional hours for elementary grades K-8 • 1,080 instructional hours for grades 9-12

The exempt-school reporting period for 2026-27 runs from July 1, 2026 through June 30, 2027. Partial-year enrollment can result in prorated instructional-hour requirements under NDE procedures.

Required Subjects

Nebraska requires the exempt-school program to be designed to lead to basic skills in:

• Language arts • Mathematics • Science • Social studies • Health

Under the post-2024 changes, curriculum information is no longer submitted as part of the exemption filing, even though the program must still provide the required basic-skills instruction.

Attendance and Academic Records

NDE states that it does not collect homeschool grades or require routine progress reports. Families are advised to keep their own records, including attendance and transcripts. Nebraska compulsory-attendance statutes also contain school record requirements, so organized attendance records are particularly important.

Standardized Testing

Nebraska does not impose a general annual standardized-testing requirement on students solely because they attend an exempt homeschool.

Instructor Qualifications

Nebraska no longer requires exempt-school instructional monitors to be reported to NDE. The parent or educational decision maker assures that persons monitoring instruction are qualified to monitor the required basic skills. Effective July 18, 2026, state law also bars individuals convicted of specified serious felony offenses from monitoring or providing instruction in an exempt school.

Curriculum Freedom

Nebraska exempt schools elect not to meet state approval or accreditation requirements. Parents therefore have substantial freedom to select curriculum and teaching methods while ensuring the program covers the required basic skills and meets the minimum instructional-hour requirements.

Graduation

An exempt school may establish its own program-completion and graduation requirements. Families should keep complete high-school transcripts, grades, credits, and graduation documentation. Nebraska treats exempt schools as non-approved and non-accredited schools, so families should consider the requirements of colleges, scholarship programs, employers, military branches, and licensing bodies.

Alabama Church School Services for Nebraska Families

Nebraska families do not need Alabama Church School in order to establish an exempt homeschool. However, ACS may provide curriculum, attendance resources, academic records, report cards, transcripts, diplomas, graduation documentation, and other support. ACS enrollment does not replace the Nebraska exempt-school filing or the family's Nebraska instructional requirements.

Compulsory School Attendance Age

Nevada compulsory enrollment and attendance generally applies to children between ages 6 and 18 unless an exemption applies, including an approved homeschool notice or completion of high school.

Notice of Intent to Homeschool

A parent must file the written Notice of Intent with the superintendent of the child's resident school district. The notice must be filed before beginning homeschool, no later than 10 days after formal withdrawal from public school, or no later than 30 days after establishing Nevada residency. If the parent's or child's name or address changes, a new notice must generally be filed within 30 days.

Information Included in the Notice

Nevada limits what the district may require in the Notice of Intent. The notice includes:

• The child's full name, age, and gender • The name and address of each parent filing the notice • A signed statement that the parent has the legal right to direct the child's education and assumes responsibility for it • An educational plan of instruction • The name of the Nevada public school most recently attended, if applicable

The district must provide written acknowledgment of the filing. That acknowledgment serves as proof of compliance with Nevada compulsory-attendance law.

Instructional Days and Hours

Nevada does not impose a specific statewide number of homeschool instructional days or daily instructional hours on an independent homeschool. Parents may set the calendar, schedule, and pace of instruction.

Required Subjects and Educational Plan

The parent must prepare an educational plan covering the subject areas below as appropriate to the child's age and skill level:

• English language arts, including reading, composition, and writing • Mathematics • Science • Social studies, including history, geography, economics, and government

Nevada law does not require every listed subject to be taught every single year. The parent determines age- and skill-appropriate sequencing.

Attendance and Records

Nevada does not impose routine homeschool attendance reporting, grade reporting, or portfolio submission. Families should nevertheless maintain attendance, coursework, grades, transcripts, samples of work, the educational plan, the Notice of Intent, and the district acknowledgment.

Standardized Testing

Nevada does not impose a general annual standardized-testing requirement on independent homeschool students solely because they are homeschooled.

Parent Teacher Qualifications

Nevada does not require the homeschooling parent to hold a teaching license, college degree, or state approval. The parent assumes responsibility for the child's education and determines the educational plan.

Curriculum Freedom

Nevada parents may select their own curriculum, online programs, books, workbooks, tutors, educational resources, and teaching methods, provided the educational plan addresses the required subject areas.

Graduation

Nevada does not issue a public-school diploma to an independently homeschooled student merely because the student completes a homeschool program. Parents may establish their own homeschool graduation requirements and should maintain a complete transcript, credits, grades, and graduation date. Colleges, scholarship organizations, military branches, employers, and licensing entities may establish their own documentation requirements.

Public School Participation

Nevada law provides homeschool students opportunities to participate in certain public-school classes, activities, and interscholastic programs when applicable. Separate participation paperwork may be required.

Alabama Church School Services for Nevada Families

Nevada families are not legally required to enroll with Alabama Church School. ACS may provide complete curriculum, academic records, attendance resources, report cards, transcripts, diplomas, graduation documentation, and support. Enrollment with ACS does not replace Nevada's Notice of Intent or required educational plan.

Compulsory School Attendance Age

New Hampshire compulsory attendance generally applies to children who are at least age 6 and under age 18. A child turning 6 on or before September 30 falls within the compulsory-attendance framework.

Homeschool Notification and Enrollment

A parent beginning a home education program must notify a participating agency within 5 business days after beginning the program. The parent may choose the New Hampshire Commissioner of Education, the resident district superintendent, or the principal of a participating nonpublic school.

The notice is generally a one-time notification rather than an annual filing. A new notification is required when the family moves the home education program into a different school district.

The required notice includes the child's name, address, and date of birth. State guidance also requests basic parent contact information. The participating agency must acknowledge receipt within 14 days.

If the child is currently enrolled in public school, the parent should advise the resident district superintendent of the withdrawal on or before the date home education begins.

Instructional Days and Hours

New Hampshire does not require a home education program to follow the local public-school calendar, a 180-day schedule, or a specific number of instructional hours per day. Parents may establish their own schedule and academic year.

Required Subjects

New Hampshire home education must include instruction in the following areas:

• Science • Mathematics • Language • Government • History • Health • Reading • Writing • Spelling • History of the New Hampshire Constitution • History of the United States Constitution • Exposure to and appreciation of art and music

The law does not require every listed subject to be taught every year.

Attendance and Records

Parents must keep a portfolio for each year the child is home educated. The portfolio belongs to the parent.

Families should also maintain attendance information, curriculum records, samples of work, grades, course lists, transcripts, and graduation records for their own academic documentation.

Annual Evaluation

The parent must arrange an annual evaluation of educational progress. Permitted options include:

• A portfolio review by a qualified teacher • A nationally recognized student achievement test • A state student assessment used by the resident district • Another valid measurement tool mutually agreed upon by the parent and participating agency

For nationally recognized or state tests, a composite score at or above the 40th percentile is considered reasonable academic proficiency. New Hampshire guidance also emphasizes that the annual evaluation is not a mechanism for terminating a home education program.

Parent Teacher Qualifications

New Hampshire does not require a parent directing a home education program to hold a teaching license, college degree, or other professional teaching credential.

Curriculum Freedom

Parents choose the curriculum, materials, methods, and pacing. A curriculum plan does not have to be submitted for approval as part of the initial notification.

Graduation

New Hampshire does not automatically award a state public-school diploma for completion of a home education program.

State rules recognize a parent-signed certificate of completion stating that the student achieved the equivalent of a high school diploma by completing the home education program. Families should maintain a detailed transcript and consider college, employment, scholarship, military, and licensing requirements.

Alabama Church School Services for New Hampshire Families

New Hampshire families may choose Alabama Church School for complete curriculum, academic records, attendance tools, report cards, transcripts, diplomas, graduation documentation, and educational support.

Enrollment with Alabama Church School does not replace the New Hampshire parent's responsibility to provide the required notice, maintain the annual portfolio, arrange the annual evaluation, and comply with other applicable New Hampshire requirements.

Compulsory School Attendance Age

New Jersey compulsory education generally applies to children between ages 6 and 16.

Homeschool Notification and Enrollment

New Jersey does not impose a routine statewide homeschool registration or annual notice requirement.

A parent withdrawing a child from public school should clearly notify the school of the withdrawal. A district may request documentation if it has credible evidence that a compulsory-school-age child is not attending school or receiving equivalent instruction elsewhere, but the mere fact that a child has been withdrawn for homeschooling is not itself evidence of a violation.

Instructional Days and Hours

New Jersey does not prescribe a specific number of homeschool instructional days or hours.

Required Subjects and Equivalent Instruction

The legal standard is that the child receive instruction academically equivalent to that provided in the public schools for children of similar grades and attainments.

New Jersey does not provide a homeschool-specific statutory checklist of subjects, but families should maintain a broad academic program appropriate to the child's age and grade level.

Attendance and Records

New Jersey does not impose a routine statewide homeschool attendance-report, portfolio, or transcript-filing requirement.

Families should nevertheless maintain records such as attendance, curriculum used, courses completed, grades, samples of work, testing, report cards, transcripts, and graduation documentation.

Standardized Testing

New Jersey does not require independently homeschooled students to participate in annual public-school standardized testing solely because they are homeschooled.

Parent Teacher Qualifications

New Jersey does not impose a teaching-license requirement on a parent providing equivalent instruction at home.

Curriculum Freedom

Parents have broad discretion to select curriculum and teaching methods, provided that the instruction satisfies New Jersey's academic-equivalency standard.

Graduation

New Jersey does not operate a state homeschool diploma program for independently homeschooled students. Parents may establish completion requirements and should maintain a detailed high school transcript.

Alabama Church School Services for New Jersey Families

New Jersey families may choose Alabama Church School for complete curriculum, academic records, report cards, transcripts, diplomas, graduation documentation, attendance resources, and educational support.

Enrollment with Alabama Church School is optional and does not replace the family's responsibility to provide academically equivalent instruction under New Jersey law.

Compulsory School Attendance Age

New Mexico's compulsory-attendance framework generally applies to school-age persons as defined by state law.

Families should verify the child's current compulsory-attendance status when beginning home education.

Homeschool Registration and Notification

The person operating or intending to operate a home school must submit the New Mexico Public Education Department home school registration form within 30 days after establishing the homeschool.

The home school must then be renewed with the Department on or before August 1 of each subsequent year of operation.

New Mexico maintains an online Home School System for registration and renewal.

Instructional Days and Hours

New Mexico's homeschool statute does not prescribe a specific number of homeschool instructional days or daily instructional hours in the same manner as public-school attendance requirements.

Required Subjects

New Mexico defines a home school as a home study program that provides a basic academic educational program including:

• Reading • Language Arts • Mathematics • Social Studies • Science

Attendance and Records

The homeschool must maintain records of the student's disease immunizations or a lawful waiver of the immunization requirement.

Families should additionally maintain attendance, grades, courses, report cards, transcripts, samples of work, and graduation records for academic and future-use purposes.

Standardized Testing

New Mexico's general home-school statute does not impose an annual standardized-testing requirement on every independently homeschooled student.

Parent Teacher Qualifications

Instruction must be provided by a person who possesses at least a high school diploma or its equivalent.

Curriculum Freedom

Parents may select curriculum and instructional materials, but the educational program must include the core academic areas contained in New Mexico's statutory definition of a home school.

Graduation

Independent home schools establish their own academic completion requirements. Families should maintain a complete high school transcript showing courses, grades, credits, and graduation date.

Postsecondary institutions, employers, the military, scholarship programs, and licensing bodies may have their own documentation requirements.

Alabama Church School Services for New Mexico Families

New Mexico families may choose Alabama Church School for complete curriculum, enrollment documentation, attendance resources, academic records, report cards, transcripts, diplomas, graduation documentation, and educational support.

Enrollment with Alabama Church School does not replace the New Mexico parent's responsibility to register and renew the homeschool with the Public Education Department, maintain immunization or waiver records, and meet the state's other home-school requirements.

Compulsory School Attendance Age

New York compulsory-attendance rules vary somewhat by locality and age. Parents should confirm the applicable compulsory-attendance age with their resident district, particularly for older teenagers.

Annual Notice of Intent

Parents must provide written notice of intent to the superintendent of the school district of residence by July 1 each school year.

A family beginning home instruction after the start of the school year, or moving into a district after the school year begins, must generally provide notice within 14 days after beginning home instruction in the district.

Individualized Home Instruction Plan — IHIP

Within 10 business days after receiving the notice, the district must send the parent the home-instruction regulation and an IHIP form.

The parent generally submits the completed IHIP within 4 weeks after receiving the materials or by August 15, whichever is later.

The IHIP includes the child's name, age and grade level; curriculum materials or plan of instruction for required subjects; quarterly-report dates; and the names of individuals providing instruction.

Instructional Days and Hours

New York requires the substantial equivalent of 180 days of instruction each school year.

• Grades 1-6: at least 900 hours of instruction per year • Grades 7-12: at least 990 hours of instruction per year

Parents must maintain attendance records and make them available to the district upon request.

Required Subjects

New York specifies required subjects by grade level. Examples include:

• Grades 1-6: arithmetic, reading, spelling, writing, English language, geography, U.S. history, science, health, music, visual arts, physical education, and applicable bilingual/English-language instruction • Grades 7-8: English, history and geography, science, mathematics, physical education, health, art, music, practical arts, and library skills • Grades 9-12: English, social studies including American history, government and economics, mathematics, science, art and/or music, health, physical education, and electives

Additional required topics across K-12 include patriotism and citizenship, substance-abuse health education, highway and bicycle safety, and fire/arson prevention and safety.

Quarterly Reports

Parents must submit quarterly reports on the dates listed in the IHIP.

Each quarterly report includes the number of instructional hours, a description of material covered in each subject, a grade or written narrative of progress, and an explanation if less than 80 percent of planned course material was covered during the quarter.

Annual Assessment

An annual assessment is submitted with the fourth quarterly report.

Depending on grade level and applicable rules, the assessment may use an approved commercially published norm-referenced achievement test or an allowed alternative written evaluation.

For standardized testing, a composite score above the 33rd percentile or evidence of one academic year of growth is considered adequate under the regulation. Alternative written evaluations are allowed more broadly in the lower grades and are restricted in frequency in grades 4-8.

Parent Teacher Qualifications

New York does not require the parent or tutor providing home instruction to hold a teaching credential.

Curriculum Freedom

Parents choose their own curriculum materials and content, but the required subjects and reporting framework must be satisfied.

The district's role is to determine compliance with the regulation, not to require the homeschool to duplicate the district's exact curriculum.

Graduation

New York does not award a public-school diploma merely because a student completes a home-instruction program.

Families may document completion through their own homeschool records and transcript, but should carefully review college, employment, scholarship, military, and New York postsecondary degree-conferral requirements.

Alabama Church School Services for New York Families

New York families may use Alabama Church School for curriculum, organized academic records, report cards, transcripts, diplomas, graduation documentation, and educational support.

Enrollment with Alabama Church School does not replace the parent's New York obligations. The parent must still file the annual notice, IHIP, quarterly reports, annual assessment, attendance records, and other required New York documentation.

Compulsory School Attendance Age

North Carolina compulsory attendance generally applies to children ages 7 through 15. DNPE registration is generally required when a child reaches age 7.

A student age 16 or 17 may still need an open homeschool and continued academic instruction/testing in order to obtain or retain certain North Carolina driving privileges.

Notice of Intent and Homeschool Establishment

Before beginning a North Carolina homeschool for a compulsory-age child, the chief administrator must submit a Notice of Intent to Operate a Home School to DNPE.

The Notice of Intent includes the homeschool name and address, the chief administrator's name, and documentation that the teacher has at least a high school diploma or equivalent.

DNPE currently instructs families to submit the Notice at least 5 business days before the planned start date and to wait for DNPE acknowledgment before withdrawing a currently enrolled student and beginning the homeschool.

Only one Notice of Intent is filed per homeschool, not one per child. The homeschool remains open until the chief administrator closes it; annual re-filing is not required.

School Structure

A North Carolina homeschool generally consists of the children of no more than two families or households. The parents, legal guardians, or members of those households determine the scope and sequence of instruction and provide or arrange the academic instruction.

Instructional Days and Hours

The homeschool must provide instruction on a regular schedule for at least 9 calendar months of the year, excluding reasonable holidays and vacations.

North Carolina recommends, but does not require, approximately 5 instructional hours per school day.

Required Subjects and Curriculum

North Carolina does not prescribe a specific homeschool curriculum. The chief administrator is responsible for choosing and purchasing curriculum, textbooks, online programs, and other educational resources.

Because annual testing must measure English grammar, reading, spelling, and mathematics, families should ensure these academic areas are meaningfully included.

Attendance and Records

The homeschool must maintain annual attendance records for each student.

The homeschool must also maintain immunization records or applicable lawful documentation for enrolled students.

Families should additionally maintain grades, course lists, report cards, transcripts, samples of work, credits, and graduation documentation.

Annual Standardized Testing

Every enrolled student must take a nationally standardized achievement test or nationally standardized equivalent measurement each academic year.

The test must measure achievement in English grammar, reading, spelling, and mathematics.

There is no minimum score a student must obtain in order for the family to continue homeschooling.

Test results must be maintained by the homeschool. North Carolina requires the results to be available for inspection as provided by law, and DNPE guidance says records should be kept for at least one year.

Parent Teacher Qualifications

The teacher listed for the homeschool must possess at least a high school diploma or its equivalent.

A North Carolina teaching license or college degree is not required merely to operate a homeschool.

Curriculum Freedom

North Carolina does not provide or prescribe homeschool curriculum. Families may use printed curriculum, online courses, workbooks, tutors, educational websites, hands-on instruction, and other appropriate resources.

Graduation

The homeschool chief administrator establishes the school's graduation requirements and may issue the student's homeschool diploma.

Families should maintain a complete high school transcript and consider college, scholarship, employment, military, trade-school, and licensing requirements when planning high school coursework.

Alabama Church School Services for North Carolina Families

North Carolina families may choose Alabama Church School for complete curriculum, enrollment documentation, attendance resources, academic records, report cards, transcripts, diplomas, graduation documentation, and educational support.

Enrollment with Alabama Church School does not replace the family's responsibility to establish its North Carolina homeschool with DNPE, operate for the required period, maintain attendance and immunization records, administer annual standardized testing, and comply with other applicable North Carolina requirements.

Compulsory School Attendance and Who May Supervise

The supervising adult must be the child's legal parent or legal guardian.

North Dakota's home-education filing requirement applies to each child age 7 or older who is receiving home education.

Statement of Intent

The parent must file a Statement of Intent to Supervise Home Education with the superintendent of the child's school district of residence, or the county superintendent if the district has no superintendent.

The statement must be filed every school year and the parent must generally wait 5 days after filing before beginning home education.

The statement includes the child's identifying information and grade level, the supervising parent's information and qualifications, any public-school courses or extracurricular activities in which the child plans to participate, proof of immunization or an applicable exemption, and proof of identity.

Instructional Days and Hours

North Dakota requires at least 4 hours of instruction per day for at least 175 days each school year.

Required Subjects

The home education program must include the subjects required by North Dakota law to be taught to public-school students. North Dakota DPI provides grade-level guidance, but home educators are not required to use the public-school curriculum or teach directly to state content standards.

Attendance and Academic Records

The parent must maintain an annual record of courses taken and the student's academic progress, including standardized test results when applicable.

If the student transfers to a public school, the parent must provide the academic record upon request.

Standardized Testing

Students are generally tested with a nationally normed standardized achievement test in grades 4, 6, 8, and 10.

A parent may opt out of the testing requirement if the parent qualifies under one of North Dakota's statutory exemptions, including certain educational or professional qualifications or a philosophical, moral, or religious objection to standardized achievement testing.

Opt-out documentation is filed with the annual Statement of Intent.

Parent Teacher Qualifications

A parent with a high school diploma or GED may supervise home education without monitoring.

Curriculum Freedom

The supervising parent chooses curriculum, materials, educational philosophy, instructional method, and delivery.

Families may use online programs, printed curriculum, tutors, work study, individual courses, and other resources.

Graduation

North Dakota home-educated students must meet the state's minimum high-school graduation credit requirements, including required credits in English, mathematics, science, social studies, physical education or health, selected language/arts/CTE areas, computer science or cybersecurity, and electives.

Most home-education diplomas are issued by the supervising parent. A local district, approved nonpublic high school, or the North Dakota Center for Distance Education may issue a diploma under its own policies.

Alabama Church School Services for North Dakota Families

North Dakota families may choose Alabama Church School for complete curriculum, enrollment documentation, attendance tools, academic records, report cards, transcripts, diplomas, graduation documentation, and educational support.

Enrollment with Alabama Church School does not replace the parent's responsibility to file the annual Statement of Intent, meet North Dakota instructional-time and graduation requirements, maintain required records, arrange testing or a lawful testing exemption, and comply with other applicable North Dakota requirements.

Compulsory School Attendance Age

Ohio compulsory-attendance law generally applies to children of compulsory school age. Families should verify the child's status with the resident district when beginning or ending home education.

Annual Notification

The parent must notify the superintendent of the school district of residence within 5 calendar days after beginning home education, moving into a new district, or withdrawing the child from a public or nonpublic school.

For continuing home education, annual notice must be provided by August 30.

The notice includes the parent or guardian's name and address, the child's name, and an assurance that the child will receive instruction in the subjects required by Ohio law.

Instructional Days and Hours

Ohio's current home-education law does not impose the former 900-hour homeschool requirement. Families may establish their own daily and yearly schedule.

Required Subjects

Ohio requires instruction in:

• English language arts • Mathematics • Science • History • Government • Social studies

Attendance and Records

Ohio does not require routine submission of homeschool attendance logs, grades, portfolios, or annual academic assessments under the current home-education law.

Families should still maintain organized records, especially transcripts, courses, grades, attendance, and graduation documentation.

Standardized Testing

Ohio's current home-education law does not require annual standardized testing or an annual academic assessment for independently home-educated students.

Parent Teacher Qualifications

Ohio does not require the parent or guardian providing home education to hold a teaching license or college degree.

Curriculum Freedom

Parents are fully responsible for selecting curriculum, course of study, educational materials, and instructional methods.

Ohio does not provide state financial assistance for ordinary home education.

Graduation and Diploma

Ohio law recognizes home-education diplomas. The parent determines when the student has completed the family's home-education program and may issue a diploma consistent with Ohio law.

For college or employment purposes, Ohio advises that the diploma be accompanied by the superintendent's written acknowledgment of receipt of the student's final-year home-education notice.

Alabama Church School Services for Ohio Families

Ohio families may choose Alabama Church School for curriculum, academic records, attendance resources, report cards, transcripts, diplomas, graduation documentation, and educational support.

Enrollment with Alabama Church School does not replace the Ohio parent's responsibility to provide annual notice to the resident superintendent or satisfy Ohio's required subject areas.

Compulsory School Attendance Age

Oklahoma compulsory attendance generally applies to children ages 5 through 18.

Homeschool Notification and Registration

Oklahoma law does not require parents to register a homeschool with the state, obtain approval, or file an annual homeschool application.

The Oklahoma Department of Education recommends notifying the principal of the school district where the child resides, particularly when withdrawing from school, but the Department states that this notification is a recommendation rather than a homeschool registration requirement.

Instructional Days and Hours

Oklahoma does not have a homeschool statute that expressly imposes a separate mandatory daily-hours or annual-days schedule on every homeschool family.

The Department of Education recommends maintaining instruction equivalent to the public-school year, approximately 180 days and 6 hours per day as age-appropriate, as evidence that homeschooling is being conducted in good faith rather than to evade attendance laws.

Subjects and Educational Quality

Oklahoma Department of Education guidance recommends a well-defined educational program and identifies core areas such as:

• Reading • Writing • Mathematics • Science • Citizenship • United States Constitution • Health • Safety • Physical education • Conservation

Attorney General interpretations cited by the Department emphasize that home instruction should be provided in good faith and be educationally equivalent in substance to the education required by the state.

Attendance and Records

Oklahoma does not require routine submission of attendance reports, grades, portfolios, or transcripts to the state.

Families should maintain records showing instruction, curriculum, academic progress, grades, and completed coursework, especially if the student may later return to public school.

Standardized Testing

Oklahoma does not require independently homeschooled students to take state standardized tests simply because they are homeschooled.

If a student later re-enters public school, the receiving school may administer testing to determine placement or credit.

Parent Teacher Qualifications

Oklahoma does not require a parent providing home instruction to hold a teaching certificate.

Curriculum Freedom

There is no state-approved homeschool curriculum requirement. Parents choose their own curriculum, materials, and methods.

Graduation

Oklahoma does not issue a state homeschool diploma for independent home education. Parents may establish graduation requirements and issue homeschool completion documentation.

Families should maintain a detailed transcript and consider college, scholarship, employment, military, trade-school, and licensing requirements.

Alabama Church School Services for Oklahoma Families

Oklahoma families may choose Alabama Church School for complete curriculum, organized academic records, attendance tools, report cards, transcripts, diplomas, graduation documentation, and educational support.

Because Oklahoma does not require enrollment with a cover school, Alabama Church School functions as an optional curriculum, records, and educational-support provider rather than a state-mandated legal necessity.

Compulsory School Attendance Age

Oregon homeschool rules generally apply to children who reach age 6 by September 1 of the current school year and continue through age 18, subject to applicable exemptions.

Homeschool Notification

Parents must notify the local Education Service District of the intent to homeschool.

Notification is generally due within 10 days after withdrawing the child from school or within 10 days from the beginning of the school year when homeschool requirements first apply.

Families should also contact the ESD when the child returns to school.

Instructional Days and Hours

Oregon does not prescribe a specific homeschool calendar or daily instructional-hour requirement for independent homeschool families.

Required Subjects

Oregon does not require homeschool families to follow Oregon public-school academic standards or a state-prescribed homeschool curriculum.

Parents choose their own educational program and may use Oregon academic standards voluntarily as a planning guide.

Attendance and Records

Oregon does not require routine submission of homeschool attendance logs or grades. Families should retain the homeschool notification, test results, curriculum records, grades, courses, transcripts, and graduation documentation.

Standardized Testing

Homeschooled students generally must complete an approved nationally normed standardized achievement test at the end of grades 3, 5, 8, and 10.

Testing must be completed by August 15 for the applicable grade year.

Families new to homeschooling generally receive an 18-month grace period before testing is required. Short-term homeschooling for less than one academic year generally does not trigger testing.

Testing must be administered by a qualified neutral tester who is not related to the student by blood or marriage. The family is responsible for testing costs.

Families retain the scores and submit them to the ESD when requested.

Testing Performance

Oregon guidance states that if a student's score is above the 15th percentile, the ESD does not intervene on the basis of that score. Scores below the 15th percentile can trigger additional testing and progress requirements under state law.

Parent Teacher Qualifications

Oregon does not require a parent teaching their own child at home to hold a teaching license or college degree.

Curriculum Freedom

Parents may choose printed curriculum, online courses, workbooks, educational websites, tutors, cooperative classes, hands-on learning, or other educational materials.

Graduation

Oregon does not issue a public-school diploma to an independently homeschooled student solely for completing a homeschool program.

Parents may document homeschool completion and should maintain a detailed transcript. Families should research the requirements of colleges, military branches, apprenticeship programs, trade schools, scholarship programs, and employers.

Alabama Church School Services for Oregon Families

Oregon families may choose Alabama Church School for complete curriculum, academic records, attendance resources, report cards, transcripts, diplomas, graduation documentation, and educational support.

Enrollment with Alabama Church School does not replace Oregon's ESD notification or required testing in grades 3, 5, 8, and 10.

Compulsory School Attendance Age

Pennsylvania compulsory school attendance generally applies from age 6 until age 18, subject to statutory exceptions.

Supervisor Qualification

The supervisor of the home education program must be the parent, guardian, or person having legal custody of the child and must hold a high school diploma or its equivalent.

Annual Affidavit or Unsworn Declaration

Before beginning the home education program and annually thereafter by August 1, the supervisor must file either a notarized affidavit or an unsworn declaration with the superintendent of the school district of residence.

The filing includes required identifying information, certification regarding certain criminal convictions, an outline of proposed educational objectives by subject area, and required health/immunization documentation or applicable exemptions.

Instructional Days and Hours

A Pennsylvania home education program must provide either:

• At least 180 days of instruction per year • At least 900 hours of instruction per year at the elementary level • At least 990 hours of instruction per year at the secondary level

Required Elementary Subjects

At the elementary level, required areas include English with spelling, reading, and writing; arithmetic; science; geography; U.S. and Pennsylvania history; civics; safety education including fire prevention; health and physiology; physical education; music; and art.

Required Secondary Subjects

At the secondary level, required areas include English including language, literature, speech, and composition; science; geography; social studies including civics, world history, U.S. and Pennsylvania history; mathematics including general mathematics, algebra, and geometry; art; music; physical education; health; and safety education including fire prevention.

Portfolio and Records

The supervisor must maintain a portfolio containing records and materials demonstrating the student's educational work.

The portfolio is reviewed as part of the required annual evaluation. Families should also maintain attendance, grades, course lists, reading lists, test results, transcripts, and graduation records.

Standardized Testing

In grades 3, 5, and 8, the portfolio must include results from the Pennsylvania statewide assessment in reading/language arts and mathematics or an approved nationally normed standardized achievement test.

Pennsylvania publishes a list of approved alternative nationally normed tests. Homeschool students are not required to take Keystone Exams.

Annual Evaluation

Each homeschooled student must receive an annual evaluation by a qualified evaluator.

The evaluator may be a licensed clinical or school psychologist, a Pennsylvania-certified teacher, or a qualified nonpublic-school teacher or administrator meeting statutory requirements.

The evaluation report must be submitted to the school district by June 30 each year.

Graduation Requirements

Pennsylvania law establishes minimum home-education graduation coursework for grades 9 through 12:

• 4 years of English • 3 years of mathematics • 3 years of science • 3 years of social studies • 2 years of arts and humanities

A diploma awarded by the homeschool supervisor or an approved diploma-granting organization may carry the rights and privileges provided by Pennsylvania law when the statutory conditions are satisfied.

Curriculum Freedom

Parents choose curriculum and educational materials, but the program must provide the required subjects, instructional time, portfolio, testing, and annual evaluation required by Pennsylvania law.

Alabama Church School Services for Pennsylvania Families

Pennsylvania families may choose Alabama Church School for complete curriculum, attendance resources, academic records, report cards, transcripts, diplomas, graduation documentation, and educational support.

Enrollment with Alabama Church School does not replace the Pennsylvania supervisor's responsibility to file the annual affidavit or unsworn declaration, maintain the portfolio, provide required instructional time and subjects, complete testing in grades 3, 5, and 8, obtain the annual evaluation, and submit the evaluator's report by June 30.

Compulsory School Attendance and Local Approval

A family planning to homeschool must contact the local school district and present an at-home instruction plan for approval by the school committee before beginning at-home instruction.

A family moving into a new Rhode Island school district must work with the new district because the at-home instruction program must be approved by the school committee of the town where the child resides.

A denial may be appealed to the Rhode Island Department of Education.

Instructional Days and Hours

Rhode Island law requires the period of attendance for a homeschooled student to be substantially equal to the period required in public schools.

Current RIDE guidance describes the public-school minimum as approximately 1,080 hours per school year, equivalent to about 5.5 hours per day for 180 days. The homeschool calendar does not have to match the public-school calendar exactly.

Required Subjects

Rhode Island requires thorough and efficient instruction in specified subjects, including reading, writing, geography, arithmetic, United States history, Rhode Island history, principles of American government, civics, health, and physical education.

Required at-home subjects are taught in English, although families may also teach them in additional languages.

Attendance and Records

Parents must keep attendance records and provide required attendance information to the local school authorities.

The family and school committee should agree on how academic progress will be evaluated. Depending on the approved plan, the parent may also need to maintain progress reports or test results and submit regular reports.

Testing and Evaluation

Rhode Island does not impose one single statewide homeschool standardized-test schedule for every family.

Instead, the parent and local school committee agree on a method for evaluating the student's progress in the required subjects. The approved plan may include testing or another agreed evaluation method.

Parent Teacher Qualifications

Rhode Island does not require a parent seeking to homeschool to hold a teaching certificate or other specific educational credential. The family must demonstrate that the proposed instruction will be thorough and efficient.

Curriculum Freedom

Parents may design their own curriculum, use corresponding courses, or model instruction on public-school curriculum.

Online programs may be used when accepted as part of the locally approved at-home instruction plan.

Rhode Island school districts must loan certain approved textbooks, including qualifying digital textbooks, to resident homeschool students upon request.

Graduation

Rhode Island does not operate one uniform state homeschool diploma system. RIDE notes that some districts issue a certificate of completion of homeschooling while others provide documentation of completed coursework.

Families should maintain a detailed high school transcript and verify admissions requirements with colleges, employers, military branches, scholarship programs, and licensing agencies.

Alabama Church School Services for Rhode Island Families

Rhode Island families may choose Alabama Church School for complete curriculum, academic records, attendance tools, report cards, transcripts, diplomas, graduation documentation, and educational support.

Enrollment with Alabama Church School does not replace Rhode Island's requirement for local school-committee approval, attendance reporting, agreed academic evaluation, or other conditions imposed under the family's approved at-home instruction plan.

Compulsory School Attendance Age

South Carolina compulsory attendance generally begins in the school year in which the child is age 5 before September 1 and continues until age 17 or high school graduation.

A parent whose child is not age 6 on or before September 1 may elect not to enroll the child in kindergarten by signing the state-prescribed waiver with the local school district.

Three Homeschool Options

• Option 1 — Local School District: The homeschool operates with approval of the district board of trustees under S.C. Code § 59-65-40. • Option 2 — SCAIHS: The family homeschools under the auspices of the South Carolina Association of Independent Home Schools under § 59-65-45. • Option 3 — Qualifying Homeschool Association: The family joins an association with at least 50 members that meets the standards in § 59-65-47.

Instructional Days and Hours

Option 1 requires at least 180 instructional days and at least 4.5 instructional hours per day, excluding lunch and recess.

Options 2 and 3 require an instructional year of at least 180 days. Option 3's current statute does not separately impose the 4.5-hour daily requirement.

Required Subjects

Across the association options, the curriculum must include at least reading, writing, mathematics, science, social studies, and composition and literature in grades 7-12.

Option 1 uses the same basic instructional areas and also requires composition and literature in grades 7-12.

Parent Teacher Qualifications

Under Options 2 and 3, the parent must hold at least a high school diploma or GED-equivalent credential.

Option 1 has separate statutory qualification language and district-approval procedures.

Attendance and Records

Option 3 requires the parent-teacher to maintain a plan book, diary, or similar record of subjects and activities; a portfolio of samples of the student's work; and a semiannual progress report that includes attendance and individualized academic-progress documentation.

Option 1 has more direct district recordkeeping, semiannual progress-report, and inspection requirements.

Option 2 families follow the academic standards and reporting rules of SCAIHS.

Standardized Testing

Option 1 includes participation in the statewide testing program as provided by statute.

Options 2 and 3 operate under their association statutes and are exempt from the additional requirements of Option 1 when the family maintains bona fide membership and compliance with the association's academic standards.

Curriculum Freedom

South Carolina does not require one state-issued homeschool curriculum. Families may select their own curriculum so long as the applicable legal option and required subject areas are satisfied.

Graduation

Graduation policies, transcripts, and diplomas depend on the legal homeschool option and the policies of the applicable association or homeschool administrator.

Families should maintain a complete high school transcript and verify college, scholarship, military, employment, and licensing requirements.

Alabama Church School Services for South Carolina Families

South Carolina families may choose Alabama Church School for curriculum, academic records, report cards, transcripts, diplomas, graduation documentation, and educational support.

However, ACS enrollment by itself does not replace the family's need to comply with one of South Carolina's three legal homeschool options. Families using Option 2 or Option 3 must be properly affiliated with the qualifying South Carolina homeschool association required by law.

Compulsory School Attendance Age

South Dakota requires a child to regularly attend public school, nonpublic school, or alternative instruction until age 18, subject to statutory exceptions.

Alternative Instruction Notification

Parents or guardians must file an Alternative Instruction Notification with the South Dakota Department of Education or local district.

The notification is filed within 30 days after the child first begins alternative instruction while of school age.

The notification generally does not have to be renewed annually. A new or updated notification is required within 30 days if the child moves to another district, enrolls in a public or nonpublic school, or otherwise changes homeschool status.

Instructional Days and Hours

South Dakota does not impose a specific homeschool instructional-day or daily-hour requirement in the alternative-instruction statute.

Required Subjects

Alternative instruction must provide instruction in the basic skills of language arts and mathematics.

Instruction must be provided in a way designed to lead to mastery of the English language.

Attendance and Records

South Dakota does not require routine annual attendance or grade reports to be filed with the Department for ordinary alternative instruction.

Families should nevertheless maintain attendance, coursework, grades, transcripts, and graduation records, especially for transfer, college, employment, military, or activity eligibility.

Standardized Testing

South Dakota's current alternative-instruction framework does not impose the former routine standardized-testing requirement on all homeschooled students.

Students participating in public-school programs or activities may have additional eligibility or documentation requirements.

Parent Teacher Qualifications

The parent, guardian, or alternative instructor is not required to be state certified.

A person providing alternative instruction may not instruct more than 22 children.

Curriculum Freedom

South Dakota does not prescribe a state homeschool curriculum beyond the statutory requirement to provide the basic skills of language arts and mathematics.

Families may add science, history, social studies, electives, career education, and other subjects according to the student’s needs.

Graduation

South Dakota does not issue a state public-school diploma merely because a student completes an independent alternative-instruction program.

Parents should maintain a full high school transcript and establish a clear course and credit plan appropriate to the student's postsecondary goals.

Alabama Church School Services for South Dakota Families

South Dakota families may choose Alabama Church School for complete curriculum, attendance resources, academic records, report cards, transcripts, diplomas, graduation documentation, and educational support.

Enrollment with Alabama Church School does not replace the South Dakota Alternative Instruction Notification or any other state-specific obligation.

Independent Home School — Annual Registration

The parent or legal guardian acts as the teacher of record and must file an Intent to Home School with the local school district.

A family may begin an independent homeschool during the school year. For each subsequent school year, a new Intent to Home School must be submitted before the school year begins.

The parent-teacher must possess at least a high school diploma or a state-approved high school equivalency credential.

Independent Home School — Instructional Time

Independent homeschool students must receive at least 4 hours of instruction per day for 180 instructional days each year.

Independent Home School — Curriculum

Parents select and purchase the curriculum. The local district requests identification of the proposed curriculum, but Tennessee does not mandate one particular homeschool curriculum.

Because independent homeschool students are tested in grades 5, 7, and 9, families should provide strong instruction in reading/language arts, mathematics, science, and social studies.

Independent Home School — Attendance Records

The parent must maintain attendance records and submit them to the local director of schools at the end of the school year. Attendance records are subject to inspection.

Independent Home School — Standardized Testing

Independent homeschool students in grades 5, 7, and 9 must complete the required standardized assessment.

Current Tennessee guidance allows either a parent-selected nationally normed standardized test or the state-board-approved standardized assessment, subject to applicable administration requirements.

Church-Related Umbrella School — Category IV

Parents may instead enroll the student in an approved Tennessee Category IV church-related school that offers an umbrella homeschool program.

The parent participates as a teacher under the supervision of the church-related school's director and follows the requirements established by that approved school.

An independent homeschool Intent form is not required for a student properly enrolled in the approved church-related school. The umbrella school is responsible for student records and testing requirements and issues the student's transcript and diploma.

Graduation

For an independent homeschool, the parent-teacher is responsible for the transcript and diploma.

For a Category IV umbrella program, the approved church-related school issues the student's transcript and diploma.

Alabama Church School Services for Tennessee Families

Tennessee families may choose Alabama Church School for curriculum, academic records, attendance tools, report cards, transcripts, diplomas, graduation documentation, and educational support.

However, ACS enrollment alone does not make the student enrolled in a Tennessee Category IV church-related umbrella school. A Tennessee family using the independent homeschool route must still file the annual Intent, meet the instructional-time requirement, report attendance, and complete required testing. A family seeking the church-related umbrella route must use a Tennessee-approved Category IV umbrella school.

Homeschool Notification and Registration

Texas does not require a family to register its homeschool with the Texas Education Agency or obtain state approval before homeschooling.

If a child is currently enrolled in a public school, the parent should formally withdraw the child. A district that becomes aware of a potentially homeschooled student may request a written letter of assurance stating that the child is being homeschooled.

Instructional Days and Hours

Texas does not establish a specific number of homeschool instructional days or daily instructional hours.

Required Curriculum

Under the Texas Supreme Court's Leeper decision and current TEA guidance, the homeschool must be conducted in a bona fide manner using a written curriculum.

The curriculum must include reading, spelling, grammar, mathematics, and a course in good citizenship.

Attendance and Records

Texas does not require ordinary homeschool families to submit attendance, grades, portfolios, progress reports, or transcripts to the state.

Families should maintain academic records, particularly for high school students and students who may later transfer to public school or apply to college.

Standardized Testing

Texas does not require independently homeschooled students to take annual state standardized tests solely because they are homeschooled.

Parent Teacher Qualifications

Texas does not require a homeschooling parent to hold a state teaching certificate, college degree, or other professional teacher credential.

Curriculum Freedom

Texas does not require state-approved homeschool curriculum. Families may use printed curriculum, online programs, workbooks, parent-created instruction, tutors, educational websites, and other materials, provided the program is bona fide, written, and covers the required subjects.

Graduation

The State of Texas does not award the homeschool diploma.

Texas nevertheless recognizes successful completion of a homeschool education as equivalent to graduation from a public high school for important purposes, including Texas higher-education admissions treatment.

Parents may establish graduation requirements and issue homeschool completion documentation. Families should maintain a complete transcript showing courses, credits, grades, GPA when applicable, and graduation date.

Transferring to Public School

A homeschooled student may enter a Texas public school at any time. A district may assess the student's mastery of homeschool coursework for grade placement or the award of credit, and homeschool transfers should generally be treated similarly to transfers from unaccredited private schools.

Alabama Church School Services for Texas Families

Texas families may choose Alabama Church School for complete curriculum, academic records, attendance resources, report cards, transcripts, diplomas, graduation documentation, and educational support.

Because Texas does not require homeschool registration or enrollment with a cover school, ACS functions as an optional curriculum, records, and support provider. Families remain responsible for ensuring their Texas homeschool is bona fide and uses written curriculum covering the subjects required under Texas law.

Homeschool Notification

When a parent withdraws an enrolled school-age child for homeschooling, or chooses not to enroll a school-age child, the parent must provide a one-time initial notification to the local school board of the child's district of residence.

The district must maintain a record of the notification and acknowledge receipt within 30 days.

A parent who already provided a qualifying homeschool notification or affidavit on or before May 7, 2025 does not have to submit a new notification simply because the law changed.

Instructional Days and Hours

Utah does not require homeschool families to follow a set number of school days or instructional hours.

School districts may not require homeschool parents to maintain attendance records or records of instruction.

Required Subjects

Utah does not prescribe a specific homeschool curriculum or mandatory statewide homeschool subject list in the ordinary parent-directed homeschool framework.

Attendance and Records

Utah does not require routine homeschool attendance logs, lesson logs, grades, portfolios, or progress reports to be submitted to the school district.

Families should still maintain useful academic records, especially transcripts, course lists, grades, and graduation documentation.

Standardized Testing

Utah does not require independently homeschooled students to participate in statewide assessments.

Homeschool students may voluntarily participate in statewide assessments through a local education agency when they satisfy the applicable homeschool requirements.

Parent Teacher Qualifications

Utah does not require the homeschooling parent to hold a teaching license, college degree, or special training.

Curriculum Freedom

Parents are responsible for choosing the curriculum, instructional materials, teaching methods, and schedule. Local school districts may not supervise or evaluate the homeschool program.

Graduation

Utah does not automatically issue a public-school diploma to an independently homeschooled student.

Parents may establish their own homeschool completion requirements and maintain a transcript and diploma or completion documentation. If a student later seeks public-school credit, the local education agency may evaluate homeschool work under its policies.

Alabama Church School Services for Utah Families

Utah families may choose Alabama Church School for complete curriculum, academic records, attendance resources, report cards, transcripts, diplomas, graduation documentation, and educational support.

Enrollment with Alabama Church School does not replace the Utah parent’s one-time notification requirement or any other applicable Utah obligation.

Annual Home Study Enrollment

Parents must submit a Notice of Intent to the Vermont Agency of Education every year at least 10 business days before the intended start of Home Study.

Submission of the form alone does not mean the student is enrolled. Families should wait for written confirmation from the Agency before withdrawing a currently enrolled student and beginning Home Study.

Parents must notify the Agency in writing within 10 business days after ending the Home Study program.

Instructional Days and Hours

Families must attest that the student will receive the equivalent of at least 175 days of instruction during the school year.

Minimum Course of Study

Vermont requires learning experiences appropriate to the student's age and ability in the state's Minimum Course of Study.

For students age 13 and older, the required areas include reading and writing / basic communication skills, mathematics and use of numbers, history, government, and citizenship, natural science, and English, American, and other literature.

For students under age 13, the program also includes fine arts, physical education, and comprehensive health education.

Families no longer have to submit the actual Minimum Course of Study to the Agency, but must attest that they have developed and will implement one.

Attendance and Records

Vermont does not require routine daily attendance reports to the Agency, but families should maintain their curriculum plan and documentation of academic progress for their own records.

Annual Assessment

Families must assess each student's progress every year and maintain documentation of that assessment.

Under current law, the End of Year Assessment is generally kept by the family and no longer must routinely be submitted to the Agency of Education.

Parent Teacher Qualifications

Vermont does not require the parent operating a Home Study program to hold a teaching license or college degree.

Curriculum Freedom

Parents are responsible for selecting or developing curriculum and may use workbooks, online programs, tutors, virtual academies, parent-created lessons, or combinations of educational resources as long as the Minimum Course of Study is addressed.

Graduation

Vermont does not automatically issue a public-school diploma for completion of an independent Home Study program.

Families should maintain complete high school transcripts and graduation documentation and should verify requirements for colleges, scholarships, employers, military service, and licensing programs.

Alabama Church School Services for Vermont Families

Vermont families may choose Alabama Church School for complete curriculum, academic records, report cards, transcripts, diplomas, graduation documentation, attendance tools, and educational support.

Enrollment with Alabama Church School does not replace Vermont's annual Notice of Intent, 175-day requirement, Minimum Course of Study, or annual progress assessment.

Compulsory School Attendance Age

Virginia compulsory attendance generally applies to children who will have reached age 5 on or before September 30 and who have not passed their 18th birthday.

Parent Qualification Pathways

A parent may provide home instruction if the parent meets at least one of the following:

• Holds a high school diploma • Is a teacher with qualifications prescribed by the Board • Provides the child with a program of study or curriculum, including correspondence or distance learning • Provides evidence that the parent is able to provide an adequate education

Annual Notice of Intent

Parents must notify the division superintendent every year no later than August 15.

The annual notice includes evidence that the parent satisfies one of the statutory qualification pathways and a description of the curriculum limited to a list of subjects to be studied.

A family moving into a division or beginning home instruction after the school year starts must notify the superintendent as soon as practicable and then complete the statutory requirements within 30 days.

Instructional Days and Hours

Virginia's home-instruction statute does not prescribe a separate homeschool-specific daily schedule or annual hour total in the same form as some states. Parents choose the schedule and method of delivering the curriculum.

Required Subjects

Virginia's home-instruction statute does not prescribe one detailed homeschool subject checklist. The parent submits a list of subjects to be studied as part of the annual notice and must provide an adequate educational program.

Annual Evidence of Progress

By August 1 after each school year, the parent must generally provide evidence of academic progress.

Acceptable evidence includes:

• A nationally normed standardized achievement test with a composite score at or above the fourth stanine • An equivalent qualifying score on the ACT, SAT, or PSAT • An evaluation letter from a licensed teacher in any state • An evaluation from a person with a master's degree or higher in an academic discipline who knows the child's progress • A qualifying report card or transcript from an institution of higher education, college distance-learning program, or home-education correspondence school

The annual progress requirement does not apply to a child who is under age 6 as of September 30 of the school year.

Parent Teacher Qualifications

Virginia does not require every homeschool parent to hold a teaching license. Instead, the parent must qualify under one of the statutory pathways listed above.

Curriculum Freedom

Parents may use correspondence courses, distance learning, printed curriculum, online programs, parent-created instruction, or other educational resources.

Graduation

Virginia does not automatically award a public-school diploma for completion of a parent-directed home-instruction program.

Families should maintain a complete high school transcript and graduation documentation and verify postsecondary, employment, military, scholarship, and licensing requirements.

Alabama Church School Services for Virginia Families

Virginia families may choose Alabama Church School for complete curriculum, academic records, report cards, transcripts, diplomas, graduation documentation, and educational support.

A transcript or report card supplied by an eligible correspondence or distance-learning program may be useful for Virginia's annual progress requirement in some circumstances, but families remain responsible for the annual notice and for ensuring any progress documentation satisfies Virginia law.

Compulsory School Attendance Age

Washington compulsory attendance generally applies to children age 8 through under age 18, subject to statutory exceptions.

Special attendance rules can apply to younger children age 6 or 7 who are voluntarily enrolled in public school.

Annual Declaration of Intent

Parents must file a signed Declaration of Intent every year.

The declaration is generally due by September 15 or within 2 weeks after the beginning of a public-school quarter, trimester, or semester.

It is filed with the superintendent of the resident public-school district or an accepted transfer district and includes the child's name and age and whether a certificated person will supervise instruction.

Parent Qualification Options

Home-based instruction must be provided under one of Washington's qualification options:

• The parent is supervised by a Washington-certificated person • The parent has completed at least 45 college-level quarter credits or the semester equivalent • The parent has completed an approved course in home-based instruction • The local superintendent determines the parent is sufficiently qualified

Instructional Days and Hours

Washington requires planned and supervised instructional and related educational activities for a number of hours equivalent to the annual program hours required for approved private schools.

Washington law directs that these requirements be interpreted liberally because home-based instruction is less structured and more experiential than classroom instruction.

Required Subjects

Washington home-based instruction includes occupational education, science, mathematics, language, social studies, history, health, reading, writing, spelling, and development of an appreciation of art and music.

Annual Assessment

Every year, the parent must ensure that either:

• The student takes a standardized achievement test approved by the State Board of Education and administered by a qualified individual, or • A certificated person currently working in the field of education prepares a written annual assessment of the student's academic progress.

The test or assessment becomes part of the student's permanent records. If it shows that the student is not making reasonable progress, the parent must make a good-faith effort to address the deficiency.

Attendance and Records

Washington does not require routine submission of grades or portfolios to the state, but parents are responsible for maintaining permanent records including annual tests or assessments and other instructional records they choose to keep.

When the student transfers to another school, required records must be forwarded.

Curriculum Freedom

Parents choose curriculum and instructional methods. Homeschooled students are exempt from the state's learning goals, learning standards, and public-school high-school assessments.

Graduation

Washington does not automatically issue a public-school diploma for completion of independent home-based instruction.

Families should establish a clear high school course plan and maintain a transcript, grades, credits, and graduation documentation. Public schools retain authority over acceptance of homeschool work for public-school credit.

Alabama Church School Services for Washington Families

Washington families may choose Alabama Church School for complete curriculum, academic records, attendance resources, report cards, transcripts, diplomas, graduation documentation, and educational support.

Enrollment with Alabama Church School does not replace Washington's annual Declaration of Intent, parent-qualification requirements, annual assessment, required subjects, or instructional-hour requirement.

Notice of Intent

Upon beginning home instruction, the parent must provide a one-time Notice of Intent to the county superintendent or county board.

The notice includes the name, address, and age of each compulsory-school-age child and an assurance that instruction will be provided in the required subjects.

If the child is enrolled in public school, the notice must be provided on or before the date home instruction begins.

When moving to a new West Virginia county, the parent notifies the previous county and submits a new notice in the new county. The superintendent must also be notified when home instruction ends for a compulsory-age child.

Instructional Days and Hours

West Virginia does not require a set homeschool instructional year or a specific number of daily instructional hours.

Required Subjects

Home instruction must include reading, language arts, mathematics, science, and social studies.

Instructor Qualifications

The person providing home instruction must provide evidence of at least one of the following:

• A high school diploma or equivalent • A qualifying postsecondary degree or certificate

Annual Academic Assessment

The student must receive an academic assessment every year.

West Virginia law provides several assessment methods, including nationally normed standardized achievement testing, participation in the state public-school testing program, and other lawful assessment alternatives.

For nationally normed testing, the assessment covers reading, language arts, mathematics, science, and social studies.

Assessment Reporting

Parents must submit the required academic-assessment results to the county superintendent in grades 3, 5, 8, and 11 by June 30 of the year in which the assessment is administered.

Attendance and Records

West Virginia does not require routine homeschool attendance reports or grades to be filed with the county.

Families should maintain coursework, grades, annual assessments, transcripts, and graduation records.

Curriculum Freedom

West Virginia does not prescribe a specific homeschool curriculum. Parents may choose any curriculum they consider appropriate so long as instruction includes the required subject areas.

Graduation and Diploma

West Virginia expressly allows the person administering a secondary home education program to issue a diploma to a student who completes that program.

State law provides that a qualifying homeschool diploma is legally sufficient to demonstrate that the individual has a high school diploma or equivalent, and West Virginia state agencies and institutions of higher education may not treat a person differently solely because the diploma came from a homeschool.

Alabama Church School Services for West Virginia Families

West Virginia families may choose Alabama Church School for complete curriculum, academic records, report cards, transcripts, diplomas, graduation documentation, attendance resources, and educational support.

Enrollment with Alabama Church School does not replace the parent's one-time West Virginia Notice of Intent, instructor-qualification requirement, annual assessment obligation, or required reporting of assessment results in grades 3, 5, 8, and 11.

Annual Homeschool Enrollment Report — PI-1206

Wisconsin requires the parent or guardian to file the online PI-1206 Homeschool Enrollment Report through the Department of Public Instruction's HOMER system every school year.

The annual deadline is October 15.

The report for a new school year becomes available beginning July 1. If a student is withdrawn from public or private school after October 15, the PI-1206 should be submitted or updated on or before the date the student stops attending that school.

Parents should print and keep a copy of the submitted PI-1206 for their permanent records.

Instructional Days and Hours

A Wisconsin home-based private educational program must provide at least 875 hours of instruction during each school year.

Wisconsin law does not require those 875 hours to be divided into a specific number of school days or daily instructional hours.

Required Subjects

Wisconsin requires a sequentially progressive curriculum of fundamental instruction in reading, language arts, mathematics, social studies, science, and health.

The law protects religious freedom by providing that a private or home-based program is not required to include concepts, topics, or practices that conflict with its religious doctrines.

Attendance and Records

Wisconsin does not require routine submission of daily attendance logs, lesson plans, grades, portfolios, or progress reports to DPI.

DPI recommends that families maintain records showing the required 875 hours and the sequential curriculum, along with courses, grades, report cards, transcripts, and graduation documentation.

Standardized Testing

Wisconsin does not require independently homeschooled students to take annual state or nationally standardized achievement tests solely because they are homeschooled.

Parent Teacher Qualifications

Wisconsin imposes no minimum educational requirement on the parent providing a home-based private educational program.

Parents are not required to hold a teaching certificate or license.

Curriculum Freedom

Parents are responsible for selecting and obtaining curriculum and instructional materials.

Wisconsin allows parents to provide instruction themselves or designate another person to provide instruction.

Families may use out-of-state correspondence or online programs, but the parent remains responsible for ensuring the overall program satisfies Wisconsin's homeschool requirements.

Graduation

Wisconsin does not issue a state public-school diploma simply because a student completes a home-based private educational program.

Families should establish graduation requirements appropriate to the student's educational and postsecondary goals and maintain a complete transcript, course history, grades, credits, and graduation documentation.

Alabama Church School Services for Wisconsin Families

Wisconsin families may choose Alabama Church School for complete curriculum, academic records, attendance tools, report cards, transcripts, diplomas, graduation documentation, and educational support.

Enrollment with Alabama Church School does not replace the parent's responsibility to file the annual PI-1206, provide at least 875 instructional hours, and ensure the program includes the required Wisconsin subject areas.

Homeschool Notification and Withdrawal

Wyoming no longer requires homeschool families to submit their curriculum annually to the local school district.

A child who has never been enrolled in a public school generally has no separate district-reporting requirement merely because the family begins homeschooling.

If a child under age 18 is being withdrawn from public school and the district has not otherwise been notified that the child is enrolling in another district, private school, or home-based educational program, the parent must meet in person with a district counselor or administrator and provide written consent to the withdrawal.

Instructional Days and Hours

Wyoming does not prescribe a specific number of homeschool instructional days or daily instructional hours for a home-based educational program.

Required Subjects

The homeschool must provide a sequentially progressive basic academic educational program containing fundamental instruction in reading, writing, mathematics, civics, history, literature, and science.

Wyoming law does not require a homeschool to include any concept, topic, or practice that conflicts with the family's religious doctrines.

Attendance and Records

Wyoming does not require routine submission of homeschool attendance logs, grades, portfolios, or progress reports.

Families should maintain their own academic records, including courses, grades, transcripts, work samples, and graduation documentation.

Standardized Testing

Wyoming does not require homeschool students who are primarily homeschooled to participate in state standardized testing.

Homeschool students may voluntarily participate in Wyoming state assessments without charge by working with the local school district.

Parent Teacher Qualifications

Wyoming's home-based education law does not require the parent or designated instructor to hold a state teaching certificate or college degree.

Curriculum Freedom

Parents may choose curriculum, educational materials, online programs, workbooks, tutors, parent-created lessons, and other teaching methods.

The program must include the seven required fundamental subject areas, but it is not required to align with Wyoming's public-school content standards.

Graduation

Wyoming considers homeschools non-accredited private schools. The state does not issue a Wyoming public-school diploma to an independently homeschooled student.

Families should establish their own completion requirements and maintain a detailed transcript. Some commercial or outside educational programs may issue their own diplomas based on their program requirements.

Families interested in Wyoming's Hathaway Scholarship should review current scholarship eligibility requirements early in the student's high-school years.

Alabama Church School Services for Wyoming Families

Wyoming families may choose Alabama Church School for complete curriculum, academic records, attendance resources, report cards, transcripts, diplomas, graduation documentation, and educational support.

ACS can provide structure and documentation while the family remains responsible for ensuring the Wyoming homeschool includes the required basic academic subjects and follows any applicable public-school withdrawal procedure.