State Laws | Homeschool of America Curriculum | America's Favorite Homeschool Program for Teens

State	Registration Required	Teacher Qualifications	Required Evaluations	Portfolio / other Records	Required Subjects	Records of Attendance	Notes
Alabama	Must notify superintendant that child is in a church school	None, if enrolled in a church school	None by State	Not Required	Not specified	Not required	May teach at home, but only if officially enrolled in a church school.
Alaska	No	No	None	No	None	None	The burden is no the State to demonstrate that parents are not educating their children.
Arizona	Within 30 days of start of homeschooling	No	None	No	None	None
Arkansas	By Aug 15 or Dec 15 to Superintendent	No	Must take norm referenced tests, but no minimum score required.	Schedule of instruction required	None	None	Parents may teach at home if part of a church school
California	At beginning of school year with Superintendent	None for parents	None	No	Must be taught in English and in several subjects	Yes	A second option allows for enrollment in large homeschool groups throughout the state.
Colorado	14 days in advance or by Aug 1 of each school year	No	Must keep test results for inspection	No	Not specified	Yes	A second option is available in which parents can form a private school of two or more families.
State	Registration Required	Teacher Qualifications	Required Evaluations	Portfolio / other Records	Required Subjects	Records of Attendance	Notes
Connecticut	Within 10 days of homeschooling	None	Annual review with school officials to determine if correct subjects are taught	Annual review of portfolio	English, grammar, geography, arithmetic, United States history, and citizenship, including a study of the town, state, and federal governments.	Yes
Delaware	Statement of enrollment by Nov 1	None	None	No	None Specified	No required # of days, but attendance reports must be submitted annually
District of Columbia	By August 15	High school diploma or its equivalent	None	Yes Viewable up to twice a year	thorough, regular instruction of sufficient duration	None
Florida	Within 30 days of start of homeschooling	None	Once a year review by certified teacher	No, but recommended for review by teacher	None Only stated as "progressive" education.	None, but recommended
Georgia	Within 30 days of start of homeschooling	High school diploma or GED	Parents must write yearly progress report to be kept for 3 years. Students must take a battery of national tests each year, but results can be kept private.	No	must include language arts, math, science and social studies	Minimum of 4 1/2 hours per day and records must be submitted each month
State	Registration Required	Teacher Qualifications	Required Evaluations	Portfolio / other Records	Required Subjects	Records of Attendance	Notes
Hawaii	Yes, date not specified for Notice of Intent	None	Can include annual evaluation by certified teacher	Record of planned curriculum to include books, methods of instruction and assessment.	Not specified	Yes, must include hours and days of instruction	End of year report of progress must be submitted to local principal
Idaho	None required	None	None	No	None	No
Illinois	None required, but parents should register	None	None	No	Same "branches of Education" that public school students receive	No	Instruction must be in English
Indiana	Requires online registration for high school	None	None	No	Must be equivalent to public schools	Yes	Must be taught in English
Iowa	By August 26th annually, with texts used and outline of study	None	Must be evaluated every 45 days by supervising teacher	No	None	Parents must work with supervising teacher
Kansas	Must register as private school, but State cannot refuse registration	None	None	No	Must be substantially equivalent to public schools	No
State	Registration Required	Teacher Qualifications	Required Evaluations	Portfolio / other Records	Required Subjects	Records of Attendance	Notes
Kentucky	Must notify local superintendant within the first two weeks of homeschooling	None	None	No	None	Yes
Louisiana	Within 15 days of start of homeschooling	None	Evaluation by certified teacher, annually	Outline of subjects taught and list of textbooks and examples of student's work	Same as in public schools	No	Require statements of third parties who have observed student's progress.
Maine	Within 10 days of homeschooling and renew each year by Sept 1	None	None	No	Same as students in public schools	Yes With minimum of 175 days a year
Maryland	Within 15 days of schooling each year	None	None	Yes	Same as in public schools	None
Massachusetts	Yes, at start of homeschooling	None	Review of curriculum May require testing	Yes	None	None
Michigan	None	None	None	No	Same as public schools	None
Minnesota	Bt Oct 1 of each year	None	Yes, by nationally normed tests	Yes	Same as public schools	None
Mississippi	By Sept. 15 of each year	None	None	No	None	Yes, with 180 day minimum
State	Registration Required	Teacher Qualifications	Required Evaluations	Portfolio / other Records	Required Subjects	Records of Attendance	Notes
Missouri	By Sept 1	None	Must have record of evaluations	Yes, and lesson plan book	Same as public schools	Yes for a minimum of 1,000 hours of instruction
Montana	At start of school year	None	None	No	Same as public schools	Yes for a minimum of 750 hours of instruction	Home must be compliant with fire safety regulations
North Carolina	Yes, but date not specified	High School diploma or GED	Annual standardized tests, which are open to inspection	No	None	Yes, with minimum of 9 month school year
North Dakota	Within 14 days prior to homeschooling	High School diploma or GED	Nationally normed annual testing	No	Same as public schools	Yes, with a minimum of 175 days of instruction a year
Nebraska	By July 15 along with scope and sequence of curriculum	None	None	No	Must include language arts, social studies, science, math and health	Yes	Must comply with state vaccination requirements
Nevada	Prior to beginning homeschooling	None	None	No	All subjects that are age appropriate	No
New Hampshire	Within 5 days of start of homeschooling	None	Visit by certified teacher each year	Yes, to be kept for 2 years	None	No
New Jersey	None	None	None	No	Same as in the public schools	Mo
State	Registration Required	Teacher Qualifications	Required Evaluations	Portfolio / other Records	Required Subjects	Records of Attendance	Notes
New Mexico	Within 30 days of start of homeschooling	High school diploma or equivalent	None	No	Math, Science, Social Studies and Language Arts	Yes Maintain disease and immunization records
New York	By July 1 or within 14 days of start of homeschooling	None	Norm related tests annually	No	The same as in public schools	Yes, Equivalent to 180 days of instruction
Ohio	At start of school year, along with outline of curriculum and texts used	High school or GED	Yes, by certified teacher	Yes, along with evaluation by certified teacher	Same as for public schools	No
Oklahoma	None	None	None	No	None	Must be for 180 days
Oregon	To district within 10 days of homeschooling	None	Comprehensive annual examination by Dept of Education at grade 20 and every 18 months	No	None	Nome
Pennsylvania	By August 1	High school diploma or GED	Annual evaluation by certified teacher	Yes, including an outline of objectives by subject	Same as in public schools Must be taught in English	No	Must keep records of immunizations
Rhode Island	Not defined	None	Required, but wide latitude given	No	Same as in public schools	Yes 180 days of instruction
State	Registration Required	Teacher Qualifications	Required Evaluations	Portfolio / other Records	Required Subjects	Records of Attendance	Notes
South Carolina	Not defined	High school diploma or GED	Semi annual evaluations by certified teacher	Yes Must include plan book and record of progress	Same as in public schools	Yes Minimum of 180 days of 4 1/2 hours per day
South Dakota	On first day of school to superintendant	None	Must take a state standardized test in grade 11	No	Language Arts and Math	Yes Must be 180 days of instruction
Tennessee	To superintendant at beginning of school year	High school diploma or GEd	Standardized test in grade 9	None	None	Yes Required to submit to superintendant at end of school year and must contain 180 days of instruction	Registration with superintendant has to include curriculum and qualifications of teachers and proof of vaccinations
Texas	None	None	None	No	Must include Reading, Spelling, Grammar and Math, Citizenship	None
Utah	At beginning of school year	None	None	No	Same as in public schools	None
Vermont	By March 1 of each school year	None	Annual report by certified teacher to include narrative of subject evaluations	No	None	Yes Same number of days as public schools
State	Registration Required	Teacher Qualifications	Required Evaluations	Portfolio / other Records	Required Subjects	Records of Attendance	Notes
Virginia	By August 15 or within 30 days of start of homeschooling	High school or equivalent	Yearly evaluation by certified teacher	Yes Must include a general description of curriculum	None	Yes Must be at least 180 days
Washington	At least 2 weeks prior to start of homeschooling	High school diploma or equivalent	By certified teacher each year	No	Same as public schools	Yes
West Virginia	None	High school diploma or equivalent	By certified teacher option, providing examples of student's work	Yes	Same as public schools	Yes
Wisconsin	By October 15	None	None	No	Must be "progressive" sequence	Yes Minimum of 875 hours of instruction
Wyoming	Must submit annual outline of curriculum to superintendant	None	None	No	Must be a sequence of programming, the same as for public schools	No
Puerto Rico	No	None	None	No	Same as in public schools	Same days as in public schools

HOMESCHOOL OF AMERICA CURRICULUM

Summary of Homeschooling Requirements by State