Homeschool Laws by State

Families may teach at home by enrolling in a church school or private-school home program, or by using the private-tutor statute. Most use a church school: a one-time enrollment notice goes to the local superintendent, attendance is kept, and there is no state testing. The tutor path adds a teaching certificate and 140 days of instruction in the branches taught in public schools.

Legal routes

Church school; Private school; Private tutor

Notification

One-time (church school)

Assessment

None

HSLDA → (opens in a new tab)Coalition for Responsible Home Education → (opens in a new tab)State education department → (opens in a new tab)

Charlotte Mason schools in Alabama

Last verified 2026-09-06

The homeschool statute itself imposes no notice, qualifications, hours, subjects, records, or tests. Families may instead join a public or charter correspondence program, hire a certified private tutor, or operate as a private school; those other routes carry their own plans, contact, and testing rules. HSLDA treats the statute path as no-notice.

Legal routes

Homeschool statute; Correspondence program; Private tutor; Private school

Notification

None (statute path)

Assessment

None (statute path)

HSLDA → (opens in a new tab)Coalition for Responsible Home Education → (opens in a new tab)

Charlotte Mason schools in Alaska

Last verified 2026-09-06

There is a single homeschool statute. Parents file an affidavit of intent with the local superintendent within 30 days of starting or stopping, not every year, and must teach reading, grammar, math, social studies, and science. The statute does not set parent credentials, hours, recordkeeping, or testing.

Legal routes

Homeschool statute

Notification

One-time affidavit

Assessment

None

HSLDA → (opens in a new tab)Coalition for Responsible Home Education → (opens in a new tab)

Charlotte Mason schools in Arizona

Last verified 2026-09-06

Arkansas has one homeschool route. Parents notify the local superintendent by August 15, or five school days before withdrawing, and again at the start of each school year. The statute does not set hours, subjects, records, or tests; a household with a sex offender may not homeschool.

Legal routes

Homeschool statute

Notification

Annual

Assessment

None

HSLDA → (opens in a new tab)Coalition for Responsible Home Education → (opens in a new tab)

Charlotte Mason schools in Arkansas

Last verified 2026-09-06

Parents may file as a private school (a Private School Affidavit each October), enroll in a private-school satellite program, use a credentialed tutor, or, in some districts, an independent-study public program. The private-school path requires instruction in the branches taught in public schools and attendance records, but no state test. HSLDA lists three homeschool options and no assessment mandate.

Legal routes

Private school affidavit; Private school satellite; Credentialed tutor

Notification

Annual affidavit (private school)

Assessment

None

HSLDA → (opens in a new tab)Coalition for Responsible Home Education → (opens in a new tab)State education department → (opens in a new tab)

Charlotte Mason schools in California

Last verified 2026-09-06

The homeschool statute calls for annual notice, 172 days covering named subjects, and testing or a qualified-person evaluation at the end of grades 3, 5, 7, 9, and 11, with results reported to the district. Families may instead enroll in an independent or parochial school’s home program or use a certified private tutor. HSLDA still classifies the state as low regulation.

Legal routes

Homeschool statute; Independent school; Private tutor

Notification

Annual

Assessment

Grades 3, 5, 7, 9, and 11

HSLDA → (opens in a new tab)Coalition for Responsible Home Education → (opens in a new tab)State education department → (opens in a new tab)

Charlotte Mason schools in Colorado

Last verified 2026-09-06

Statute exempts a child who receives equivalent instruction elsewhere; it does not require notice, credentials, hours, records, or tests. Board of Education guidelines describe an annual notice of intent and a portfolio review, but those guidelines are not statute. Superintendents still collect attendance information for children of compulsory age.

Legal routes

Equivalent instruction

Notification

None (guidelines suggest annual)

Assessment

None (guidelines suggest portfolio)

HSLDA → (opens in a new tab)Coalition for Responsible Home Education → (opens in a new tab)State education department → (opens in a new tab)

Charlotte Mason schools in Connecticut

Last verified 2026-09-06

A homeschool is a nonpublic school. Single-family, multi-family, and single-family coordinated programs all file enrollment and year-end attendance with the Department of Education, not the local district. The statute does not set parent credentials, hours, subjects, or tests.

Legal routes

Single-family homeschool; Multi-family homeschool; Coordinated single-family

Notification

Annual enrollment and attendance

Assessment

None

HSLDA → (opens in a new tab)Coalition for Responsible Home Education → (opens in a new tab)

Charlotte Mason schools in Delaware

Last verified 2026-09-06

Home instruction is set by municipal regulation. Parents file with the Office of the State Superintendent 15 business days before starting and by August 15 each year after. The instructor needs a high school diploma or equivalent unless waived, must keep a portfolio, and OSSE may ask to review that portfolio up to twice a year.

Legal routes

Home instruction regulation

Notification

Annual (OSSE)

Assessment

Portfolio review if OSSE requests

HSLDA → (opens in a new tab)Coalition for Responsible Home Education → (opens in a new tab)State education department → (opens in a new tab)

Charlotte Mason schools in District of Columbia

Last verified 2026-09-06

Under the home-education statute, parents give one-time written notice to the superintendent, keep a portfolio, and arrange an annual evaluation (test or review) that is filed with the district. They may instead enroll in a private umbrella school or a private tutor arrangement. HSLDA lists assessment as required only on the statute path.

Legal routes

Home education statute; Umbrella school; Private tutor

Notification

One-time (statute path)

Assessment

Annual evaluation (statute path)

HSLDA → (opens in a new tab)Coalition for Responsible Home Education → (opens in a new tab)

Charlotte Mason schools in Florida

Last verified 2026-09-06

A home study program is the statutory route. The parent (or hired tutor) needs a high school diploma or GED, files an electronic notice with the Department of Education within 30 days and by September 1 each year, and provides 180 days in required subjects. Nationally standardized tests are due at least every three years beginning after third grade; scores are retained, not submitted.

Legal routes

Home study program

Notification

Annual (Georgia DOE)

Assessment

Every three years from grade 3

HSLDA → (opens in a new tab)Coalition for Responsible Home Education → (opens in a new tab)State education department → (opens in a new tab)

Charlotte Mason schools in Georgia

Last verified 2026-09-06

Parents file a one-time notice of intent with the local public-school principal and again when the child changes schools. Sequential instruction and a curriculum record are required; there is no hours or credential rule. Children test with the statewide program or an approved alternative at the end of grades 3, 5, 8, and 10, and an annual assessment is submitted.

Legal routes

Homeschool statute

Notification

One-time, plus school-change notices

Assessment

Grades 3, 5, 8, and 10, plus annual

HSLDA → (opens in a new tab)Coalition for Responsible Home Education → (opens in a new tab)State education department → (opens in a new tab)

Charlotte Mason schools in Hawaii

Last verified 2026-09-06

Compulsory attendance is met by privately instructing a child in subjects commonly taught in Idaho public schools. The alternative-instruction provision does not require notice, credentials, hours, records, or tests.

Legal routes

Private instruction

Notification

None

Assessment

None

HSLDA → (opens in a new tab)Coalition for Responsible Home Education → (opens in a new tab)State education department → (opens in a new tab)

Charlotte Mason schools in Idaho

Last verified 2026-09-06

Homeschools operate as private schools and must teach the branches offered to children of corresponding age and grade in public school. Notice is voluntary; the State Board posts a one-page form that parents may file. There is no credential, hours, records, or testing mandate.

Legal routes

Private school

Notification

None (voluntary)

Assessment

None

HSLDA → (opens in a new tab)Coalition for Responsible Home Education → (opens in a new tab)

Charlotte Mason schools in Illinois

Last verified 2026-09-06

A homeschool is a non-accredited, nonpublic school. Parents provide 180 days of instruction equivalent to public school and keep attendance. No notice is required if the child was never in public school; withdrawing from a public high school uses a transfer form that the Department of Education says is not a homeschool registration. There is no testing mandate.

Legal routes

Non-accredited nonpublic school

Notification

None (high-school withdrawal form only)

Assessment

None

HSLDA → (opens in a new tab)Coalition for Responsible Home Education → (opens in a new tab)State education department → (opens in a new tab)

Charlotte Mason schools in Indiana

Last verified 2026-09-06

Independent private instruction requires math, science, reading and language arts, and social studies, and does not require notice, credentials, hours, records, or tests. Competent private instruction has additional notice and teacher-supervision or assessment options. HSLDA maps Iowa as no-notice because of the independent path.

Legal routes

Independent private instruction; Competent private instruction

Notification

None (independent path)

Assessment

None (independent path)

HSLDA → (opens in a new tab)Coalition for Responsible Home Education → (opens in a new tab)State education department → (opens in a new tab)

Charlotte Mason schools in Iowa

Last verified 2026-09-06

There is no dedicated homeschool statute. Parents register a non-accredited private school once with the State Board of Education and provide instruction for a term substantially equivalent to public schools. Competency is required but officials may not judge it; there are no subject, bookkeeping, or testing rules in the CRHE summary. HSLDA lists assessment as periodic.

Legal routes

Non-accredited private school

Notification

One-time registration

Assessment

None (CRHE); HSLDA: periodic

HSLDA → (opens in a new tab)Coalition for Responsible Home Education → (opens in a new tab)

Charlotte Mason schools in Kansas

Last verified 2026-09-06

Homeschools operate under private, parochial, or church-school law. Parents send the local board an annual enrollment notice within ten days of the school year’s start, keep attendance, and provide 185 days in the branches required in public schools. There is no parent-credential or testing mandate.

Legal routes

Private / church school

Notification

Annual

Assessment

None

HSLDA → (opens in a new tab)Coalition for Responsible Home Education → (opens in a new tab)

Charlotte Mason schools in Kentucky

Last verified 2026-09-06

A home-study application goes to the Board of Education within 15 days of starting and is renewed each year with a materials packet or a test or portfolio showing a curriculum equal to public school. That path also calls for 180 days. Families may instead operate as a private school. HSLDA classifies the state as low regulation.

Legal routes

Home study; Private school

Notification

Annual (home study)

Assessment

Packet, test, or portfolio (home study)

HSLDA → (opens in a new tab)Coalition for Responsible Home Education → (opens in a new tab)State education department → (opens in a new tab)

Charlotte Mason schools in Louisiana

Last verified 2026-09-06

A one-time notice of intent goes to both the local superintendent and the Commissioner of Education. The home-instruction path requires 175 days in named subjects and a year-end assessment—state or local test, or a review by a certified teacher or homeschool association—filed by September 1. Assessments must also be kept on file.

Legal routes

Home instruction; Recognized school

Notification

One-time

Assessment

Annual, filed with the state

HSLDA → (opens in a new tab)Coalition for Responsible Home Education → (opens in a new tab)State education department → (opens in a new tab)

Charlotte Mason schools in Maine

Last verified 2026-09-06

Parents file a state form with the local superintendent at least 15 days before starting and confirm continuation each year, then keep a portfolio that the district may review up to three times a year. There is also an umbrella-school route. HSLDA maps Maryland as low regulation and lists no assessment requirement on that scale.

Legal routes

Local superintendent; Umbrella school

Notification

Annual

Assessment

Portfolio review up to three times a year

HSLDA → (opens in a new tab)Coalition for Responsible Home Education → (opens in a new tab)State education department → (opens in a new tab)

Charlotte Mason schools in Maryland

Last verified 2026-09-06

Statute exempts a child otherwise instructed in a manner approved in advance by the superintendent or school committee, so districts set the file. Approval may require an outline of the program and some form of testing or portfolio; districts may not demand a college degree or teaching certificate. Requirements vary widely by town.

Legal routes

District-approved instruction

Notification

Prior district approval

Assessment

Set by the district

HSLDA → (opens in a new tab)Coalition for Responsible Home Education → (opens in a new tab)State education department → (opens in a new tab)

Charlotte Mason schools in Massachusetts

Last verified 2026-09-06

The homeschool statute requires an organized program in named subjects and does not require notice, credentials, hours, records, or tests. Operating as a private school instead can open more services and adds annual notice and, unless there is a religious objection, a bachelor’s degree or teaching certificate.

Legal routes

Homeschool statute; Private school

Notification

None (statute path)

Assessment

None

HSLDA → (opens in a new tab)Coalition for Responsible Home Education → (opens in a new tab)State education department → (opens in a new tab)

Charlotte Mason schools in Michigan

Last verified 2026-09-06

Parents file with the local superintendent by October 1 (or within 15 days of leaving public school), teach a listed set of subjects, and keep academic records. Children take an annual nationally norm-referenced test agreed with the superintendent; scores are not submitted. Instructor-qualification evidence is part of the notice.

Legal routes

Homeschool statute

Notification

Annual

Assessment

Annual test (scores retained)

HSLDA → (opens in a new tab)Coalition for Responsible Home Education → (opens in a new tab)

Charlotte Mason schools in Minnesota

Last verified 2026-09-06

A legitimate home instruction program is the statutory path. The parent files a certificate of enrollment with the local attendance officer by September 15 each year and provides 180 days of instruction. There are no credential, subject, records, or testing rules in the CRHE summary.

Legal routes

Home instruction program

Notification

Annual

Assessment

None

HSLDA → (opens in a new tab)Coalition for Responsible Home Education → (opens in a new tab)

Charlotte Mason schools in Mississippi

Last verified 2026-09-06

The homeschool statute sets hours in reading, math, social studies, language arts, and science and requires basic academic records that may be inspected only in a legal investigation. It does not require notice, parent credentials, or tests.

Legal routes

Homeschool statute

Notification

None

Assessment

None

HSLDA → (opens in a new tab)Coalition for Responsible Home Education → (opens in a new tab)

Charlotte Mason schools in Missouri

Last verified 2026-09-06

A home school is instruction by a parent of that parent’s child in the parent’s residence. Parents notify the county superintendent each year, provide the hours and subjects of the public-school basic program, and keep attendance and immunization records. There is no credential or testing mandate.

Legal routes

Homeschool statute

Notification

Annual

Assessment

None

HSLDA → (opens in a new tab)Coalition for Responsible Home Education → (opens in a new tab)

Charlotte Mason schools in Montana

Last verified 2026-09-06

Without a dedicated homeschool statute, families operate as exempt private schools. By July 15 each year they file Form A and Form B with the Commissioner of Education and provide required hours in language arts, mathematics, science, social studies, and health. There is no parent-credential, bookkeeping, or testing mandate on that exempt path.

Legal routes

Exempt private school

Notification

Annual (Forms A and B)

Assessment

None

HSLDA → (opens in a new tab)Coalition for Responsible Home Education → (opens in a new tab)State education department → (opens in a new tab)

Charlotte Mason schools in Nebraska

Last verified 2026-09-06

Parents file a one-time notice of intent on a Department of Education form with the local superintendent—within 10 days of leaving public school or 30 days of establishing residency—and teach a listed set of subjects. The statute does not set credentials, hours, records, or tests.

Legal routes

Homeschool statute

Notification

One-time

Assessment

None

HSLDA → (opens in a new tab)Coalition for Responsible Home Education → (opens in a new tab)State education department → (opens in a new tab)

Charlotte Mason schools in Nevada

Last verified 2026-09-06

A notice of intent goes once to a participating agency (commissioner, district superintendent, or private-school principal), with a new filing only when adding a child or changing agencies. Parents teach required subjects, keep a portfolio, and arrange an annual evaluation by test or written review; results are not used to terminate the program.

Legal routes

Home education statute

Notification

One-time

Assessment

Annual (retained)

HSLDA → (opens in a new tab)Coalition for Responsible Home Education → (opens in a new tab)

Charlotte Mason schools in New Hampshire

Last verified 2026-09-06

Statute exempts a child who receives equivalent instruction elsewhere than at school. There is no notice, credential, hours, records, or testing mandate. A high-school transfer form is used when leaving a public high school, for enrollment data, not as a homeschool registration.

Legal routes

Equivalent instruction elsewhere

Notification

None

Assessment

None

HSLDA → (opens in a new tab)Coalition for Responsible Home Education → (opens in a new tab)State education department → (opens in a new tab)

Charlotte Mason schools in New Jersey

Last verified 2026-09-06

Parents register a home school with the Public Education Department within 30 days and notify again by August 1 each year through the department’s online system. The parent needs a high school diploma or equivalent and must teach reading, language arts, mathematics, social studies, and science. Immunization records are kept; there is no testing mandate.

Legal routes

Homeschool statute

Notification

Annual (PED)

Assessment

None

HSLDA → (opens in a new tab)Coalition for Responsible Home Education → (opens in a new tab)

Charlotte Mason schools in New Mexico

Last verified 2026-09-06

Parents file a notice of intent with the local superintendent by July 1, then an Individualized Home Instruction Program, quarterly reports, and an annual assessment. Instruction must be the substantial equivalent of 180 days in grade-listed subjects. Assessments are a norm-referenced test or an alternative evaluation, submitted with the fourth-quarter report.

Legal routes

Home instruction (IHIP)

Notification

Annual notice and IHIP

Assessment

Annual, plus quarterly reports

HSLDA → (opens in a new tab)Coalition for Responsible Home Education → (opens in a new tab)

Charlotte Mason schools in New York

Last verified 2026-09-06

A one-time online notice of intent goes to the Division of Non-Public Education for children ages 7 through 15. The administrator needs a high school diploma or equivalent, the school runs on a regular nine-month schedule, and attendance, immunizations, and test scores stay on file. Each year students take a nationally standardized test covering English grammar, reading, spelling, and mathematics; scores are available for inspection, not submitted, and there is no minimum score.

Legal routes

Home school (DNPE)

Notification

One-time (DNPE)

Assessment

Annual standardized test (retained)

HSLDA → (opens in a new tab)Coalition for Responsible Home Education → (opens in a new tab)State education department → (opens in a new tab)

Charlotte Mason schools in North Carolina

Last verified 2026-09-06

Parents file a statement of intent with the local superintendent at least five days before starting and every year after, and teach the public-school subjects. The supervising parent needs a high school diploma or GED, or monitoring by a licensed teacher. Standardized tests in grades 4, 6, 8, and 10 are filed with the superintendent unless a stated exemption applies; low scores can trigger remediation.

Legal routes

Home education; Approved private school

Notification

Annual

Assessment

Grades 4, 6, 8, and 10

HSLDA → (opens in a new tab)Coalition for Responsible Home Education → (opens in a new tab)State education department → (opens in a new tab)

Charlotte Mason schools in North Dakota

Last verified 2026-09-06

Home-education notice is due by the first week of the local school year, or shortly after a move or withdrawal, and by August 30 each year after, naming the child and parents. Hours must match the district, and instruction covers English, language arts, mathematics, science, history, government, and social studies. There is no assessment or parent-credential filing on this path; a religious “08 school” is a separate private-school option.

Legal routes

Home education; 08 school

Notification

Annual

Assessment

None

HSLDA → (opens in a new tab)Coalition for Responsible Home Education → (opens in a new tab)State education department → (opens in a new tab)

Charlotte Mason schools in Ohio

Last verified 2026-09-06

Compulsory attendance is satisfied when other means of education are provided for the full term the district’s schools are in session. CRHE records 180 days of instruction and no notice, credentials, subjects, records, or tests.

Legal routes

Other means of education

Notification

None

Assessment

None

HSLDA → (opens in a new tab)Coalition for Responsible Home Education → (opens in a new tab)State education department → (opens in a new tab)

Charlotte Mason schools in Oklahoma

Last verified 2026-09-06

Parents register the child with the local Education Service District when the child reaches compulsory age, leaves public school, or moves—not annually. Testing is due at the end of grades 3, 5, 8, and 10, given by a neutral person from a state list; results go to the ESD only if requested. There is no credential, hours, subject, or bookkeeping mandate.

Legal routes

Homeschool statute

Notification

One-time (ESD)

Assessment

Grades 3, 5, 8, and 10

HSLDA → (opens in a new tab)Coalition for Responsible Home Education → (opens in a new tab)State education department → (opens in a new tab)

Charlotte Mason schools in Oregon

Last verified 2026-09-06

A home-education supervisor files a yearly affidavit with the local superintendent by August 1, holds a high school diploma or equivalent, and provides 180 days in grade-listed subjects. The portfolio includes work samples and, in grades 3, 5, and 8, a nationally normed test in math and reading given by someone other than the parent. An annual evaluator’s certification that an appropriate education took place is submitted to the superintendent. Private tutoring and licensed religious schools are other routes.

Legal routes

Home education program; Private tutor; Licensed religious school

Notification

Annual affidavit

Assessment

Annual evaluation; tests in grades 3, 5, and 8

HSLDA → (opens in a new tab)Coalition for Responsible Home Education → (opens in a new tab)State education department → (opens in a new tab)

Charlotte Mason schools in Pennsylvania

Last verified 2026-09-06

At-home instruction must be approved by the local school committee. Parents present the proposed program and provide thorough and efficient instruction in reading, writing, geography, arithmetic, history, and government for a term substantially equal to public school, with attendance records. The committee sets any evaluation; there is no statewide testing rule.

Legal routes

School-committee approval

Notification

Local committee approval

Assessment

Set by the district

HSLDA → (opens in a new tab)Coalition for Responsible Home Education → (opens in a new tab)State education department → (opens in a new tab)

Charlotte Mason schools in Rhode Island

Last verified 2026-09-06

Three statutory options exist. District approval (Option 1) requires a high school diploma or GED, 180 days in named subjects, records for inspection, and the same annual Basic Skills Assessment used in public schools. Two association or church-related umbrella routes are the other choices; HSLDA lists assessment only on Option 1.

Legal routes

District board approval; SCHEA association; Bona fide church umbrella

Notification

Application or umbrella enrollment

Assessment

Annual (district option)

HSLDA → (opens in a new tab)Coalition for Responsible Home Education → (opens in a new tab)State education department → (opens in a new tab)

Charlotte Mason schools in South Carolina

Last verified 2026-09-06

Parents file an alternative-instruction excuse on the Department of Education form with the department or the local district. The statute asks for instruction in the basic skills of language arts and mathematics. CRHE records no credential, days, bookkeeping, or testing requirement.

Legal routes

Alternative instruction

Notification

Excuse form

Assessment

None

HSLDA → (opens in a new tab)Coalition for Responsible Home Education → (opens in a new tab)

Charlotte Mason schools in South Dakota

Last verified 2026-09-06

Independent home schools file an annual notice of intent with the director of schools; the parent-teacher needs a high school diploma or GED, provides 180 days, and keeps attendance and vaccination records. Standardized tests after grades 5, 7, and 9 are reported to the parent, the director of schools, and the state board. Church-related umbrella schools are a separate category with different paperwork.

Legal routes

Independent home school; Church-related umbrella

Notification

Annual (independent path)

Assessment

Grades 5, 7, and 9 (independent path)

HSLDA → (opens in a new tab)Coalition for Responsible Home Education → (opens in a new tab)State education department → (opens in a new tab)

Charlotte Mason schools in Tennessee

Last verified 2026-09-06

A homeschool operates as a private or parochial school under the compulsory-attendance exemption. Instruction must include good citizenship, math, reading, spelling, and grammar. There is no notice, credential, hours, records, or testing mandate.

Legal routes

Private school

Notification

None

Assessment

None

HSLDA → (opens in a new tab)Coalition for Responsible Home Education → (opens in a new tab)State education department → (opens in a new tab)

Charlotte Mason schools in Texas

Last verified 2026-09-06

A local board shall excuse a school-age minor when the parent files a signed, notarized affidavit with the district of residence. The affidavit stays in effect until the family moves. Statute bars the board from requiring standardized or other testing of homeschool students, and CRHE records no subject, hours, or credential rules.

Legal routes

Homeschool affidavit

Notification

One-time affidavit

Assessment

None (testing prohibited)

HSLDA → (opens in a new tab)Coalition for Responsible Home Education → (opens in a new tab)State education department → (opens in a new tab)

Charlotte Mason schools in Utah

Last verified 2026-09-06

A notice of intent to enroll in a home study program goes to the Secretary at least 10 business days before starting and each year after. Parents attest to a minimum course of study and to an annual assessment by standardized test, certified-teacher review, or a parent report with a portfolio. There is no parent-credential rule and no intervention process in the CRHE summary.

Legal routes

Home study program

Notification

Annual

Assessment

Annual (retained with attestation)

HSLDA → (opens in a new tab)Coalition for Responsible Home Education → (opens in a new tab)State education department → (opens in a new tab)

Charlotte Mason schools in Vermont

Last verified 2026-09-06

The homeschool statute requires annual notice to the division superintendent by August 15, evidence of a high school diploma, GED, or ability to teach, 180 days, attendance records, and an annual test or evaluation filed by August 1. A score below the 23rd percentile, or a finding that growth is not adequate, can start remediation. A religious exemption and certified-tutor and private-school routes also exist.

Legal routes

Homeschool statute; Religious exemption; Certified tutor; Private school

Notification

Annual

Assessment

Annual test or evaluation (statute path)

HSLDA → (opens in a new tab)Coalition for Responsible Home Education → (opens in a new tab)

Charlotte Mason schools in Virginia

Last verified 2026-09-06

Parents file an annual declaration of intent by September 15, meet one of four instructor qualifications, provide 180 days in required subjects, and assess the student each year by a state-approved standardized test or a written progress review from a certificated educator. Results stay in the home. An approved private school’s extension program is the other route.

Legal routes

Home-based instruction; Private-school extension

Notification

Annual

Assessment

Annual (retained)

HSLDA → (opens in a new tab)Coalition for Responsible Home Education → (opens in a new tab)State education department → (opens in a new tab)

Charlotte Mason schools in Washington

Last verified 2026-09-06

One path asks the local board to approve the program and set credentials, subjects, and any testing. The notice path is a one-time filing with the superintendent: the instructor needs a high school diploma or equivalent, instruction covers reading, language, mathematics, science, and social studies, and assessments (test or portfolio) are submitted after grades 3, 5, 8, and 11. HSLDA lists three options and assessment on two of them.

Legal routes

Board approval; Notice of intent

Notification

One-time or board approval

Assessment

Grades 3, 5, 8, and 11 (notice path)

HSLDA → (opens in a new tab)Coalition for Responsible Home Education → (opens in a new tab)State education department → (opens in a new tab)

Charlotte Mason schools in West Virginia

Last verified 2026-09-06

A home-based private educational program is limited to one family. By October 15 each year the parent files form PI-1206 with the Department of Public Instruction, affirming 875 hours in a sequentially progressive curriculum of reading, language arts, math, social studies, science, and health. There is no credential, bookkeeping, or testing mandate.

Legal routes

Home-based private educational program

Notification

Annual (PI-1206)

Assessment

None

HSLDA → (opens in a new tab)Coalition for Responsible Home Education → (opens in a new tab)State education department → (opens in a new tab)

Charlotte Mason schools in Wisconsin

Last verified 2026-09-06

A home-based educational program is one family unit. Each year parents submit a curriculum plan to the local board of trustees showing a sequentially progressive program in required subjects; the board does not approve the plan. CRHE records no credential, days, records, or tests. HSLDA maps Wyoming as no-notice and lists notification as not required.

Legal routes

Home-based educational program; Private school

Notification

Annual curriculum plan

Assessment

None

HSLDA → (opens in a new tab)Coalition for Responsible Home Education → (opens in a new tab)State education department → (opens in a new tab)

Charlotte Mason schools in Wyoming

Last verified 2026-09-06