Education Assistance with Homeschool Curriculums in the U.S.

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Homeschool Requirements By State

If you are looking into homeschool options for your children, there are many ways to accomplish this. Every family’s needs and priorities are different, and your only restrictions on how you homeschool are your state’s homeschool laws. Each state’s homeschool laws vary greatly, and some are much more restrictive than others. For instance: some states require a minimum number of hours, and others do not. Some states require the parents to notify the school district or Department of Education where they live, and others do not.

Teachers To Go operates in all 50 states, and no matter where you live, we have teachers and clients in every location of the USA. Your only restrictions on how you homeschool are your state's Department of Education homeschool laws. Below is a brief excerpt of each state's homeschool requirements in 2023 taken from their Department of Education website. For more information and to confirm the basic information below, please check directly with your state's Department of Education. Whenever you are ready, Teachers To Go can bring you the right in-person teacher for your family regardless of where you live.

Alabama

Alaska

Arizona

Arkansas

California

Colorado

Connecticut

Delaware

Florida

Georgia

Hawaii

Idaho

Illinois

Indiana

Iowa

Kansas

Kentucky
Parents of children who are homeschooled are required to do the following:

✓ Notify the superintendent of the local school board in writing within ten days of the beginning of the school year of their intent to homeschool their child(ren) each year they homeschool. The letter must include the name, age, and residence of each child in attendance of the homeschool.

✓ Establish a bonafide school for the children to attend. When informing the district superintendent of your desire to homeschool, create a ‘school’ name. This will be used for future records and diplomas.

✓ In Kentucky, under state law, all children must be enrolled in school between the ages of six (6) and 18.

✓ Record and maintain scholarship reports of each student's progress in all subjects taught at the same intervals as the local public schools. See KRS 159.040. KDE suggests that the person responsible for instruction keep a portfolio that contains samples of the best work done by each child in several areas of study and maintain the portfolio each year the student is homeschooled. This may be of assistance in documenting the existence of the homeschool or the transfer of the child to another educational setting. A record of courses taken, and grades received is also necessary.

✓ Keep accurate attendance records of pupil attendance. The attendance records can be kept in a notebook, on a computer, or in another manner, but must be readily available in case of an inquiry. See KRS 159.040. The minimum school term is 1062 instructional hours. The term of the school shall not be for a shorter period in each year than the term of the public school in the district in which the child attending the school resides.

✓ Subjects taught should include reading, writing, spelling, grammar, history, mathematics, science, and civics. It is the parents’ right to offer other subjects, as well.

✓ It is required that all core instruction be offered in the English language.

Louisiana

Maine

Maryland

Massachusetts

Michigan

Minnesota

Mississippi

Missouri
A "home school" is a school, whether incorporated or unincorporated, that:

(a) Has as its primary purpose the provision of private or religious-based instruction;

(b) Enrolls pupils between the ages of seven years and the compulsory attendance age for the district, of which no more than four are unrelated by affinity or consanguinity in the third degree; and

(c) Does not charge or receive consideration in the form of tuition, fees, or other remuneration in a genuine and fair exchange for provision of instruction.

As evidence that a child is receiving regular instruction, the parent shall, except as otherwise provided in this subsection:

(a) Maintain the following records:

a. A plan book, diary, or other written record indicating subjects taught and activities engaged in; and
b. A portfolio of samples of the child's academic work; and
c. A record of evaluations of the child's academic progress; or
d. Other written, or credible evidence equivalent to subparagraphs a., b. and c.; and

(b) Offer at least one thousand hours of instruction, at least six hundred hours of which will be in reading, language arts, mathematics, social studies and science or academic courses that are related to the aforementioned subject areas and consonant with the pupil's age and ability. At least four hundred of the six hundred hours shall occur at the regular home school location.

(3) The requirements of subdivision (2) of this subsection shall not apply to any pupil above the age of sixteen years.

3. Nothing in this section shall require a private, parochial, parish or home school to include in its curriculum any concept, topic, or practice in conflict with the school's religious doctrines or to exclude from its curriculum any concept, topic, or practice consistent with the school's religious doctrines. Any other provision of the law to the contrary notwithstanding, all departments or agencies of the state of Missouri shall be prohibited from dictating through rule, regulation or other device any statewide curriculum for private, parochial, parish or home schools.

Montana

Nebraska

Nevada

New Hampshire

New Jersey

New Mexico

New York

North Carolina
North Carolina law defines a home school as a non public school consisting of the children of not more than two families or households, where the parents or legal guardians or members of either household determine the scope and sequence of the academic instruction, provide academic instruction, and determine additional sources of academic instruction. General Statute 115C-563(a) as amended changes the definition of a home school to allow parents to hire tutors, let their children participate in group settings where they receive instruction (co-ops, 4-H classroom instruction, etc.) and be instructed by an expert that is not a part of the household in the established homeschool.

The North Carolina Division of Non-Public Education (DNPE) is authorized by state law to receive home school notices of intent to begin initial operation and to terminate operation, and to annually inspect the school's student attendance and nationally standardized achievement test result records.

Requirements

Parents/guardians residing in North Carolina and desiring, in lieu of conventional school attendance, to home school their school-age children must:

• Hold at least a high school diploma or its equivalent.
• Send to DNPE a Notice of Intent to Operate a Home School. The notice must include the name and address of the school along with the chief administrator.
o Any school submitting its Notice of Intent without providing a school name will automatically be assigned a school name as follows: Last name of Chief Administrator + School (Example: Smith School).
• Elect to operate under either Part 1 or Part 2 of Article 39 of the North Carolina General Statutes as a religious or as a non-religious school.
• Operate (conduct instruction in) the home school on a regular schedule for at least nine calendar months of the year, excluding holidays and vacations.
• Maintain at the school disease immunization and annual attendance records for each student.
• Have a nationally standardized achievement test administered annually to each student. The test must involve the subject areas of English grammar, reading, spelling, and mathematics. Records of the test results must be retained at the home school for at least one year and made available to DNPE when requested. The first standardized test must be administered within one year of the home school start date, and then annually thereafter.
• Notify DNPE when the school is no longer in operation.

North Dakota

Ohio

Oklahoma

Oregon

Pennsylvania

Rhode Island

South Carolina

South Dakota

Tennessee

Texas

Utah

Vermont

Virginia
The Code of Virginia requires the parent providing home instruction to submit evidence to their local school division that they meet one of the following options:

• Option I: The parent holds a high school diploma or a higher credential
• Option II: The parent meets the qualifications of a teacher as prescribed by the Virginia Board of Education
• Option III: The parent provides the child with a program of study or curriculum which may be delivered through a correspondence course or distance learning program or in any other manner
• Option IV: The parent provides evidence that the parent can provide an adequate education for the child

Notice of Intent

Any parent who elects to provide home instruction in lieu of school attendance shall annually notify their local school division by August 15 of their intention to instruct the child. Parents who move into the school district or begin home instruction after the school year has begun must notify the school division as soon as practicable and comply with the provisions of the law within 30 days of such notice.

Evidence of Progress

The parent who elects to provide home instruction shall submit to their local school division, by August 1 following the school year in which the child has received home instruction, evidence of the child’s academic progress with either:

• Evidence that the child has attained a composite score in or above the fourth stanine on any nationally normed standardized achievement test; or an equivalent score on the ACT, SAT, or PSAT test; or
• An evaluation or assessment which the division superintendent determines to indicate that the child is achieving an adequate level of educational growth and progress, including but not limited to:
o An evaluation letter from a person licensed to teach in any state, or a person with a master's degree or higher in an academic discipline, having knowledge of the child's academic progress, stating that the child is achieving an adequate level of educational growth and progress; or
o A report card or transcript from a community college or college, college distance learning program, or home-education correspondence school

Washington
Each person whose child is receiving home-based instruction under RCW 28A.225.010(4) must file annually a signed declaration of intent that he or she is planning to cause his or her child to receive home-based instruction. The declaration is to be filed by September 15 of the school year or within two weeks of the beginning of any public school quarter, trimester, or semester with:

1. The superintendent of the public school district within which the parent resides, or
2. The superintendent of a nonresident public school district that accepts the transfer, in which case, the student is considered a transfer student of the nonresident district.

RCW 28A.225.010(4) defines instruction as home-based if it consists of planned and supervised instructional and related educational activities, including curriculum and instruction in the basic skills of occupational education, science, mathematics, language, social studies, history, health, reading, writing, spelling, and the development of an appreciation of art and music provided for a number of hours per grade level established for approved private schools (see question 3 below) and if such activities are provided by a qualified parent.

The statute further states that the Legislature recognizes that home-based instruction is less structured and more experiential than the instruction normally provided in a classroom setting. Therefore, the provisions relating to the nature and quantity of instructional and related educational activities shall be liberally interpreted.

RCW 28A.200.020 states that parents who are causing their children to receive home-based instruction shall be subject only to those minimum state laws and regulations that are necessary to ensure that a sufficient basic educational opportunity is provided to the children receiving such instruction. Therefore, all decisions relating to philosophy or doctrine; selection of books, teaching materials and curriculum; and methods, timing, and place in the provision or evaluation of home-based instruction shall be the responsibility of the parent except for matters specifically referred to in Chapter 28A.225 RCW.

West Virginia
Upon deciding to provide home instruction, the parent of the child receiving home instruction shall provide:

• A one-time notice of intent to home school to the county superintendent or his/her designee that includes the name, address, and age of the child or children who will receive home instruction
• Assurance the child shall receive instruction in reading, language arts, mathematics, science, and social studies.

If the child is enrolled in public school, the notice of intent shall be provided on or before the date home instruction is to begin. §18-8-1(A)

Annually, the person providing home instruction shall obtain an academic assessment of the child for the previous school year in one of the following ways:

• The child takes a nationally normed standardized achievement test published or normed within the previous ten years from the date of administration and administered under the conditions set forth by the published instructions and by a qualified person in accordance with published guidelines in the subjects of reading, language arts, mathematics, science, and social studies; §18-8-1(C)(i)
• The parent/guardian may contact their local school district to arrange for his or her child to participate in the testing program currently in use in the states’ public schools. The test shall be administered at a public school in the county of residence; §18-8-1(C)(ii)
• A portfolio of samples of the child’s work is reviewed by a certified teacher who determines whether the child’s academic progress for the year is in accordance with the child’s abilities. The teacher shall provide a written narrative about the child’s progress in the areas of reading, language arts, mathematics, science, and social studies and shall note any areas which, in their professional opinion, show need for remediation; §18-8-1(C)(iii)
• The child completes an alternative academic assessment of proficiency that is mutually agreed upon by the parent or legal guardian and the county superintendent. §18-8-1(C)(iv)

Your state's basic requirements for a homeschool or remote curriculum don't necessarily mean that an accepted curriculum is accredited so that it counts toward college or higher education. Below is a link to one set of online remote school curriculum options that are accredited. Teachers To Go can bring you an in-person teacher at your home who can teach using any remote school curriculum.