Arkansas homeschool letters

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Arkansas asks for a notice: August 15 each year (accepted from June 1). Filed later for a child in school: a five-school-day wait., to Superintendent of your resident school district (online or on paper).. Below are that notice, the letter to the school your child is leaving, and the letters for when homeschooling ends or you move.

Checked October 27, 2026. Information, not legal advice: Arkansas's statute and education department are the final word.

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Which letter? Notice of intent to homeschool Letter to the school your child is leaving Letter when homeschooling ends Change of address

To: Superintendent of your resident school district (online or on paper). · When: August 15 each year (accepted from June 1). Filed later for a child in school: a five-school-day wait. · Arkansas has its own form: Notice of Intent (online or paper). Send that; this letter can go with it as a cover note.

What Arkansas's law asks the notice to give: File a Notice of Intent to Home School every year with the superintendent of your resident school district, by August 15 (forms are accepted starting June 1), online through the Department of Education or on paper to the district. One form covers the family. If you file after August 15 for a child now in public school, a five-school-day waiting period applies before the child is released, which the superintendent or school board may waive. The form is confidential. Put each item in the details box, one a line.

Your name Date Starting

Your address (it prints under your name) Children's names, one a line (they print on the letter only) Details the law asks for, one a line

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To: Superintendent of your resident school district (online or on paper).

Re: Notice of intent to homeschool, Arkansas

I am writing to give notice that I will provide home education for ________________, beginning ________________, under Arkansas's homeschool law.

________________

Please confirm that you have received this notice. Thank you.

Sincerely,

Signed ______________________________

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Before you send it

Read what to file in Arkansas: the To and By lines there are the ones these letters use, each linked to the law.
Keep a copy, and send it a way you can prove: by hand with a dated receipt, by certified mail, or by email if the office accepts it.
Taking a child out of school mid-year? See the Arkansas checklist for the order of steps.