Georgia homeschool letters
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Georgia asks for a notice: Within 30 days of starting, then by September 1 each year., to Georgia Department of Education (not the local district).. 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: Georgia's statute and education department are the final word.
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To: Georgia Department of Education (not the local district). · When: Within 30 days of starting, then by September 1 each year. · Georgia has its own form: Declaration of Intent (online, Georgia Department of Education). Send that; this letter can go with it as a cover note.
What Georgia's law asks the notice to give: File a Declaration of Intent with the Georgia Department of Education (not the local school district) within 30 days of starting a home study program, and by September 1 each year after. It lists each student's name and age, the program's address, the local school system and the 12-month period used as the school year. Submit it online, or by email, fax or mail. Put each item in the details box, one a line.
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To: Georgia Department of Education (not the local district).
Re: Notice of intent to homeschool, Georgia
I am writing to give notice that I will provide home education for ________________, beginning ________________, under Georgia's homeschool law.
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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 Georgia: 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 Georgia checklist for the order of steps.