Idaho homeschool checklist for this year
Answer two questions and get the year's deadlines with their dates, the notice, testing and records, each linked to the law. Print it or tick it off here.
- Idaho law
- This year's checklist
- Withdrawing from school
- ESA money
This is general information, not legal advice; check your state's own page. Laws change, and Idaho's own statute and education department are the final word. The links below go straight to them.
Deadlines, forms and amounts checked on against the sources linked on this page.
Idaho homeschool checklist, school year
Things to do, with their deadlines
Nothing dated for your answers. Idaho Code 33-202 lets a parent have the child privately instructed by or at the direction of the parent. It names no notice, registration or approval. We found no state requirement to tell the district or the state.
All year
The compulsory attendance statute requires no records. A parent who claims the state parental choice tax credit, or whose child joins public school activities, may need a portfolio or test results (see notes and the scholarship section).
Source: Idaho Code 33-202, school attendance compulsory (legislature)
Good habits (not in the law)
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Keep a copy of everything you send, and of any acknowledgement you get back, with the date.
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Start simple records on day one: the days you teach, the books you read and a few samples of work in each subject. They help if you move, return to school or apply to college.
Where this comes from
- Idaho Code 33-202, school attendance compulsory (legislature) (the law)
- Idaho Code 33-203, dual enrollment (legislature) (the law)
- Idaho Code 63-3029N, Idaho parental choice tax credit (legislature) (the law)
- Idaho Code 33-1030, empowering parents grant definitions (legislature) (the law)
- Idaho Code 33-1031, empowering parents grant program (legislature) (the law)
- Idaho State Tax Commission: My School Choice, about the program (state agency)
- Idaho State Tax Commission: My School Choice FAQs (state agency)
- Idaho State Tax Commission: qualifying expenses (state agency)
- Idaho State Tax Commission: how to apply (state agency)
- Idaho Attorney General: Supreme Court upholds the school choice tax credit (February 5, 2026) (state agency)
Checked on October 29, 2026. This is general information, not legal advice. Laws and forms change; confirm a date with your school district or the state agency before you rely on it. For legal advice, ask a lawyer licensed in Idaho; homeschool legal-help organizations and your state's homeschool groups can also point you to help. Something out of date? Tell us and we will fix it.