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Kansas homeschool law

Notice, days or hours, subjects, testing and records, in plain words, with the source for each.

This is general information, not legal advice; check your state's own page. Laws change, and Kansas's own statute and education department are the final word. The links below go straight to them.

Checked on against the sources linked on this page.

What to file in Kansas

File
Register the school's name and address once, as a nonaccredited private school. No confirmation is sent; keep a copy. §
To
Kansas State Board of Education (KSDE's online form). §
By
No deadline stated. Leaving a school? Tell it, or it must report your child as truant. §
Keep
No records required; KSDE advises full records of progress for a transfer or college. §
Test
None found. §
Starting this year
  • Once, when you start: Register your homeschool's name and address with the State Board of Education on KSDE's online form. No confirmation is sent, so keep a copy.
Leaving a school mid-year
  • When your child leaves a school: Tell the school your child attended, or it must report your child as truant.

KSDE says that when a student transfers to a nonaccredited private school, the parent or guardian must notify the school previously attended. If a student simply stops coming, the school is required by law to report the student as truant.

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What Kansas's law asks you to keep, as tools: Attendance · Hours log. The same rows for every state: what to file, by state.

Checked . § = source: KSDE: Homeschooling in Kansas (Nonaccredited Private Schools); KSDE: Homeschooling in Kansas fact sheet (revised 2/12/2024); K.S.A. 72-3120, compulsory attendance (Kansas Legislature). Information, not legal advice.

Quick answers

Notice
One-time noticeKansas treats every homeschool as a nonaccredited private school. The school's name and address must be registered with the State Board of Education, once, on KSDE's online form. It costs nothing, is not an approval, and no confirmation is sent, so keep a copy. When a child leaves another school for a homeschool, the parent must tell the school the child attended or it must report the child as truant. Checked October 27, 2026. Source: KSDE: Homeschooling in Kansas (Nonaccredited Private Schools), K.S.A. 72-4346, registration of private schools (Kansas Legislature)
Days or hours
Days and hoursClasses must run for a period substantially equivalent to public school. KSDE gives the public school time as at least 186 days of not less than 6 hours per day, or 1116 hours per year for grades 1-11. Checked October 27, 2026. Source: KSDE: Homeschooling in Kansas (Nonaccredited Private Schools), K.S.A. 72-3115, school term (Kansas Legislature)
Subjects
The law does not name required subjects for a nonaccredited private school. KSDE says families choose their own books and curriculum, and that the state curricular standards are guidelines, not the curriculum. Checked October 27, 2026. Source: KSDE: Homeschooling in Kansas (Nonaccredited Private Schools)
Testing or evaluation
No testing requiredWe found no testing or evaluation requirement for a homeschool in the statute or on KSDE's homeschool pages. The law asks for a competent instructor and a school term substantially equivalent to public school. Checked October 27, 2026. Source: K.S.A. 72-3120, compulsory attendance (Kansas Legislature)
Records
We found no law requiring a homeschool to keep records. KSDE says it is in the students' best interest to keep accurate and complete records of progress, needed if the child transfers to a public or accredited school or applies to college. Checked October 27, 2026. Source: KSDE: Homeschooling in Kansas fact sheet (revised 2/12/2024)
Who must attend school
Children age 7 up to age 18 who have not earned a high school diploma or equivalent must be enrolled in and attend a public school, or a private, denominational or parochial school, every school year (K.S.A. 72-3120). A bill to lower the starting age to 6 was still on the House calendar and is not law. Source: K.S.A. 72-3120, compulsory attendance (Kansas Legislature), HB 2717 (2026), compulsory attendance age (Kansas Legislature)
Education savings accounts and vouchers
No program foundWe did not find a state-funded education savings account or voucher open to homeschool families (checked 2026-10-27). Kansas has a tax credit scholarship for low-income students, but the law defines a qualified school as one accredited by the state board or an approved accreditor, or working toward that. KSDE calls homeschools nonaccredited. Check KSDE's school-choice information for changes. Source: K.S.A. 72-4352, scholarship program definitions (Kansas Legislature)

What to do first

  1. Read Kansas's own pages, linked under each row below, so you know what applies to your situation.
  2. Notice: Register once; no deadline is stated To: Kansas State Board of Education (Kansas State Department of Education).
  3. If your child is in school now: KSDE says that when a student transfers to a nonaccredited private school, the parent or guardian must notify the school previously attended. If a student simply stops coming, the school is required by law to report the student as truant.
  4. Plan the year around the days or hours and the subjects below.
  5. Start your records on day one: a simple attendance log, a list of books read and a work sample or two for each subject.

The state's own form or page: apps.ksde.gov/naps_form/default.aspx

Records to keep

We found no law requiring a homeschool to keep records. KSDE says it is in the students' best interest to keep accurate and complete records of progress, needed if the child transfers to a public or accredited school or applies to college. Whatever the law asks, many families also keep a simple attendance log, a list of books read and a few work samples for each subject; they cost nothing and help if you move or return to school.

Good to know

  • Who may teach: KSDE says nonaccredited private schools need not employ state-licensed teachers, but courses must be taught by competent instructors.
  • Diplomas: KSDE says a homeschool issues its own high school diploma, and the State of Kansas does not recognize it as meeting any requirements. The state issues no diplomas.
  • If a child moves from a nonaccredited private school to an accredited school, KSDE says the accredited school is not required to accept the credits and may test the student to decide.
  • KSDE says the public school is under no obligation to lend books or materials to students attending other schools, and that the state supplies no curriculum or technical assistance to nonaccredited private schools.

Where this comes from

Checked on October 27, 2026. This is general information, not legal advice; check your state's own page, and confirm with your school district or the department before you rely on a date. Something out of date? Tell us and we will fix it.