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To: ________________
I am withdrawing ________________ from your school. My child will be educated at home under the law of Kentucky.
Please send me a copy of my child's school records.
Thank you.
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Withdrawing from school to homeschool in Kentucky
How to take your child out of school to homeschool in Kentucky, step by step: what to file first, what to tell the school, and a letter to print.
- Kentucky law
- This year's checklist
- Letter of intent
- Withdrawing from school
This is general information, not legal advice; check your state's own page. Laws change, and Kentucky'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.
Step by step
- Before your child's last day, do what Kentucky asks of a new homeschool. Within the first two weeks of the school year, every year: Send your notification letter to the superintendent. Fill in the Kentucky letter of intent.Source: Kentucky Department of Education: Homeschool Information Packet (May 2026)
- Tell the school. Within two weeks of withdrawing your child: Write to the superintendent of your local board of education that you intend to homeschool.Source: Kentucky Department of Education: Homeschool Information Packet (May 2026)
- Ask for your child's records (report cards, test results, any evaluations or plans) so you know where your child stands. Good practice, not a legal step.
- If your child has an IEP or a 504 plan, ask the district before you leave what, if anything, it offers homeschooled students, and get a copy of the plan. Good practice, not a legal step.
- Keep copies of everything you send and anything you get back, with the dates. Good practice, not a legal step.
- Start your records on day one. A homeschool keeps attendance records, which can be digital or paper, and scholarship reports showing the courses completed and grades awarded. They must be open to inspection by the local district's Director of Pupil Personnel and Department officials. Work samples are not required by law.Source: Kentucky Department of Education: Homeschool Information Packet (May 2026); KRS 159.040, private and parochial schools (Kentucky General Assembly)
What Kentucky's law or education agency says about leaving school
Send the notification letter to the superintendent within two weeks of withdrawing the child from public school. The Department says each local board has its own process for enrolling a previously homeschooled child.Source: Kentucky Department of Education: Homeschool Information Packet (May 2026)
A letter to the school
Fill this in and print it. It tells the school your child is leaving to be taught at home and asks for the records. It is not the state's notice; that is the letter of intent.
Your letter
Keep a copy with the date you handed it in or mailed it.
Where this comes from
- KRS 159.010, compulsory attendance (Kentucky General Assembly) (the law)
- KRS 159.030, exemptions (Kentucky General Assembly) (the law)
- KRS 159.040, private and parochial schools (Kentucky General Assembly) (the law)
- KRS 141.506 with Legislative Research Commission note (Kentucky General Assembly) (the law)
- 2026 HB 1, federal education opportunity program (Kentucky General Assembly) (the law)
- Kentucky Department of Education: Homeschool Information Packet (May 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 Kentucky; 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.