Homeschool laws by state
Notice, days or hours, subjects, testing and records for each state and DC, in plain words, each with the link to the law.
This is general information, not legal advice; check your state's own page. Laws change, and your state's own statute and education department are the final word. The links below go straight to them.
49 of 51 are checked and published. The rest are being read against the statute and the state education department, and we do not publish a rule until we have.
Just the paperwork? What to file, by state: one table of what to send, to whom, by when, what to keep and what testing, with a CSV.
- Alabama · checked October 27, 2026
- Alaska · checked October 27, 2026
- Arizona · checked October 27, 2026
- Arkansas · checked October 27, 2026
- California · checked October 27, 2026
- Colorado · checked October 27, 2026
- Connecticut · checked October 27, 2026
- Delaware · checked October 27, 2026
- District of Columbia · checked October 27, 2026
- Florida · checked October 27, 2026
- Georgia · checked October 27, 2026
- Hawaii · checked October 27, 2026
- Idaho · checked October 27, 2026
- Illinois · checked October 27, 2026
- Indiana · checked October 27, 2026
- Iowa · checked October 27, 2026
- Kansas · checked October 27, 2026
- Kentucky · checked October 27, 2026
- Louisiana · checked October 27, 2026
- Maine · checked October 27, 2026
- Maryland · checked October 27, 2026
- Massachusetts · checked October 27, 2026
- Michigan · checked October 27, 2026
- Minnesota · checked October 27, 2026
- Mississippi · checked October 27, 2026
- Missouri · checked October 27, 2026
- Montana · checked October 27, 2026
- Nebraska · checked October 27, 2026
- Nevada · checked October 27, 2026
- New Hampshire · checked October 27, 2026
- New Jersey · checked October 27, 2026
- New Mexico · checked October 27, 2026
- New York · being checked
- North Carolina · checked October 27, 2026
- North Dakota · checked October 27, 2026
- Ohio · checked October 27, 2026
- Oklahoma · checked October 27, 2026
- Oregon · checked October 27, 2026
- Pennsylvania · checked October 27, 2026
- Rhode Island · being checked
- South Carolina · checked October 27, 2026
- South Dakota · checked October 27, 2026
- Tennessee · checked October 27, 2026
- Texas · checked October 27, 2026
- Utah · checked October 27, 2026
- Vermont · checked October 27, 2026
- Virginia · checked October 27, 2026
- Washington · checked October 27, 2026
- West Virginia · checked October 27, 2026
- Wisconsin · checked October 27, 2026
- Wyoming · checked October 27, 2026