Minnesota homeschool letters

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Minnesota asks for a notice: October 1 of the first year (or within 15 days of withdrawing a child 7 or older); then October 1 each year., to Superintendent of the school district where your child lives (not the state).. 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: Minnesota's statute and education department are the final word.

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Which letter? Notice of intent to homeschool Letter to the school your child is leaving Letter when homeschooling ends Change of address

To: Superintendent of the school district where your child lives (not the state). · When: October 1 of the first year (or within 15 days of withdrawing a child 7 or older); then October 1 each year. · Minnesota's own notice, with the lines its law lists: the letter of intent maker.

What Minnesota's law asks the notice to give: Tell your resident school district's superintendent: the child's name, birth date and address, the name of each instructor with proof the instructor meets the law, and the annual test you plan to use. The first report is due by October 1 of the first school year the child is taught at home after turning seven, or within 15 days of withdrawing a child from public school after age seven. After that, send a letter of intent by October 1 each school year. Do not send it to the state department. Put each item in the details box, one a line.

Your name Date Starting

Your address (it prints under your name) Children's names, one a line (they print on the letter only) Details the law asks for, one a line

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To: Superintendent of the school district where your child lives (not the state).

Re: Notice of intent to homeschool, Minnesota

I am writing to give notice that I will provide home education for ________________, beginning ________________, under Minnesota'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 Minnesota: 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 Minnesota checklist for the order of steps.