New Mexico homeschool letters
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New Mexico asks for a notice: Within 30 days of starting, then on or before August 1 each year (renewal opens June 1)., to New Mexico Public Education Department (not the district).. 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: New Mexico's statute and education department are the final word.
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To: New Mexico Public Education Department (not the district). · When: Within 30 days of starting, then on or before August 1 each year (renewal opens June 1). · New Mexico has its own form: Notification of a Home School (online or paper, Public Education Department). Send that; this letter can go with it as a cover note.
What New Mexico's law asks the notice to give: Register the home school with the Public Education Department, online or on a paper form, within 30 days of starting, then renew each year on or before August 1. The renewal period opens June 1. Registering is done for each child. The online system gives a printable proof of notification with a 5-digit registration number. For mail, the department suggests certified return receipt or another way to verify delivery. Put each item in the details box, one a line.
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To: New Mexico Public Education Department (not the district).
Re: Notice of intent to homeschool, New Mexico
I am writing to give notice that I will provide home education for ________________, beginning ________________, under New Mexico'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 New Mexico: 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 New Mexico checklist for the order of steps.