New York homeschool letters
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New York asks for a notice: July 1 each year (within 14 days if you start mid-year); the IHIP within four weeks of the district's reply or by August 15, whichever is later; quarterly reports on the dates in your IHIP., to Superintendent of schools of your school district of residence.. 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 30, 2026. Information, not legal advice: New York's statute and education department are the final word.
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To: Superintendent of schools of your school district of residence. · When: July 1 each year (within 14 days if you start mid-year); the IHIP within four weeks of the district's reply or by August 15, whichever is later; quarterly reports on the dates in your IHIP.
What New York's law asks the notice to give: Every year, send the superintendent of your school district of residence a written notice of intention to educate your child at home by July 1 (the regulation's school year runs July 1 to June 30). If you start home instruction or move into the district after the year has begun, send it within 14 days of starting. The district must reply within 10 business days with a copy of the regulation and an IHIP form; you send the completed individualized home instruction plan (IHIP) within four weeks of receiving it or by August 15, whichever is later. Put each item in the details box, one a line.
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To: Superintendent of schools of your school district of residence.
Re: Notice of intent to homeschool, New York
I am writing to give notice that I will provide home education for ________________, beginning ________________, under New York'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 York: 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 York checklist for the order of steps.