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Withdrawing from school to homeschool in Oregon

How to take your child out of school to homeschool in Oregon, step by step: what to file first, what to tell the school, and a letter to print.

This is general information, not legal advice; check your state's own page. Laws change, and Oregon'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

  1. Before your child's last day, do what Oregon asks of a new homeschool. Within 10 days of withdrawing your child or of the start of the school year: Notify your Education Service District (ESD) in writing, online or by mail.Source: Oregon Revised Statutes chapter 339 (Oregon Legislature); Oregon Department of Education: Home Schooling, Information for Families
  2. Tell the school. We did not find a Oregon rule on how to tell the school. A short dated letter, with a copy kept, gives you a record of the day your child left.
  3. 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.
  4. 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.
  5. Keep copies of everything you send and anything you get back, with the dates. Good practice, not a legal step.
  6. Start your records on day one. The law asks for test results only: a family keeps the score it gets from the tester and sends it to the ESD if the ESD superintendent asks for it. We did not find any other record-keeping rule in the home-education statute.Source: Oregon Revised Statutes chapter 339 (Oregon Legislature)

What Oregon's law or education agency says about leaving school

Notify your ESD within 10 days of taking your child out of school. Children can move between homeschooling and the public system without restriction, but a public high school may not count the homeschool coursework toward graduation credit.

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.

For example a copy of your notice, or the acknowledgement the state sent you.

Nothing you type here is saved or sent.

Your letter

________________

To: ________________

I am withdrawing ________________ from your school. My child will be educated at home under the law of Oregon.

Please send me a copy of my child's school records.

Thank you.

SignatureDate
Keep a copy with the date you handed it in or mailed it.

Where this comes from

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 Oregon; 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.