Virginia homeschool letters

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Virginia asks for a notice: August 15 each year; if you move in or start mid-year, as soon as practicable., to Your division superintendent.. 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: Virginia'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: Your division superintendent. · When: August 15 each year; if you move in or start mid-year, as soon as practicable. · Virginia's own notice, with the lines its law lists: the letter of intent maker.

What Virginia's law asks the notice to give: Each year, notify the division superintendent in August of your intention to provide home instruction, no later than August 15. Include a list of the subjects to be studied in the coming year and evidence that you meet one of the four ways to qualify (high school diploma, teacher qualifications, a program of study or curriculum, or evidence you can provide an adequate education). If you move into a division or start after the school year has begun, notify the superintendent as soon as practicable and comply within 30 days of that notice. 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: Your division superintendent.

Re: Notice of intent to homeschool, Virginia

I am writing to give notice that I will provide home education for ________________, beginning ________________, under Virginia's homeschool law.

________________

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 Virginia: 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 Virginia checklist for the order of steps.