Washington homeschool letters

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Washington asks for a notice: September 15, or within two weeks of the start of a public school quarter, trimester or semester., to Superintendent of the school district where you live.. 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: Washington'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 you live. · When: September 15, or within two weeks of the start of a public school quarter, trimester or semester. · Washington has its own form: Declaration of intent, in the format OSPI prescribes. Send that; this letter can go with it as a cover note.

What Washington's law asks the notice to give: File a signed declaration of intent every year. It gives each child's name and age and says whether a certificated person will supervise. File it by September 15 of the school year, or within two weeks of the start of any public school quarter, trimester or semester, with the superintendent of the school district where you live (or the district that accepts your transfer). OSPI has a sample format. 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 you live.

Re: Notice of intent to homeschool, Washington

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