West Virginia homeschool letters

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West Virginia asks for a notice: When you start; for a child in public school, on or before the day home instruction begins., to County superintendent or county board.. 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: West 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: County superintendent or county board. · When: When you start; for a child in public school, on or before the day home instruction begins. · West Virginia's own notice, with the lines its law lists: the letter of intent maker.

What West Virginia's law asks the notice to give: When you start home instruction, give the county superintendent or county board a notice of intent with the name, address and age of each child of compulsory age and your assurance of instruction in reading, language, mathematics, science and social studies and yearly assessment. The WV Department of Education calls it a one-time notice. If your child is in public school, give it on or before the day home instruction starts. Tell the county superintendent when home instruction ends. If you move to a new county, notify the old county superintendent and send a new notice to the new one. 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: County superintendent or county board.

Re: Notice of intent to homeschool, West Virginia

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