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Wyoming homeschool law

Notice, days or hours, subjects, testing and records, in plain words, with the source for each.

This is general information, not legal advice; check your state's own page. Laws change, and Wyoming's own statute and education department are the final word. The links below go straight to them.

Checked on against the sources linked on this page.

What to file in Wyoming

File
Optional. Since July 1, 2025 a home-based program no longer has to send its curriculum to the local school district (House Bill 46). §
To
No one required. §
By
No date. §
Keep
We did not find a record-keeping rule for home-based programs in the Wyoming statute or on the Department of Education's homeschooling page. §
Test
We did not find any testing or evaluation requirement for home-based programs in the Wyoming statute or on the Department of Education's homeschooling page. §
Leaving a school mid-year
  • If you have not told the district you are enrolling your child in a home-based program: To take a child under 18 out of a district school, you meet in person with a school counselor or administrator and give written consent to the withdrawal.

To take a child under 18 out of a district school without having notified the district of a home-based program or other enrollment, the parent meets in person with a school counselor or administrator and gives written consent to the withdrawal. The consent includes a separate provision on releasing the student's name and address to the Wyoming national guard youth challenge program for recruitment.

Open your attendance recordStart the Tap Clock, if you want to

Checked (quoted from the record below). § = source: Wyoming Department of Education: Homeschooling. Information, not legal advice.

Quick answers

Notice
Notice is optionalSince July 1, 2025 a home-based program no longer has to send its curriculum to the local school district (House Bill 46). The statute names no yearly notice to file. If you take a child under 18 out of a school district without having told the district that you are enrolling the child in a home-based program, you must meet in person with a school counselor or administrator and give written consent to the withdrawal. Checked October 27, 2026. Source: Wyoming Department of Education: Homeschooling
Days or hours
No number givenThe statute gives no number of days or hours for a home-based program. Its attendance sentence says children attend a public or private school during the entire time public schools are in session, and its definition of private school includes home-based educational programs. The Department of Education's summary of the law does not give a schedule. Checked October 27, 2026. Source: Wyoming Statutes Title 21, Education (Wyoming Legislature)
Subjects
A home-based program must provide a sequentially progressive curriculum of fundamental instruction in reading, writing, mathematics, civics, history, literature and science. It does not have to include any concept in conflict with its religious doctrines. The person running the program is responsible for making sure the curriculum is administered. Checked October 27, 2026. Source: Wyoming Department of Education: Homeschooling
Testing or evaluation
No testing requiredWe did not find any testing or evaluation requirement for home-based programs in the Wyoming statute or on the Department of Education's homeschooling page. The law puts the duty on the person running the program to make sure the required curriculum is administered. Checked October 27, 2026. Source: Wyoming Department of Education: Homeschooling
Records
We did not find a record-keeping rule for home-based programs in the Wyoming statute or on the Department of Education's homeschooling page. Since July 1, 2025 the curriculum no longer goes to the school district. Checked October 27, 2026. Source: Wyoming Department of Education: Homeschooling
Who must attend school
Children whose seventh birthday falls on or before August 1 (or September 15 if the child started kindergarten early under an approved request) and who have not reached their sixteenth birthday or finished the tenth grade must be enrolled in a public school, private school or home-based educational program (W.S. 21-4-102). Source: Wyoming Statutes Title 21, Education (Wyoming Legislature)
Education savings accounts and vouchers
A program exists, and taking the money changes your homeschool statusThe ESA program gives eligible students $7,000 a year and can pay for curriculum and tutoring, among other expenses. Students must live in Wyoming and not be enrolled in a public school. The statute says an ESA student taught in a non-school setting is not treated as a student of a home-based educational program, and the family signs an agreement with the state superintendent. The Department of Education says the Wyoming Supreme Court lifted an injunction, but the case on the program's constitutionality is still being litigated. Wyoming Education Savings Account (Steamboat Legacy Scholarship Act). What taking the money changes, in full. Source: Wyoming Department of Education: Education Savings Account, Wyoming Statutes Title 21, Education (Wyoming Legislature)

What to do first

  1. Read Wyoming's own pages, linked under each row below, so you know what applies to your situation.
  2. Notice: it is optional. Read the notice row below before you decide.
  3. If your child is in school now: To take a child under 18 out of a district school without having notified the district of a home-based program or other enrollment, the parent meets in person with a school counselor or administrator and gives written consent to the withdrawal. The consent includes a separate provision on releasing the student's name and address to the Wyoming national guard youth challenge program for recruitment.
  4. Plan the year around the days or hours and the subjects below.
  5. Start your records on day one: a simple attendance log, a list of books read and a work sample or two for each subject.

Other legal routes in Wyoming

  • Private school. The attendance law lets a child attend a private school instead. The law defines a private school as any nonpublic elementary or secondary school that provides a basic academic educational program, and says it may include parochial, church or religious schools and home-based programs (W.S. 21-4-101).

Records to keep

We did not find a record-keeping rule for home-based programs in the Wyoming statute or on the Department of Education's homeschooling page. Since July 1, 2025 the curriculum no longer goes to the school district. Whatever the law asks, many families also keep a simple attendance log, a list of books read and a few work samples for each subject; they cost nothing and help if you move or return to school.

Good to know

  • Who may teach: a home-based educational program is instruction given to a child by the child's parent or legal guardian or by a person the parent or legal guardian designates. We did not find a teacher-qualification rule in the statute.
  • A 2026 bill (House Bill 149) that would have barred people convicted of certain offenses from running a home-based program was marked 'Did not Consider for Introduction' on 2026-02-13 on the Legislature's bill list, so it did not pass.
  • A child in the Wyoming ESA program who gives notice of participation to the school district is treated as meeting the compulsory attendance requirement (W.S. 21-4-102(d)). See the ESA entry.

Where this comes from

Checked on October 27, 2026. This is general information, not legal advice; check your state's own page, and confirm with your school district or the department before you rely on a date. Something out of date? Tell us and we will fix it.