Tagged: state requirements

In about a dozen states, your homeschool student can show up at the local public school for science lab, PE, or foreign language and go home for everything else. Most families don't know it's an option. Here's which states allow it and how to do it.

NC families operate a nonpublic school under state law, which means the DNPE, a one-time notice of intent, and a required standardized test every year. Here's what to file, when, and what stays home.

Georgia's Promise Scholarship is real, but most homeschooling families cannot use it. Here is what Georgia's home study law actually requires, how the scholarship's eligibility rules work, and how to set up a compliant homeschool without chasing money that was not designed for you.

HB33 eliminated Ohio's 900-hour requirement, the annual assessment, and the teacher qualification rules. Here is what Ohio actually requires in 2026, why so much published advice is still wrong, and what happened to ACE funding.

Which states actually review, what triggers extra scrutiny, the records that satisfy evaluators, and how to respond to an audit letter without panicking.

Iowa's HF 2754, signed May 2026, deleted the four-student cap and the payment ban from independent private instruction, and made parent-issued diplomas legally binding. Here is what changed, what stayed the same, and what families starting this fall need to do.

If your family does co-ops, field trips, and hands-on learning but your hour log only shows workbook time, you are underreporting. Here is how to log real-world learning accurately so your records reflect what you actually do.

California is one of the lowest-regulation states in the country for homeschoolers, once you know which of the four legal pathways to use. The PSA process, what you have to keep, and what you can ignore.

Homeschool portfolio reviews vs standardized tests is the choice families face in roughly five states (Pennsylvania, New York, Massachusetts, Vermont, and parts of Florida) that allow homeschoolers to pick either path for annual assessment.

About a third of states require homeschoolers to test annually. The accepted tests vary: Stanford, ITBS, IOWA, CAT, MAP. Here's the state-by-state map and how each test compares.

How many hours should you actually homeschool? Far less than parents typically assume — most kids learn more in 2–4 focused hours than in a 7-hour public-school day. Here's what's typical by age, what your state requires, and how to log hours so the records are there when you need them.