Alabama vs Georgia: Homeschool Laws Compared

Georgia is the more regulated of the two: it requires notice and a periodic assessment, while Alabama requires notice but no testing or evaluation. They differ on 5 of the 9 rules compared: notice of intent, hours or days per year, required subjects, testing or evaluation, and compulsory school ages.

Rules compared

9

Differences

5

Same in both

4

The rules, side by side

Rows where the two states differ are marked. Tap a state name for its full guide, deadlines, and sources.

Figures are the same verified compliance data shown on each state's page. Requirements change; confirm with your state before you rely on one.

Moving from Alabama to Georgia

Once you are a Georgia resident you homeschool under Georgia's rules. These are the ones that change.

1. Notice still applies, but it goes to the state education department in Georgia rather than the local school district.
2. Start logging from your first day: Georgia counts 810 hours over 180 days a year, and Alabama set no minimum.
3. Georgia names 5 required subjects (reading, language arts, math, social studies, science). Tag activities to them so a gap shows before the year ends.
4. Georgia requires standardized testing, at specified grade levels. Alabama had no assessment rule, so plan for it in your first year.
5. Compulsory school ages are 6-16 in Georgia against 6-17 in Alabama, so check whether your youngest or oldest is now inside or outside the rule.

Moving from Georgia to Alabama

Once you are a Alabama resident you homeschool under Alabama's rules. These are the ones that change.

1. Notice still applies, but it goes to the local school district in Alabama rather than the state education department.
2. Alabama sets no hour or day minimum. Keep the log anyway; it is what you show if anyone asks, and what you build a transcript from.
3. Alabama names no required subjects. Georgia's list is still a sensible course plan; it stops being a legal one.
4. Alabama requires no testing or evaluation. Keep Georgia's past results with your records; colleges may still ask for them.
5. Compulsory school ages are 6-17 in Alabama against 6-16 in Georgia, so check whether your youngest or oldest is now inside or outside the rule.

What stays the same

Alabama and Georgia match on the portfolio, progress reports, ESA funding, and public school sports access. Your habits on those carry over unchanged.

Do your records transfer?

Neither Alabama nor Georgia takes homeschool records from another state, and there is no transfer process between them. You keep your own: the hours or attendance log, work samples, and any grades or transcripts. Those are what the new state, and later a college, may ask to see. Homeschool Fox keeps them in one account that moves with your family.

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