Colorado vs Wyoming: Homeschool Laws Compared

Colorado is the more regulated of the two: it requires notice and a periodic assessment, while Wyoming requires no notice to homeschool. They differ on 6 of the 9 rules compared: notice of intent, hours or days per year, required subjects, testing or evaluation, compulsory school ages, and ESA funding.

Rules compared

9

Differences

6

Same in both

3

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 Colorado to Wyoming

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

1. There is no notice to file in Wyoming. Before you leave, send Colorado's district a short withdrawal note so its attendance record closes.
2. Wyoming 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. Wyoming's required list drops speaking and constitution compared with Colorado's. Match Wyoming's wording in your records.
4. Wyoming requires no testing or evaluation. Keep Colorado's past results with your records; colleges may still ask for them.
5. Compulsory school ages are 7-16 in Wyoming against 6-17 in Colorado, so check whether your youngest or oldest is now inside or outside the rule.
6. Wyoming runs Wyoming Education Savings Account. Check whether your family qualifies; Colorado had no comparable program.

Moving from Wyoming to Colorado

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

1. File a notice of intent with the local school district once you are a Colorado resident. Wyoming did not ask for one, so this is new paperwork.
2. Start logging from your first day: Colorado counts 688 hours over 172 days a year, and Wyoming set no minimum.
3. Colorado's required list adds speaking and constitution compared with Wyoming's. Match Colorado's wording in your records.
4. Colorado requires parent's choice (testing, portfolio, or evaluation), at specified grade levels. Wyoming had no assessment rule, so plan for it in your first year.
5. Compulsory school ages are 6-17 in Colorado against 7-16 in Wyoming, so check whether your youngest or oldest is now inside or outside the rule.
6. Colorado has no ESA program. Wyoming's Wyoming Education Savings Account is for Wyoming residents, so budget without it.

What stays the same

Colorado and Wyoming match on the portfolio, progress reports, and public school sports access. Your habits on those carry over unchanged.

Do your records transfer?

Neither Colorado nor Wyoming 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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