Connecticut vs New York: Homeschool Laws Compared

New York is the more regulated of the two: it requires notice and a periodic assessment, while Connecticut 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 public school sports access.

Rules compared

9

Differences

6

Same in both

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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 Connecticut to New York

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

1. File a notice of intent with the local school district once you are a New York resident. Connecticut did not ask for one, so this is new paperwork.
2. Start logging from your first day: New York counts 900 hours (990 for grades 7-12) a year, and Connecticut set no minimum.
3. New York's required list adds math, science, english, social studies, health, music, visual arts, physical education, and library skills and drops reading, writing, spelling, english grammar, geography, arithmetic, united states history, and citizenship compared with Connecticut's. Match New York's wording in your records.
4. New York requires parent's choice (testing, portfolio, or evaluation), annually. Connecticut had no assessment rule, so plan for it in your first year.
5. Compulsory school ages are 6-16 in New York against 5-18 in Connecticut, so check whether your youngest or oldest is now inside or outside the rule.
6. Can homeschoolers play public school sports? In New York the answer is no; in Connecticut it was district decides.

Moving from New York to Connecticut

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

1. There is no notice to file in Connecticut. Before you leave, send New York's district a short withdrawal note so its attendance record closes.
2. Connecticut 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. Connecticut's required list adds reading, writing, spelling, english grammar, geography, arithmetic, united states history, and citizenship and drops math, science, english, social studies, health, music, visual arts, physical education, and library skills compared with New York's. Match Connecticut's wording in your records.
4. Connecticut requires no testing or evaluation. Keep New York's past results with your records; colleges may still ask for them.
5. Compulsory school ages are 5-18 in Connecticut against 6-16 in New York, so check whether your youngest or oldest is now inside or outside the rule.
6. Can homeschoolers play public school sports? In Connecticut the answer is district decides; in New York it was no.

What stays the same

Connecticut and New York match on the portfolio, progress reports, and ESA funding. Your habits on those carry over unchanged.

Do your records transfer?

Neither Connecticut nor New York 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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