Oregon vs Washington: Homeschool Laws Compared

Oregon and Washington sit in the same tier: both require notice and a periodic assessment. They still differ on 4 of the 9 rules compared: hours or days per year, required subjects, testing or evaluation, and compulsory school ages.

Rules compared

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Differences

4

Same in both

5

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 Oregon to Washington

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

1. Start logging from your first day: Washington counts 1,000 hours over 180 days a year, and Oregon set no minimum.
2. Washington names 12 required subjects (reading, writing, spelling, language, math, science, social studies, history, health, occupational education, art, music). Tag activities to them so a gap shows before the year ends.
3. The assessment rule changes from standardized testing, at specified grade levels in Oregon to parent's choice (testing, portfolio, or evaluation), annually in Washington.
4. Compulsory school ages are 8-18 in Washington against 6-18 in Oregon, so check whether your youngest or oldest is now inside or outside the rule.

Moving from Washington to Oregon

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

1. Oregon 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.
2. Oregon names no required subjects. Washington's list is still a sensible course plan; it stops being a legal one.
3. The assessment rule changes from parent's choice (testing, portfolio, or evaluation), annually in Washington to standardized testing, at specified grade levels in Oregon.
4. Compulsory school ages are 6-18 in Oregon against 8-18 in Washington, so check whether your youngest or oldest is now inside or outside the rule.

What stays the same

Oregon and Washington match on notice of intent, the portfolio, progress reports, ESA funding, and public school sports access. Your habits on those carry over unchanged.

Do your records transfer?

Neither Oregon nor Washington 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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