Homeschool Record Keeping in Georgia

Required hours

810 hrs/year

School days

180 days/year

Required subjects

5 subjects

Notice

Required

Testing / evaluation

Standardized testing

Portfolio

Required

Jump to the full Georgia requirements for plain-English detail on each of these.

What to keep in Georgia

Good records are your best protection if anyone ever questions your homeschool. In Georgia, keep an organized set: a running log of what you teach and when, samples of your child's work, and any assessment or filing documents the state asks for. Depending on the rules you'll keep some at home and file others, so keep everything organized and dated.

Attendance and hours

Georgia requires at least 4.5 hours of instruction per day over 180 school days, which works out to roughly 810 hours per year.

Portfolio and work samples

Georgia asks you to write an annual progress assessment report for each child, covering every required subject, and to keep those reports for at least three years (O.C.G.A. 20-2-690(c)(8)). Test records are kept the same way. Nothing is submitted: the statute gives no official the power to call for either, and the Department of Education says it only collects the Declaration of Intent.

Assessment and evaluation records

Georgia requires a nationally standardized test at least once every three years, starting at the end of third grade. You may give it yourself, in consultation with a person trained in administering and interpreting norm-referenced tests (O.C.G.A. 20-2-690(c)(7)). Scores stay with the family and are not submitted to the state. Since July 2025, a school system that offers the PSAT, SAT, PreACT, ACT, ASVAB or an AP exam to its own students must make it available to home study students in grades 6 to 12 who live in the system (O.C.G.A. 20-2-324.8).

How to organize your records

Keep one folder per child per school year: a running activity log, a stack of work samples, any test or evaluation results, and copies of anything you filed. Homeschool Fox does this automatically, logging hours by subject from your phone, tagging core versus non-core, and generating the Georgia reports and year-end summaries you may need.

Common mistakes in Georgia

• Forgetting the every-third-year test

  Georgia requires a nationally standardized test at the end of grade 3 and every three years after, so grades 6, 9, and 11. Results are kept in your records and are never submitted, and you may administer the test yourself in consultation with someone trained to interpret it. Since 2025 your local school system also has to let a home study student sit the college-entrance and AP exams it offers its own students.

What this looks like in Homeschool Fox

Every activity you log rolls into a compliance view for Georgia, so the records exist before anyone asks for them.

Free Georgia printables

Three ready-to-use PDFs for Georgia homeschoolers. No account needed.

Templates, not legal advice. Confirm the current rule with your state or district.

What Homeschool Fox tracks for Georgia

Everything Georgia expects you to keep, in one place — no spreadsheets, no lost notebooks.

• Hours toward your 810-hour goal
• Required subjects & core hours
• Daily activity logs
• Attendance records
• Notes & portfolio records
• Printable PDF reports
• High school transcripts
• State-specific progress tracking

More Georgia guides

• Georgia Homeschool Requirements Hours, notice, assessment, and subjects at a glance.
• How to Start Homeschooling in Georgia A step-by-step guide from withdrawal to your first logged day.
• Homeschooling High School in Georgia Credits, GPA, transcripts, and graduation.
• How to Withdraw From School in Georgia The steps, the letter, and timing to avoid truancy issues.
• Moving to Georgia What to file when you arrive and whether your records transfer.
• Public School Sports in Georgia Whether homeschoolers can play, what it takes, and who to ask.
• Homeschool Hours Required in Georgia The number, what counts toward it, and the pace to hit it.
• Required Subjects in Georgia The list, how much time each needs, and proving you taught them.
• Georgia Letter of Intent Who to file with, when it's due, and a free generator.
• Georgia Homeschool Portfolio What belongs in it, who can ask to see it, and a printable checklist.
• Homeschool Testing in Georgia What the state asks for, when, and low-score rules.
• ESA & School Choice in Georgia Funding amounts, who qualifies, and the trade-offs.