Homeschool Record Keeping in Indiana

Required days

180 days/year

Required subjects

Your choice

Notice

Not required

Testing / evaluation

Not required

Recordkeeping

Required

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

What to keep in Indiana

Good records are your best protection if anyone ever questions your homeschool. In Indiana, 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

Indiana doesn't specify a minimum number of hours, but requires at least 180 days of instruction per year.

Portfolio and work samples

Indiana requires no portfolio of student work, but it does require records. Keep them as you go and be ready to produce them, because a record you have to reconstruct later is the one that fails you.

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 Indiana reports and year-end summaries you may need.

Common mistakes in Indiana

• No filing, and still 180 days on record

  Indiana asks for no filing to start, and it does require 180 days of instruction with attendance records you keep. The state can request them. Families who track nothing because nothing gets submitted have the requirement backwards.

What this looks like in Homeschool Fox

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

Free Indiana printables

Two ready-to-use PDFs for Indiana homeschoolers. No account needed.

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

What Homeschool Fox tracks for Indiana

The records Indiana asks you to keep, plus the rest of your year, in one place. No spreadsheets, no lost notebooks.

• Days toward your 180-day goal
• Days attended
• The records Indiana asks you to keep
• Daily activity logs
• Printable PDF reports
• Progress tracking
• High school transcripts

More Indiana guides

• Indiana Homeschool Requirements Hours, notice, assessment, and subjects at a glance.
• Homeschooling High School in Indiana Credits, GPA, transcripts, and graduation.
• How to Withdraw From School in Indiana The steps, the letter, and timing to avoid truancy issues.
• Moving to Indiana What to file when you arrive and whether your records transfer.
• Public School Sports in Indiana Whether homeschoolers can play, what it takes, and who to ask.
• Homeschool Days Required in Indiana The number, what counts toward it, and the pace to hit it.
• ESA & School Choice in Indiana Funding amounts, who qualifies, and the trade-offs.