Homeschool Record Keeping in New York

Required hours

900 hrs/year

Required subjects

9 subjects

Notice

Required

Testing / evaluation

Parent's choice (testing, portfolio, or evaluation)

Recordkeeping

Recommended

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

What to keep in New York

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

New York requires a minimum of 900 hours of instruction per school year.

Portfolio and work samples

Under 8 NYCRR 100.10, families file an Individualized Home Instruction Plan at the start of the year and four quarterly reports covering hours, subjects, materials, and a grade or narrative. Keep a portfolio of work for any evaluator review under the narrative assessment option.

Assessment and evaluation records

New York requires an annual assessment with the fourth-quarter report. Options are a commercially published standardized test (composite at or above the 33rd percentile or a year of growth) or, in grades 1–3 and every other year in 4–8, a written narrative by a certified teacher, peer-review panel, or superintendent-approved evaluator who interviews the child and reviews a portfolio.

Filing documents and deadlines

New York has filing dates worth putting on your calendar: Notice of intent (July 1 (for next school year)); Individualized Home Instruction Plan (IHIP) (Within 4 weeks of filing Notice of Intent); Quarterly report 1 (November 15); Quarterly report 2 (January 31); Quarterly report 3 (April 15); Quarterly report 4 (June 30); Annual assessment (June 30). Keep a dated copy of everything you file and note when you sent it.

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 New York reports and year-end summaries you may need.

Free New York printables

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

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

What Homeschool Fox tracks for New York

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

• Hours toward your 900-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 New York guides

• New York Homeschool Requirements Hours, notice, assessment, and subjects at a glance.
• How to Start Homeschooling in New York A step-by-step guide from withdrawal to your first logged day.
• Homeschooling High School in New York Credits, GPA, transcripts, and graduation.