Homeschool Record Keeping in Rhode Island

Required hours

About 990 hrs/year

School days

180 days/year

Required subjects

9 subjects

Notice

Approval required first

Testing / evaluation

Not required

Recordkeeping

Required

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

What to keep in Rhode Island

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

Rhode Island requires at least 5.5 hours of instruction per day over 180 school days, which works out to roughly 990 hours per year.

Portfolio and work samples

Rhode Island requires no portfolio, but § 16-19-2(2) does require attendance registers, kept the same as the public schools' and returned to the school committee, the superintendent, truant officers, and RIDE. Work samples are worth keeping for your committee's own review.

Filing documents and deadlines

Rhode Island has filing dates worth putting on your calendar: Education plan (Before starting homeschooling (school committee approval required)). 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 Rhode Island reports and year-end summaries you may need.

What this looks like in Homeschool Fox

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

Free Rhode Island printables

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

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

What Homeschool Fox tracks for Rhode Island

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

• Hours toward your 990-hour goal
• Required subjects
• Days attended
• The records Rhode Island asks you to keep
• Daily activity logs
• Printable PDF reports
• Progress tracking
• High school transcripts

More Rhode Island guides

• Rhode Island Homeschool Requirements Hours, notice, assessment, and subjects at a glance.
• How to Start Homeschooling in Rhode Island A step-by-step guide from withdrawal to your first logged day.
• Homeschooling High School in Rhode Island Credits, GPA, transcripts, and graduation.
• How to Withdraw From School in Rhode Island The steps, the letter, and timing to avoid truancy issues.
• Moving to Rhode Island What to file when you arrive and whether your records transfer.
• Public School Sports in Rhode Island Whether homeschoolers can play, what it takes, and who to ask.
• Homeschool Hours Required in Rhode Island The number, what counts toward it, and the pace to hit it.
• Required Subjects in Rhode Island The list, how much time each needs, and proving you taught them.
• Rhode Island Letter of Intent Who to file with, when it's due, and a free generator.