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Connecticut law is changing

July 1, 2027

A new law changes how a child leaves public school to learn at home. It starts with the school year that begins July 1, 2027. A parent or guardian signs a withdrawal form in person at the district office. The district checks state child abuse records for every adult who lives with the child. Is an adult on the registry or under investigation? Then the child cannot be withdrawn this way. This check is only for a child leaving public school. From the school year that begins July 1, 2028, some families file a yearly form. It is called the intent to educate form. It is due by October 1, or within 14 days of moving into a new district. It may be sent online.

Nothing on this page changes until then. We check this state again before that date.

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Days or hours

The state says. The law sets no number of days or hours.It asks for equivalent instruction in the studies public schools teach.Equivalent means of equal value.The state education department suggests a log of days and hours taught.

You do. Pick your own days and hours.Log the days and hours you teach.The state suggests this log. The law does not require it.

The Lesson Planner makes this easy.

It counts the days and hours you teach, for each child. It prints the record for you.

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Legal routes

The state says. Connecticut has one route.The parent shows the child gets equivalent instruction outside public school.Equivalent means of equal value.It is measured against the studies public schools teach.Starting July 1, 2027, the law calls this parent managed learning.

You do. 1.Teach the required subjects at home.2.Keep records of what you taught.No one has to approve your homeschool first.

Compulsory ages

The state says. School age starts at 5.It lasts until the 18th birthday.A high school graduate is done sooner.A parent or guardian may keep a 5 year old home until age 6.A parent or guardian may keep a 6 year old home until age 7.To do that, the parent or guardian signs an option form in person.

You do. Want to wait to start school for a 5 or 6 year old?Go in person to the school district office.Sign the option form there.To teach at home, this form is not needed.

Do you notify anyone

The state says. Today, the law asks for no notice before you start.The state education department asks parents to tell the local district.It calls asking the district how to send notice a best practice.Guidelines from 1994 suggest a notice of intent.They say to send it within 10 days of starting.That notice is optional.A new law adds a yearly form for some families from July 1, 2028.

You do. 1.Decide if you want to send the optional notice.2.If you do, ask the district office how it wants it.3.Keep a dated copy.

Where. Step 1 of Do the steps

Proof of compliance makes this easy.

It prints one page that shows what you did, step by step, with the dates.

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Teacher qualifications

The state says. The homeschool law lists the subjects to teach.It sets no rule about who teaches them.No degree or license is needed.

You do. Teach the required subjects yourself.You don't need to get anything first.

Required subjects

The state says. The law names these subjects.Reading, writing, spelling and English grammar.Geography and arithmetic.United States history.Citizenship, with a study of town, state and federal government.

You do. Teach each of these subjects.Science is not on the list.The Academic Planner shows what colleges expect.

The Academic Planner makes this easy.

It lays out every subject, every year, for each child.

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Testing or assessment

The state says. The homeschool law names no test.The state suggests a portfolio for each child.A portfolio is a folder of the child's work.It says to put in results of any national tests.The 1994 guidelines suggest a yearly portfolio review with the district.That review is optional.

You do. You do not have to test.If you give a national test, keep the results in the portfolio.If the district asks for a review, you may say yes or no.

Standardized Testing makes this easy.

It picks the right test and keeps each child's score.

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Immunizations

The state says. The homeschool law does not mention shots.The school shot law covers a child enrolling in a school program.Shot laws also cover licensed child care and college.There, the only exemption open to a new family is medical.

You do. There is nothing about shots to file to homeschool.Keep the shot record at home.Your child may join a school, child care or college later.If so, bring the shot record.For a medical exemption, the child's clinician fills in the state form.

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The law →Connecticut's home school office →

Checked against Connecticut's own law on October 20, 2026.

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