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Indiana

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Your district decides.

Change the law

Let homeschool kids play.

Sign to ask for a bill that lets homeschool young achievers try out at the public school for their home address, filed and heard in the 2027 session.

Every family in Indiana helps pay for its public schools: $17.0 billion in 2024.

Sign to let them play

What a yes district asks

Waiting time
The young achiever must have been homeschooled for three years in a row.

Public school classes

One public school class.

3

Grades or a test

Passing grades or credits.

4

The papers

Proof of three years homeschooled
Grades
State test results
Sports physical
Immunization record or exemption

Transcript, in the Academic Game Plan Standardized testing

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The date that matters

Before the season

Do it

Step 1: Email the principal and the athletic director of the public school for your home address.
Write my email to the principal
Step 2: Ask one question: does this district allow homeschool students on its teams? Ask for the answer, and the policy number, in writing.
Step 3: If yes, take at least one class a day at the public school and all state tests.
By: Before the season
Step 4: Hand in grades each grading period.
See my papers
Step 5: Get a sports physical. Bring the immunization record or the exemption.
Step 6: At sign up, ask about letters, senior night and team photos. Get every answer in writing.
Step 7: If the answer at step 2 is no, see the next door below.
Homeschool Groups & Co-op Finder

The traps+

Leaving a school: The young achiever must have been homeschooled for three years in a row.
The notice window: Before the season
Get every answer in writing: An email from the principal or the athletic director is your proof if the answer changes later.
Letters and senior night: Ask about letters, senior night and team photos at sign up, not at the end of the season.

Your worries, answered+

Homeschoolers can't play.: Some districts in Indiana say yes and some say no. Ask yours in writing.
We would have to enroll.: Yes, one class. Your young achiever takes one public school class each semester.
They will test my child.: No outside test. The school looks at grades in the classes your young achiever takes.
They will come after our homeschool.: The papers go to the school for the one young achiever who plays, only to show eligibility. No case was found where sports papers led to a review of a homeschool.
A co-op class disqualifies us.: A co-op or online class is still homeschooling. If anyone says it disqualifies your young achiever, ask for the written rule that says so.
The coach will cut my child.: Where the district says yes, your young achiever gets a tryout, not a promised spot, on the same terms as everyone else.

The law, word for word+

The rule

IHSAA By-Laws, Rule 12

Who runs the teams

Indiana High School Athletic Association (IHSAA)

Checked against Indiana's own rule on October 17, 2026.

This is a summary of public law, not legal advice. Requirements change, so always confirm with your state before you file.