The state says. •The state's home study guide sets a number of days.•A child must be in the program at least 180 days in the school year.•The guide does not set any number of hours.

You do. 1.Plan at least 180 days of school for the year.2.Mark each day you teach.

The state says. •There are two ways.•The first is a home study program the state school board approves.•You apply, and you renew every year.•The second is a private school that does not ask for state approval.•That way does not open the state's TOPS college scholarship.•These steps walk the first way.

You do. 1.Pick home study if your child may want the TOPS college scholarship.•TOPS asks for home study in grades 11 and 12, and an ACT score.2.Apply within 15 days of the day you start.

Where. Step 1 of Do the steps

The state says. •Ages 5 to 18.•A child counts at 5 if 5 by September 30 of that school year.•A parent may put off kindergarten for a 5 year old.•The rule ends early if the child finishes high school.

You do. •Check each child 5 to 18.•Each one must be in a school or in your home study program.

The state says. •Yes. You apply to the state school board.•Its full name is the Board of Elementary and Secondary Education.•The state Department of Education takes the application for the board.•The state then tells your local school district.•You apply again every year.

You do. 1.Apply online within 15 days of starting.2.Keep the email that says it came in.3.Keep the approval letter when it comes.

Where. Step 1 of Do the steps

The state says. •A parent, legal guardian or tutor may teach.•The state's guide says no teaching license is needed.

You do. •Teach your child yourself, or pick a tutor.•You do not send proof of any degree.

The state says. •Teach a full course of study as good as the public schools.•Match it to your child's grade level.•The home study rules do not list subjects.•A separate law asks all elementary schools to teach the Declaration of Independence.•It asks all high schools to teach The Federalist Papers.•That law does not name home study.

You do. •Plan each subject for your child's grade in the Academic Planner.•You pick the books. The state does not approve or suggest any books or programs.

The state says. •Yes, at each yearly renewal.Send one kind of proof that your child is learning:•A packet: a plan for each subject, a book list and work samples.•Or test scores at or above grade level.•Test scores that grow one grade a year also work.•Or a note from a teacher licensed for that grade.•Your child does not have to take the state's school tests.

You do. 1.Pick one kind of proof early in the year.2.Gather it before your renewal date.3.Send it with the renewal.

Where. Step 3 of Do the steps

The state says. •The home study form asks about one shot, the meningococcal shot.•That shot guards against one kind of meningitis.•The form asks the year your child is 11.You check one box:•the child had it•the child skipped it for religious or personal reasons•a doctor says no•The state says you send no shot record.•The law also names age 16. The form asks only at 11.

You do. 1.Check the box that fits on the form the year your child is 11.2.Keep the shot record or the doctor's note at home.

Where. Immunizations