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Fill out one state form for each child every year.It is called the Certificate of Enrollment.Give it to your school attendance officer by August 15.The state asks for no test, no set subjects and no teacher degree.Keep a copy of each form.
Your year
The state says. Public schools must meet 180 school days a year.A home school counts as a nonpublic school.For a nonpublic school, the school year is the number of days that school needs to move a child up a grade.So your home school sets its own number of days.None of the home school rules sets a number of hours.
You do. 1.Pick the school days your home school needs to move up a grade.2.A simple log of school days is a good idea.The state does not ask to see one.
The Lesson Planner makes this easy.
It counts the days and hours you teach, for each child. It prints the record for you.
The state says. There is one way: a home instruction program.That is the state's name for a home school.The law counts it as a kind of nonpublic school.It must not be set up just to get around the school attendance law.
You do. Nothing to choose.File the Certificate of Enrollment in step 1.
Where. Step 1 of Do the steps
The state says. Ages 6 to 17.A child is school age if they turn 6 on or before September 1.They stay school age until they turn 17 on or before September 1.A 5 year old in a full-day public kindergarten also counts.
You do. Check which children turn 6, but not yet 17, by September 1.File a Certificate of Enrollment for each one.
The state says. Yes, every year.You fill out the state's form, the Certificate of Enrollment.You give it to the school attendance officer where your child lives.That officer checks that children are in school.It is due on or before August 15 each year.A 2026 law moved the date up from September 15.
You do. 1.Fill out the form for each child.2.Give it to your school attendance officer, or email it to homeschool@mdek12.org.3.Keep a 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.
The state says. None of the home school rules names a degree, license or test for the teacher.
You do. Nothing to send or prove about the teacher.
The state says. None of the home school rules names subjects you must teach.The state's education department suggests its grade level standards.They help if your child goes back to public school.
You do. Choose what to teach.The Academic Planner shows what colleges expect.
The Academic Planner makes this easy.
It lays out every subject, every year, for each child.
The state says. None of the home school rules asks for a test.The state's education department suggests a portfolio for each child.A portfolio is a folder of your child's work.It suggests adding the results of any national tests.
You do. Testing is your choice.If you test, keep the result with your child's work.
Standardized Testing makes this easy.
It picks the right test and keeps each child's score.
The state says. A home school needs no shot record or exemption on file.That holds when it has 10 or fewer children.They must all be close family of the person who runs it.The law calls this the third degree.An exemption is a paper that lets a child skip a shot.
You do. Nothing to file for a home school.Keep each child's shot record at home anyway.A school or day care will ask for Form 121 or Form 122.
Read it from the state
Every fact above comes from these pages.
Checked against Mississippi's own law on October 20, 2026.
Something changed in Mississippi? . You will hear it before we do.
This is a summary of public law, not legal advice. Requirements change, so always confirm with your state before you file.