The state says. •Teach at least 875 hours each school year.•The school year runs July 1 to June 30.•The rule counts hours, not days.•The law does not name any office to check your hours.•If someone complains, a school district may ask you to a meeting about them.

You do. 1.Plan at least 875 hours for the year.2.Keep a log of the hours you teach.•The state's education department recommends keeping records.•The law does not ask you to send them in.

The state says. •There is one way to homeschool.•The state calls it a home-based private educational program.•A parent or guardian teaches, or picks someone to teach.•It can teach only one family.•It must be privately run, mainly for private or religious schooling.•It cannot be set up just to get around school attendance rules.

You do. •Teach only your own family's children.•Each year, the form asks you to say your homeschool meets these rules.

The state says. •Ages 6 to 18.•School is required until the end of the term, quarter or semester in which a child turns 18.•If your child is 6 on or before September 1, count that child on that school year's form.•You cannot file a homeschool form for 4K or 5K.

You do. •Count each child who is 6 on or before September 1 on that year's form.•A younger child goes on the form starting the school year that child is 6 by September 1.

The state says. •Yes, every school year.•You file a form online with the state's education department.•It is called the "PI-1206 Homeschool Enrollment Report."•It is due by October 15.•It is not an application. No one approves it.

You do. 1.File it online by October 15.2.Print the copy with your confirmation number.3.Keep every year's copy. The state keeps them for only seven years.

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The state says. •None.•The law sets no schooling level for the parent.•No teaching license is needed.•A parent may teach, or pick someone else to teach.

You do. •Teach your children yourself, or choose someone to teach them.•The law does not ask you to prove your own schooling.

The state says. Teach these six subjects:•reading•language arts•math•social studies•science•health•The lessons must build step by step, from simple to harder.•The law does not make you teach anything against your religion.

You do. •Choose your own books and lessons. The state does not provide or approve them.•The Academic Planner helps you plan all six.

The state says. •No test is required.•The state's homeschool laws do not require any test or assessment. An assessment is a check of what your child has learned.•Public schools may not give the state's school tests to homeschoolers.

You do. •You may test your child on your own, if you want.•You can ask your school district about its local tests. It may charge a fee.

The state says. •The shot law does not cover a child taught only at home.•It starts when the child enrolls in any class or grade at a school.•It also covers child care centers and nursery schools.•Then you show a shot record or turn in a waiver.•A waiver is a paper that lets a child skip a shot.

You do. •Keep each child's shot record at home.•Hand it in, or a waiver, when your child joins a school class or child care.