State guide

Homeschooling by state

What each state actually requires, and how a K–5 curriculum maps onto it. These are planning summaries, not legal advice — your state authority is the final word.

  • Homeschooling in Florida: the notice, the portfolio and the annual evaluation
    Florida is a portfolio state. It names no subjects and counts no hours — instead it asks you to document the year as you live it and have that year evaluated once. This page states each requirement, lists the five evaluation options, and shows what printed curriculum puts in the portfolio.
  • Homeschooling in North Carolina: notice, records and the annual test
    North Carolina is a records state. You file once to open the school, wait for written acknowledgment, then keep attendance, immunization and test records at home. This page states each requirement and maps Faith Schooling against the four subjects the annual test must measure.
  • Homeschooling in Ohio: the annual notification and the six named subjects
    Ohio home education now runs on a single notification. This page states exactly what the notice must contain and when it is due, lists the six subject areas the statute names, and maps Faith Schooling against them — including the four it does not publish.
  • Homeschooling in Texas: what the law actually requires
    Texas asks nothing of you on paper — no notice, no registration, no testing. What it does require is a real curriculum, in visual form, covering five named subjects. This page states the three conditions, explains withdrawing from a public school, and maps Faith Schooling against each subject.
  • Homeschooling in Wisconsin: the PI-1206 report and the 875-hour requirement
    Wisconsin asks two things of a homeschooling family: file one report a year by October 15, and teach 875 hours across six named subjects. This page states both with their statutes, works the hours arithmetic out, and maps Faith Schooling material against each subject — including the three it does not publish.