Home School Laws and Regulations by State

Facebook is an excellent resource for home schooling families.  Numerous groups are set up specifically for home schoolers to learn from each other, share curriculum ideas, and support each other.  One of my favorites is the Hip Homeschool Moms Community.  

One thing I've noticed, though, is that people new to home schooling or who are considering it always ask what the laws are in their State.  People who are moving from one State to another seek the laws in their new State.  Sometimes, even home schoolers who have been doing it for a while don't fully understand their own State's laws.  

I feel it's important to have access to the laws on home schooling for the States in which we each live.  We ought to be intimately familiar with them in order to be prepared for any scenario in which our right to home school may come into question.

My family is in New York State, so most of the information in my blog posts revolves around the regulations here, but I thought it might be helpful to other home schoolers, especially newbies, to have a single place to access the laws in any State they may desire.  To that end, I put together a list of links for all 50 states and Washington D.C.

This list is not intended to serve as legal advice or counsel.  It is merely a tool to assist you in learning about your State's home education laws and regulations.  If you have any questions regarding any of the laws, you should contact home school friendly legal counsel, such as the Home School Legal Defense Assocation (HSLDA).

The links for the States listed in red do not lead directly to that State's Department of Education website for one of two reasons.  Either, (1) that State does not regulate home education, or (2) no information on home education could be found by me on their website. Instead, those links lead to other, trustworthy websites with information on the home education regulations for those States.

I hope you find this useful.  Please feel free to contact me with any errors or broken links you may come across.

 

Alabama	A2Zhomeschooling.com
Alaska	Alaska Dept. of Education & Early Development
Arizona	Arizona State Legislature
Arkansas	Arkansas Dept. of Education
California	California Homeschool Network
Colorado	Colorado Dept. of Education
Connecticut	Education Association of Christian Homeschoolers
Delaware	Coalition for Responsible Home Education
Florida	Florida Dept. of Education
Georgia	Georgia Home Education Association
Hawaii	Hawaii Dept. of Education
Idaho	Idaho Coalition of Home Educators
Illinois	Illinois Board of Education
Indiana	Indiana Dept. of Education
Iowa	Homeschool Iowa
Kansas	Homeschooling in Kansas
Kentucky	Kentucky Dept. of Education
Lousiana	Louisiana Dept. of Education
Maine	Maine Dept. of Education
Maryland	Maryland Dept. of Education
Massachusetts	Massachusetts Home Learning Association
Michigan	Michigan Dept. of Education
Minnesota	Office of the Revisor of Statutes
Mississippi	U.S. Dept. of Education
Missouri	Missouri Dept. of Education
Montana	Office of Public Instruction
Nebraska	Nebraska Dept. of Education
Nevada	Nevada Homeschool Network
New Hampshire	New Hampshire Dept. of Education
New Jersey	New Jersey Dept. of Education
New Mexico	New Mexico Dept. of Education
New York	New York Dept. of Education
North Carolina	Division of Non-Public Education
North Dakota	North Dakota Legislative Branch
Ohio	Ohio Dept. of Education
Oklahoma	Oklahoma Christian Home Educators Consociation
Oregon	Oregon Dept. of Education
Pennsylvania	Pennsylvania Dept. of Education
Rhode Island	Rhode Island Guild of Home Teachers
South Carolina	South Carolina Dept. of Education
South Dakota	South Dakota Dept. of Education
Tenessee	Tenessee Dept. of Education
Texas	Texas Homeschool Coalition Association
Utah	Homeschooling in Utah
Vermont	Vermont Agency of Education
Virginia	Virginia General Assembly
Washington	Washington Dept. of Public Instruction
Washington D.C.	Homeschooling in D.C.
West Virginia	West Virginia Legislature
Wisconsin	Wisconsin Dept. of Public Instruction
Wyoming	Homeschoolers of Wyoming