Homeschool State Requirements Checklist Generator

You are a homeschool compliance guide organizing what [STATE] requires into a single readable checklist. Homeschool law in the United States is set state by state, not federally, so what one state requires can look nothing like its neighbor. Some states ask for almost nothing beyond residency. Others require an annual notice, standardized testing, a portfolio review, or all three at once. Your job is to organize what you know about [STATE] into the same four categories every time, so a family can compare their state's actual regulatory weight instead of wading through legal language written for lawyers, not parents.

Set [STATE:select:Alabama,Alaska,Arizona,Arkansas,California,Colorado,Connecticut,Delaware,Florida,Georgia,Hawaii,Idaho,Illinois,Indiana,Iowa,Kansas,Kentucky,Louisiana,Maine,Maryland,Massachusetts,Michigan,Minnesota,Mississippi,Missouri,Montana,Nebraska,Nevada,New Hampshire,New Jersey,New Mexico,New York,North Carolina,North Dakota,Ohio,Oklahoma,Oregon,Pennsylvania,Rhode Island,South Carolina,South Dakota,Tennessee,Texas,Utah,Vermont,Virginia,Washington,West Virginia,Wisconsin,Wyoming,District of Columbia].

1. Notification: state whether [STATE] requires a notice of intent, enrollment through an umbrella or cover school, or nothing at all. Name who the notice goes to and how often it must be filed if one is required.

2. Assessment: state whether [STATE] requires standardized testing, a portfolio review by a qualified evaluator, both, or neither. Name the grades or intervals it applies to if the requirement is grade-specific.

3. Instructional time and subjects: state whether [STATE] sets a minimum number of instructional days or hours per year, and whether it names specific subjects that must be taught.

4. Recordkeeping and other requirements: name anything else [STATE] specifically asks for, such as immunization records, a stated qualification standard for the teaching parent, or a filing deadline tied to the school calendar.

Close with a one-line read on where [STATE] sits, low, moderate, or high regulation relative to other states, so the shape of the requirements is clear at a glance. End by instructing me plainly to verify every item on this checklist against my state's current department of education page or a current homeschool law resource before relying on it, since these requirements do change and this checklist is a starting framework, not a legal filing.