Here's the honest part. Most homeschool guides online are written once and never touched again. Ours were written from each state's own law, and that still wasn't enough: when we started re-checking them, we found things to fix. A bill had passed. A court case had moved. Sometimes a detail was just wrong.
We'd rather show you that than pretend the guides were perfect. Every guide now carries the date it was last checked against the statute, right under its title. If yours hasn't been re-checked yet, it shows the date it was written instead, never a newer date than the truth.
25 corrections so far, the newest on November 4, 2026. Newest first:
- November 4, 2026 Maryland: The two 2026 bills that would have opened public school sports to homeschoolers (HB 1043, HB 1528) did not pass, Maryland has not joined the federal scholarship tax credit (26 U.S.C. 25F), and the Illinois comparison now matches 105 ILCS 5/10-20.24
- November 4, 2026 Colorado: Treasury is no longer still writing the federal scholarship tax credit rules; it published proposed rules on October 2, 2026 (REG-117199-25), which tie expenses to a school as determined under state law and do not name homeschools
- November 4, 2026 Oklahoma: Treasury published proposed rules for the federal scholarship tax credit on October 2, 2026 (REG-117199-25), which send the question of whether a homeschool is a school back to Oklahoma law (26 U.S.C. 530(b)(3)(B)) and are not final
- November 4, 2026 Kentucky: Treasury published proposed rules for the federal scholarship tax credit on October 2, 2026 (REG-117199-25), which apply the state law definition of a school (26 U.S.C. 530(b)(3)(B)) but do not name homeschools and are not final
- November 4, 2026 Illinois: Illinois has not joined the federal scholarship tax credit (26 U.S.C. 25F) and the governor has not decided, so Illinois students cannot receive those scholarships yet; the September 1 homeschool form bill (HB 2827) is still dead in 2026
- November 4, 2026 Oklahoma: The private school tax credit cap rises to 275 million dollars from fiscal year 2027 (HB 3705, 70 O.S. 28-101), the homeschool cap stays at five million, and Oklahoma joined the federal scholarship tax credit (HB 3704, 26 U.S.C. 25F), which may not reach homeschoolers
- November 4, 2026 Kentucky: Kentucky joined the federal scholarship tax credit in 2026 (HB 1, 2026 Ky. Acts ch. 4, 26 U.S.C. 25F), so the page no longer says there is no scholarship tax credit, and whether it reaches a homeschool is an open question; the fall dual credit deadline has passed
- November 3, 2026 South Carolina: The statute does not require SCAIHS families to keep a plan book or portfolio (S.C. Code 59-65-45), foster children need DSS approval (59-65-46), ESTF testing rules corrected, and the 2026 budget did not close the home-based scholarship route
- November 3, 2026 Colorado: ASCENT was repealed by SB25-315 (no new students from 2026-27), homeschool duties end at sixteen (C.R.S. 22-33-104.5(3)(e)), records requests need probable cause, the evaluation route has its own progress standard, and the filing district is your sports district of attendance
- November 3, 2026 Alabama: No statute lets a church school student leave at sixteen (Ala. Code 16-28-3 only exempts children under 16), and CHOOSE Act applications for 2027-28 open in January 2027, not December
- November 3, 2026 Washington: Skipping the declaration or assessment counts as unexcused absence (RCW 28A.200.010(2)), no state tests, a public school taking a transfer may test and place, and districts must allow part-time enrollment (28A.150.350)
- November 2, 2026 Arizona: The wait-until-eight affidavit (15-802(B)(3)), the real penalties in 15-802(E), and 1-701's credit limit
- November 2, 2026 Missouri: SB 63 (2025) repealed the optional recorder-of-deeds declaration and freed FPE schools from background checks; St. Louis attendance-age exception added
- November 2, 2026 Tennessee: Public Chapter 912 (2026) repealed the test-score penalty ladder, and the PSAT/AP access right is now quoted from the statute
- November 2, 2026 Michigan: MCL 380.1279g(11) lets homeschoolers sit the MME (SAT included) at the resident district, plus driver ed and work permits with no approval needed
- November 1, 2026 Indiana: HEA 1348 (2025) makes a homeschool diploma legally sufficient and lets the parent-administrator sign for it
- November 1, 2026 North Carolina: 115C-565.1 opens district PSAT/PreACT and AP exams to home school students, and every instructor needs the diploma
- November 1, 2026 Georgia: SB 63 opens district PSAT/SAT/ACT/AP testing to home study students, and the test needs a trained person
- November 1, 2026 Florida: Districts may not ask for more than the letter, the PEP cap's 2027 repeal, and the adjacent-district sports fallback
- October 31, 2026 California: The affidavit's background-check line, and 'unlawful' to imply state approval
- October 31, 2026 Ohio: SB 19 opens career-tech to homeschoolers, and the tax credit's real paperwork
- October 31, 2026 Pennsylvania: PDE says home education students may join dual credit agreements
- October 31, 2026 New York: The quarterly report has a fourth item, and who may give the test
- October 30, 2026 Virginia: Option three was wrong, and Palmer v. VHSL is at the Supreme Court of Virginia
- October 30, 2026 Texas: The UIL opt-out list is 729 now, and Pasadena opted out
This log lists changes to our guides, not every change to every state's law. The guides are general information, not legal advice. Each one links to the statutes it cites so you can read the source yourself. All 51 guides are here.