HOMESCHOOLING IN EVERY STATE

Every state has different rules. Here they are, one state at a time.

Plain-English guides to what your state actually requires: the forms, the deadlines, the testing, the records, and the money you may not know exists. Written for the parent deciding, not for a lawyer.

Most of what you find when you search "homeschool requirements in my state" is either a national article that flattens fifty different laws into one paragraph, or a page describing a rule that changed three years ago. Both are worse than nothing, because a family in Pennsylvania planning around Ohio's old testing rule makes real decisions on false information.

So we wrote one guide per state, and we didn't write a state until we had read that state's own law and its own department of education's materials, cross-checked against a current legal summary. That is slower. It is the only version worth publishing when the subject is a law that governs your child.

Laws change, so we keep going back. Each guide gets re-read against the statute on a rotation, shows the date it was last checked right under its title, and every correction we've made is logged here.

All fifty states and the District of Columbia are here. Find yours below. The free placement assessment works the same in every one of them.

Have a state education account? Some states now put real money into an account your homeschool can spend. See where yours can pay for Kitchen Table School.

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50 states plus the District of Columbia, each one written from its own law.

Every tile is a live guide. Tap yours.

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What every one of these guides covers

One thing we are not

Kitchen Table School is not a registered or accredited school in any state. We do not file your paperwork, we are not your evaluator or your umbrella school, and we do not administer state assessments. You are the parent on the forms in every one of these fifty states. What we do is teach your child, at their real level, from the curriculum you choose, and write down everything that happens so you have the record when someone asks for it.

These guides are general information for families researching home education law, current as of each guide's publication, and none of it is legal advice for your situation. Every guide links to that state's own statutes and department of education materials so you can read the source yourself. State laws and scholarship programs change; verify anything you are about to rely on against the primary source, and consult an attorney about your own circumstances.

See where your child stands first, free

Whatever your state requires on paper, the question underneath it is the same everywhere: where is my child actually at? The free placement assessment answers it in one sitting. It feels like a friendly chat, never a test, and it works the same in all fifty states. No card.

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