Terrance Kern

Washington gives three ways to be qualified to teach your own child, and the third one is a person who can simply say yes. Two of the three need no college at all.

Utah replaced its home school affidavit with a one-time notice in May 2025. Many district forms still ask for the old one, and you do not owe what they ask.

Tennessee asks for your curriculum, your hours and your qualifications, then says in the same sentence that it is collecting them for reporting only. Nobody approves your plan.

South Carolina wrote three home education statutes and lets a family choose which one governs them. They are not equally demanding, and the difference includes a test.

Oklahoma asks for nothing at all, because the exemption is in the state constitution rather than a statute. What that changes is which mistake you have to watch for.

Oregon takes one notice for the whole of a child's schooling, then checks four times in thirteen years. That changes which date you have to remember.

New Mexico asks one substantive question, and it is about the person teaching rather than the program: a high school diploma or its equivalent.

New Hampshire repealed most of its home education requirements in July 2026 and kept one. It is the one that applies to a family leaving a public school.

Nevada asks for an educational plan and then forbids anyone to use it as a reason to say no. The district must accept your notice, hand back an acknowledgment, and ask for nothing more.

Missouri gives you two pieces of paper and reviews neither. Both are written as protection: one heads off a truancy investigation, the other is a defense in court.