Terrance Kern

Minnesota tests every year, and the district does not get to pick the test. The exam, its administration and its location are agreed between you and the superintendent.

Maryland is the state that lets you choose your reviewer: the school system's portfolio visits, three a year at most, or an umbrella program you pick. The form records the choice.

Massachusetts runs the steps in the opposite order: the home education plan is approved before the child leaves. The withdrawal letter is the last move here, not the first.

Louisiana's home study statute changes tense: year one you certify the program WILL offer an equal curriculum; every renewal proves it HAS. Or register a nonpublic school and skip both.

Kansas has no homeschool statute. You found a nonaccredited private school instead: register its name once, no approval, no reports. The withdrawal letter should name it.

Iowa offers two lawful homeschool tracks: one with an optional report, one that files nothing at all. The only mandatory paperwork is the withdrawal itself.

Indiana asks for no registration and no notice, then commands exactly one document: an accurate daily record of attendance. Families over-file the optional form and skip the required one.

Idaho files nothing and approves nobody. But the statute's two measures are borrowed from the public schools themselves, so the school you leave is the yardstick you keep.

Delaware families do not file a homeschool notice. They register a school with the state and answer for it twice a year, on two dates. The district is not in the transaction.

Connecticut law requires no notice, no filing and no approval to homeschool. The one document that matters is the withdrawal letter itself, and it is the one no statute mentions.