Terrance Kern

In Colorado the homeschool notice goes to a district you choose, any district in the state, fourteen days before the program begins. Most families never learn they had the choice.

Arkansas has two deadlines, not one. August 15 for the school year, and five school days before a mid-year withdrawal. The second one catches families. It can also be waived.

Mississippi has no withdrawal step. What the law asks for is a certificate of enrollment, filed with your county school attendance officer by September 15. Here is who to hand it to.

Virginia's August 15 notice deadline is the famous one and the wrong one if you are leaving mid-year. Here is the clause that covers you, the letter, and the records list.

Michigan gives you two separate exemptions, and they carry different obligations. Here is the difference, the nine required subjects, the letter, and the records to request.

In Kentucky the duty to notify the board belongs to the school, not the parent, until the school declines. Here is the question to ask, the letter, and the records list.

Arizona's affidavit goes to the county superintendent, not your school, and there is a second notice nobody mentions. The letter, the records list, the deadlines.

New Jersey asks for almost nothing, and one narrow thing it does. Here is the letter, the high school transfer form, the records to request, and what happens to credits.

New York home instruction does not end in a diploma. Here is the notice letter, the records to request, the IHIP clock, and what happens to earned credits.

In California, withdrawing and being exempt from compulsory education are two separate moments. The district cannot make you file the affidavit first.