Homeschool requirements · Arkansas
Homeschooling in Arkansas
Light paperwork · A notice or an enrollment form, then keep your own records.
Submit a notice of intent to the local superintendent each year (by August 15, or 14 days before withdrawing a child mid-year).
What Arkansas asks
| Notice | Annual notice of intent to the local public school superintendent. |
|---|---|
| Days and hours | 180 days |
| Subjects | Not specified |
| Assessment | None required (annual testing was repealed). |
| Records to keep | No statutory record requirement; keep your own attendance and samples. |
| Parent qualification | None. |
| Worth knowing | 180 days is a planning default only. |
What HomeSchool Scribe does in Arkansas
- Marks attendance and logs hours as you check off lessons, so the day and hour counts are always current.
- Prints the attendance and hours report, report cards, a transcript with GPA, the portfolio, and the course of study whenever someone asks.
- Keeps a reading log and the curriculum list by course.
- A deadline calendar for Arkansas is planned; the app already carries the summary above.
Read the law yourself
Not legal advicePlanning summaries in plain language, reviewed 2026-09-02. Deadlines and recipients vary by district; confirm with Arkansas’s current law or a homeschool legal organization before you file anything. If something here is out of date, tell us and we’ll fix it for every family in Arkansas.