Homeschool requirements · Georgia
Homeschooling in Georgia
Moderate paperwork · A notice and a yearly assessment or records check.
Submit a Declaration of Intent to the state each year, teach 180 days of at least 4.5 hours, write an annual progress report, and test every three years starting in grade 3.
What Georgia asks
| Notice | Annual Declaration of Intent submitted online to the Georgia Department of Education within 30 days of starting and by September 1 each year. |
|---|---|
| Days and hours | 180 days, 810 hours a year, 4.5 hours a day |
| Subjects | Reading, Language Arts, Math, Social Studies, Science |
| Assessment | Nationally standardized test at least every three years beginning at the end of grade 3 (results kept, not submitted). Annual written progress assessment kept for three years. |
| Records to keep | Attendance records and annual progress reports, retained for three years. |
| Parent qualification | High school diploma or GED. |
| Worth knowing | Monthly attendance forms are no longer submitted to the state; keep them in your own files. |
Deadlines
These are the dates the app tracks for Georgia. Districts vary; the app lets you edit any of them.
| What | When | To whom | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Declaration of Intent Notice · File online | By September 1 each year | Georgia Department of Education | Also due within 30 days of starting mid-year. The portal issues a long confirmation code; save it here. |
| Annual progress assessment Report · Keep in your files | By the end of the school year | Keep in your files (3 years) | Written assessment of progress in each required subject. Not submitted; keep three years. |
| Standardized test (every 3 years from grade 3) Assessment · Keep in your files | By the end of the school year (grades 3, 6, 9, 12) | Keep in your files | Nationally standardized test at least every three years beginning at the end of grade 3. |
What HomeSchool Scribe does in Georgia
- Declaration of Intent: Prepares the notice letter and the course of study; reminds you 14 days and 2 days before; opens the portal and keeps your confirmation.
- Annual progress assessment: Prepares the report card and the attendance and hours report; reminds you 14 days and 2 days before; keeps it in records.
- Standardized test (every 3 years from grade 3): Prepares the transcript; reminds you 14 days and 2 days before; keeps it in records.
Attendance, hours, and grades fill in from the lessons you check off, so the documents above come from records you already have. Records are kept for 3 years, the period Georgia asks for.
Read the law yourself
HSLDA’s Georgia summary · Declaration of Intent portal
Not legal advicePlanning summaries in plain language, reviewed 2026-09-02. Deadlines and recipients vary by district; confirm with Georgia’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 Georgia.