Homeschool requirements · Idaho
Homeschooling in Idaho
No filings · Nothing to send; keep records for yourself and for college.
No notice, testing, or reporting: parents provide instruction comparable to public schools in the subjects commonly taught.
What Idaho asks
| Notice | None. |
|---|---|
| Days and hours | Idaho sets no number. HomeSchool Scribe plans against 180 days unless you change it. |
| Subjects | Not specified |
| Assessment | None required. |
| Records to keep | None required; keep your own. |
| Parent qualification | None. |
| Worth knowing | 180 days is a planning default only. |
Deadlines
These are the dates the app tracks for Idaho. Districts vary; the app lets you edit any of them.
| What | When | To whom | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nothing to file: keep your own records Records · Keep in your files | By the end of the school year | Keep in your files | No notice or assessment is required. An attendance record and course of study cover most questions if anyone ever asks. |
What HomeSchool Scribe does in Idaho
- Nothing to file: keep your own records: Prepares the attendance and hours report and the course of study; reminds you 14 days before; keeps it in records.
Attendance and hours fill in from the lessons you check off, so the documents above come from records you already have.
Read the law yourself
Idaho Department of Education · HSLDA’s Idaho summary
Not legal advicePlanning summaries in plain language, reviewed 2026-09-07. Deadlines and recipients vary by district; confirm with Idaho’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 If something here is out of date, tell us and we’ll fix it for every family in Idaho.