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

NoticeNone.
Days and hours180 days
SubjectsNot specified
AssessmentNone required.
Records to keepNone required; keep your own.
Parent qualificationNone.
Worth knowing180 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.

WhatWhenTo whomNotes
Nothing to file: keep your own records
Records · Keep in your files
By the end of the school yearKeep in your filesNo 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

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 1 years, the period Idaho asks for.

Read the law yourself

HSLDA’s Idaho summary · Statute

Not legal advicePlanning summaries in plain language, reviewed 2026-09-02. 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 If something here is out of date, tell us and we’ll fix it for every family in Idaho.