Homeschool requirements · Texas
Homeschooling in Texas
No filings · Nothing to send; keep records for yourself and for college.
No notice or reporting; homeschools are private schools that must use a bona fide curriculum covering five basic subjects.
What Texas asks
| Notice | None. |
|---|---|
| Days and hours | Texas sets no number. HomeSchool Scribe plans against 180 days unless you change it. |
| Subjects | Reading, Spelling, Grammar, Math, Good Citizenship |
| 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 Texas. 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, testing, or filing. An attendance record and a course of study answer most questions if anyone ever asks; nothing here has a deadline. |
What HomeSchool Scribe does in Texas
- Nothing to file: keep your own records: Prepares the attendance and hours report and the course of study; 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
Texas Education Agency · HSLDA’s Texas summary
Not legal advicePlanning summaries in plain language, reviewed 2026-09-07. Deadlines and recipients vary by district; confirm with Texas’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 If something here is out of date, tell us and we’ll fix it for every family in Texas.