Kansas statutes require that home schooled children begin their education no later than the age of seven. Like many states, Kansas drops the mandatory attendance requirement at the age of 16 should a student opt to drop out of school completely with parental consent. Kansas home schooled students generally graduate at the age of 18, along with their public school peers. There are no laws to track whether home schooled children are attending classes or not, but according to the Home School Legal Defense Association, Kansas law states that homeschooling students must be taught "for a period of time 'substantially equivalent' " to the local public schools.
Kansas does not enforce strict rules for subjects taught within a private homeschooling institution or home, but suggests that subjects taught be equivalent to those taught in public schools nationwide, such as mathematics, English and science. Kansas homeschooling law also states that students' days should be scheduled and planned, and generic testing procedures should be enforced periodically. The state of Kansas has no legal grounds to choose which homeschooling institutions are suitable or acceptable, so anyone and everyone is eligible to home school their children in Kansas, as long as they abide by the other laws regarding homeschooling.
The only restriction Kansas law imposes on the qualifications of home school teachers is that they must be "competent." There is no other legal basis to reject a home school teacher or to evaluate the teachers as suitable for educating from home. Any parent or guardian is recognized as legally capable of homeschooling his children.
According to the laws on homeschooling in Kansas, a home schooled student scoring a 21 or higher on the ACT test is eligible to attend any Kansas state college or university. Similar laws in other states vary and may not qualify a Kansas home schooled student for entrance. If a child or teenager is interested in going out of state for college, it's best to check ahead of time on the laws for homeschooling and transferring "non-accredited" credits to the university of her choice.