Students between six and 16 must be registered with the county in order to be eligible for home schooling in Arizona, according to the Home Education Network of Arizona. Parents or legal guardians are responsible for registering their child by filing an Affidavit of Intent to Home School with the County School Superintendent (CSS). A child only needs to register once unless he moves to another county or return to traditional school. Parents are subject to misdemeanor charges for failing to register their child with the CSS.
According to the A to Z Home's Cool Homeschooling website, students must receive education in the following academic subjects: reading, grammar, mathematics, social studies and science. The Home Education Network of Arizona supplies a curriculum for home schooling instruction. This may be rented, borrowed or purchased, according to their website.
While students are attending home school in Arizona, they are not required to participate in state-mandated educational testing, according to the Arizona Families for Home Education website.
According to the Arizona State Legislature website, students who attend home school are eligible to attend interscholastic activities at their local public schools. Home school students are required to abide by the same guidelines for registration, age eligibility, insurance, fees, standards of behavior and try-outs as students who attend public schools.
In order to graduate from home schooling in Arizona, students must meet minimum course of study standards and competency requirements. The Arizona Board of Education has the power to convert home school, community college and university credits into high school credits in order to award a high school equivalency diploma. According to the A to Z Home’s Cool Homeschooling website, students 16 and older also have the option of passing the general educational development test (GED) to obtain a high school equivalency diploma.
Students have the option of transferring to a public or private school. According to the Arizona Families for Home Education website, students must agree to be tested by the school. Exams are given to determine a student’s appropriate grade level.