Children from six to 16 years of age are required to attend school. However, if your child is not eight years old by September first, you can obtain an exemption by filing an affidavit of intent to not begin home education. If you choose this option, it will delay the beginning of home instruction.
Homeschools in Arizona are not required to teach for a set number of days. They are also not required to use specific textbooks or curriculum, but they are required to teach reading, grammar, math, social studies and science. Whatever curriculum will accomplish this teaching can be used.
Arizona Revised Statute 15-802 (education law) allows for homeschooling. Home schools in Arizona are not private schools which means a "home school" is primarily conducted by the parent, guardian or whoever has custody of the child or that instruction is provided in the child's home.
In some states, home schools are considered legal, private, non-accredited schools, but this is not the case in Arizona.
The affidavit of intent to homeschool should be filed with the county school superintendent within 30 days of beginning to homeschool. Include the child's name; date of birth; school the child is currently attending; and name(s), address and telephone number of those who have custody of the child.
If you are the parent or guardian of the child, you should also provide the county superintendent with a certified copy of the child's birth certificate. If for some reason, you cannot, then you should provide other proof of the child's birth, along with an affidavit explaining why you do not have the birth certificate.
You do not have to meet the state's criteria to be a parent-teacher, because the parent-teacher test requirement was repealed in 1991. Arizona Senate Bill 1341 repealed the standardized test and evaluation requirement in 1995, so homeschooled students are not required to undergo tests or evaluations. Arizona Revised Statute 14-1493 also allows you to homeschool in the larger context of exercising your religious freedom. Essentially, if there were no homeschooling law in Arizona, you could still homeschool if your religious beliefs and practices would not allow you to send your child to public or private school.