Parents who provide homeschooling in no notice states are not required to report their child's progress to any state entity. No notice states have their own specific regulations; for example, Texas parents homeschooling their children are required to teach them mathematics, reading, spelling, grammar and good citizenship. Other no notice states include Michigan, Indiana, Illinois, Connecticut, New Jersey, Oklahoma, Alaska, Missouri and Idaho.
Low regulation states require parents notify the state regarding their child's homeschooling status. Beyond that general stipulation, each state has specific homeschooling regulations. For example, according to New Mexico state law, parents are required to submit a written notice to the state superintendent within one month of starting homeschooling, and by April 1 of each following year. New Mexico parents are required but not limited to teaching their children reading, language arts, mathematics, science and social studies and must educate their child for the same length as the New Mexico public school year (181 days). Parents are required to keep up with student immunization records (unless doing so is objectionable for religious reasons). Homeschooling parents in New Mexico must have at minimum a high school education. Students are not required to participate in standardized tests.
Other low regulation states are California, Nevada, Arizona, Utah, Wyoming, Montana, Nebraska, Kansas, Wisconsin, Mississippi, Alabama, Kentucky and Delaware.
Parents homeschooling their children in moderate regulation states are required to alert the state of the child's homeschooling status and provide student test scores and other professional progress evaluations. States have specific moderate regulation requirements. Georgia, for example, requires a homeschooling year to last 180 days during which time students must be taught reading, language arts, mathematics and science. Parents must submit a written intent for homeschooling (including name and age of each child, location of the home school and period of school year) to the local superintendent within one month of beginning a homeschooling program, and by September 1 of each following year. Each homeschooling session should last 4 hours and 30 minutes; parents are required to submit attendance records to the superintendent on a monthly basis, along with annual progress reports. Parents must have a high school diploma and are only allowed to teach their own children; if they do not have a high school diploma or GED equivalent, they are permitted to hire a qualified tutor with a high school diploma or GED equivalent. Beginning after their third-grade year, Georgia home schooled students are required to take national standardized achievement tests, although the scores do not have to be shared with the public school system.
Other moderate regulation states are Washington, Oregon, Washington D.C., Colorado, South Dakota, Minnesota, Iowa, Arkansas, Louisiana, Tennessee, Ohio, Virginia, West Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Florida, Maine, Maryland and New Hampshire.
Although specific state requirements vary, states with high regulation on homeschooling practices generally require parents to send notice to school or state officials, distribute a professional evaluation and test scores and teach according to state curriculum approval. Parents must be professionally qualified to instruct their children and may have to submit to home visits from state officials. High Regulation states include North Dakota, New York, Vermont, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island and Massachusetts.