A Michigan home school curriculum must include instruction in English, writing, literature, spelling, grammar, civics, history, science and mathematics.
Michigan nonpublic schools must include subjects comparable to subjects taught in public schools, including English, reading, science, social studies and mathematics in all grades. Students must also receive instruction in the U.S. Constitution, the Michigan Constitution, civics and history in high school grades.
There are no minimum qualifications for parents home schooling their children.
Parents operating nonpublic schools must hold a bachelor's degree, teaching certificate or teaching permit to be qualified.
Michigan home school and nonpublic school students turning 11 or entering the sixth grade before December 2009 must attend school between the ages of six and 16. Students turning 11 or entering sixth grade after December 2009 must attend school between the ages 6 and 18, or until they complete high school. Parents may exempt eligible 16-year-old children from school attendance by notifying their local school district in writing.
Michigan does not require a minimum number of days of instruction for home schooled students or students attending nonpublic schools.
Michigan homes schools are not required to submit records or curricula to the state or their local school board. Home school and nonpublic school students are not required to take standardized tests.
Nonpublic schools must submit the names and ages of students, contact information for the school and teachers, teacher qualifications and curricula to the school district superintendent at the beginning of each school year.