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TREASURE VALLEY
HOMESCHOOL RESOURCES
HOMESCHOOLING IN IDAHO Parents are not required to have any specific
omeschooling is becoming more widely qualifications to teach, nor is it necessary to
Hpopular and accepted throughout the maintain school records or obtain approval from
country, and no state offers more homeschool your school district. There are no minimum
freedoms than Idaho. It’s easy to start requirements for days or hours of instruction, no
homeschooling here. The state does not require questionnaires to complete about your teaching,
any registration or sign-up procedure, nor does and no standardized test requirements.
Idaho regulate or monitor homeschool education.
The lax regulations and registrations allow the TESTING & RECORDS
parent to choose the curricula they wish to use. Although it is not required for children to take
standardized tests in Idaho, it can be reassuring
REQUIREMENTS to confirm your child’s educational progress.
Idaho requires that children receive instruction Online resources are available that provide
from ages seven to 16 and that homeschooled standardized testing from the comfort of your
students learn subjects commonly taught in own home. (See homeschoolidaho.org/testing for
Idaho public schools. These subjects include (but more details.)
are not limited to) mathematics, language arts,
science, and social studies. Even though Idaho does not require specific
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