Tennessee homeschool laws
How to homeschool in Tennessee
As an independent home school, submit a notice of intent to the local superintendent before each school year. It lists the children's names, ages and grades, where you teach, the curriculum, planned hours and your qualifications. Send an attendance report at year end, and test each child in grades 5, 7 and 9. Church-related school umbrellas and accredited online schools are separate options that report for you.
- Requirements:
- Moderate requirements
- How you file:
- State form
- Law:
- Tenn. Code Ann. § 49-6-3050
- More:
- HSLDA Tennessee
Tennessee homeschool requirements
- Who can teach
- High school diploma or GED.
- Days and hours
- 4 hours a day for 180 days.
- Subjects
- No required subjects.
- Testing
- A nationally normed standardized test in English language arts and math in grades 5, 7 and 9, proctored by someone not related to the child, or the state test through the district. Since May 2026 any nationally normed test qualifies and the former low-score penalties are gone.
- Records
- Attendance, submitted to the superintendent at year end, and immunization records.
Tennessee homeschool forms and letters, filled out
The notice of intent, renewals, reports and letters Tennessee asks for, in the state's own form where one exists.
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Also expected in Tennessee
No form to fill out for these. The state expects them all the same.
Immunization records
Keep on hand
Keep immunization records. Proof goes to the director of schools.
Where it goes
Give the Notice of Intent with proof of your diploma or GED to the home school coordinator of your district of residence before each school year. Attendance records go to the director of schools at year end.