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Kentucky homeschool laws

How to homeschool in Kentucky

Every year, within the first two weeks of the school year, send a notice of attendance to the local board of education. It lists each child's name, age and address. If you start mid-year, send it within two weeks of starting.

Requirements:
Light requirements
How you file:
Letter
Law:
KRS 159.030, 159.040, 159.160
More:
HSLDA Kentucky

Kentucky homeschool requirements

Who can teach
Any parent. No diploma or certificate required.
Days and hours
The Department of Education recommends 1,062 hours over at least 170 days. Its May 2026 guidance requires that only of homeschools run as certified schools.
Subjects
Reading, writing, spelling, grammar, history, mathematics, science and civics, in English.
Testing
No testing or evaluation required.
Records
Attendance and report cards kept like public schools, updated every six to nine weeks.

Kentucky homeschool forms and letters, filled out

The notice of intent, renewals, reports and letters Kentucky asks for, in the state's own form where one exists.

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  2. 2Document
  3. 3Answers
  4. 4Sign
  5. 5Download

Also expected in Kentucky

No form to fill out for these. The state expects them all the same.

  • Attendance and report cards

    Keep on hand

    Keep attendance and scholarship (report card) records comparable to public schools, updated every six to nine weeks.

Where it goes

Send the letter to your local board of education (district office) within the first two weeks of the school year, every year. Mid-year, within two weeks of starting.

KDE Open House district directoryState pageHSLDA Kentucky

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