New Mexico homeschool requirements

Homeschooling is legal in New Mexico, but families do have to notify the state and meet several basic requirements.

Medium: New Mexico generally allows independent homeschooling if the parent has a high school diploma or equivalent, notifies the state within 30 days of starting and again each year by August 1, teaches the main required subjects, keeps immunization records, and provides instruction for about the same number of days as local public schools are in session.

The available raw sources reviewed here do not clearly provide one confirmed compulsory attendance age range.

Yes. Parents must notify the New Mexico Public Education Department when they begin homeschooling and must renew that notice each year. Notify: The New Mexico Public Education Department, addressed in the HSLDA source as notice to the state superintendent through the department's homeschool process.. Deadline: Within 30 days of starting homeschooling and annually by August 1 thereafter.

Reading, Language arts, Math, Social studies, Science

The HSLDA source says homeschoolers should teach for the same number of days that the local public school is in session, generally about 180 days.

The available raw sources reviewed here do not show a general statewide testing requirement for independent homeschoolers. Frequency: Not required in the available raw sources.

New Mexico appears to expect parents to keep immunization records. Families should also keep copies of their homeschool notices, attendance records, course lists, work samples, and high school transcripts, especially because the official state page was unavailable during source review.

The homeschooling parent must have a high school diploma or its equivalent, such as a GED.

Moderate to broad. Families choose their curriculum, but the HSLDA source says they should cover reading, language arts, math, social studies, and science.