Oregon homeschool requirements

Homeschooling is legal in Oregon, but families have ongoing obligations that make it more regulated than a low-regulation state.

Medium: Oregon law allows children to be educated at home by a parent, legal guardian, or private teacher, but the family must give written notice to the local education service district and follow the state's testing rules. Students are generally tested in grades 3, 5, 8, and 10, with extra follow-up possible for low or declining scores. The statute also allows different evaluation handling for some students with disabilities.

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Yes. A parent, legal guardian, or private teacher must notify the education service district in writing when a child is taught at home or withdrawn from public school for home instruction. Notify: The education service district that contains the school district where the child lives.. Deadline: The statute requires written notice when the child begins being taught at home or is withdrawn from public school, and again if the child moves to a new education service district. The available sources reviewed here do not give a specific number of days.

No specific subject list is stated in the current summary.

Oregon's exemption statutes refer to a period equivalent to that required of children attending public schools. The available sources reviewed here do not give one simple homeschool hour total.

Yes. Home-instructed students are generally examined in grades 3, 5, 8, and 10. Frequency: At grades 3, 5, 8, and 10. If a student's score falls below the 15th percentile, or later shows decline, the statute can require additional testing within a year and may lead to supervision or a temporary return to school.

Families should keep copies of their written notice to the education service district, the district's written acknowledgment, test information and results, any special education evaluation reports used instead of testing, attendance records, work samples, and high school transcripts.

The parent or legal guardian does not appear to need a teaching license to homeschool under the main home instruction statute. However, a licensed teacher can become involved if the education service district orders supervision after repeated low or declining test results.

Moderate. The available statute text does not give a simple parent-homeschool subject checklist, but Oregon does require notice and testing, and related exemption language points to education comparable to what is usually taught in public school grades.