Rhode Island homeschool recordkeeping requirements

Keep attendance registers comparable to public school records and be ready to provide them to the school committee or other officials. Many families also keep curriculum plans, work samples, and progress records because local approval conditions can vary.

Instruction must be substantially equal in length to the attendance required in public schools, which generally means about 180 school days.

Not as a uniform statewide rule, but a local school committee may require progress reports, evaluations, or testing as part of the approval process. Frequency: No single statewide schedule. Any evaluation or testing timeline is usually set by the local school committee.

1. 1Notice, affidavit, umbrella-school enrollment, or withdrawal copies if applicable.
2. 2Attendance or school-days tracker if your state requires days/hours or if you want a clean audit trail.
3. 3Curriculum list by subject and grade level.
4. 4Work samples or portfolio highlights for reading, writing, math, science, and social studies.
5. 5Test results, evaluation letters, report cards, or progress summaries if applicable.
6. 6High-school course descriptions, credits, grades, and transcript drafts for grades 9–12.

This site summarizes public source material and should be verified against current Rhode Island agency guidance before a compliance deadline.