Virginia homeschool requirements

Homeschooling is legal in Virginia, but families need to follow one of the state’s recognized legal options. The most common route is the home instruction statute.

Medium: Virginia offers several legal ways to educate a child at home, including the main home instruction option, which usually requires yearly notice and yearly proof of progress. Because the state has multiple legal pathways, the exact paperwork and qualification rules depend on which option a family uses.

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Yes, for the main home instruction option. Some alternative legal pathways have different rules or may not use the same notice process. Notify: The local school division superintendent.. Deadline: For the main home instruction option, notice is generally due by August 15 each year, or as soon as practicable after moving into the division or starting later.

No specific subject list is stated in the current summary.

Virginia’s main home instruction law does not set a simple homeschool hourly minimum in the statute summary used here, but families should provide regular instruction sufficient to satisfy compulsory attendance expectations.

Yes for the main home instruction option. Families usually submit annual evidence of academic progress through a test, evaluation, or another accepted method. Other legal options can work differently. Frequency: Annually for the main home instruction option.

Keep a copy of your annual notice, proof that you qualify under an allowed option, curriculum information, test or evaluation results, and a solid transcript for high school.

It depends on the option. Under the main home instruction law, the parent must qualify through one of the state’s allowed routes, such as having a high school diploma, holding teacher qualifications, using a correspondence or distance-learning program, or providing other approved evidence of ability to teach.

Broad overall. Virginia does not give a short required-subject list in the main home instruction statute summary used here, but families should provide a real educational program and be ready to show yearly progress when required.