Homeschool vs public school in Wyoming

Homeschooling is legal in Wyoming. The reviewed HSLDA materials describe two routes: homeschooling under the homeschool statute or homeschooling under a parochial, church, or religious school arrangement.

Broad, but not unlimited. The reviewed HSLDA guidance says families must provide a sequentially progressive curriculum of fundamental instruction in reading, writing, mathematics, civics, history, literature, and science.

The reviewed sources do not show a heavy Wyoming paperwork system for independent homeschoolers, but HSLDA recommends keeping an annual curriculum record, attendance records, book and workbook lists, work samples, correspondence with school officials, portfolios, test results if any, and permanent high school records.

No statewide testing is required in the reviewed sources for the main Wyoming homeschool option.

Yes. Wyoming law, as summarized by HSLDA, permits resident non-enrolled students to participate in activities sanctioned by the Wyoming High School Activities Association that are offered by the district, subject to ordinary district and association rules and fees. The reviewed HSLDA Wyoming special education page says there are no additional homeschool requirements for children with special needs and no state law explicitly granting homeschool students a right to state-funded special education services. Districts may offer services at their discretion. Yes. The reviewed HSLDA materials describe a second route in which a family homeschools under a parochial, church, or religious school arrangement.