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Homeschooling in Arizona

What Arizona actually asks of a family teaching their own children. Written plainly, and honest where the answer is that nobody asks for anything.

United StatesFiling required

Who is in charge

County school superintendent

Who actually reviews your child

The county school superintendent, for filing only. No academic review.

What you must file

Affidavit of Intent to Homeschool

Within 30 days of starting home instruction (or within 30 days of the child's 6th birthday)

Goes to: County school superintendent

MUST BE NOTARIZED. Include the child's legal name, date of birth, and the names, addresses and telephone numbers of those with legal custody.

Certified copy of the birth certificate

Filed with the affidavit

Goes to: County school superintendent

A hospital birth record is NOT accepted. It must be the certified certificate from the state of birth.

The part the paperwork does not cover

Filing on time is the easy half. The harder half is the year in between: showing what your child actually learned, in words the reviewer recognises, without turning your home into a school.

That is what this app is for. You say what your child did, in a sentence. It maps that to the real curriculum for Arizona and builds the record you can hand over the day someone asks. See how it works.

Start your record

Other places in United States

AlabamaAlaskaArkansasCaliforniaColoradoConnecticutDelawareDistrict of ColumbiaFloridaGeorgiaHawaiiIdahoIllinoisIndiana
Not yet confirmed at the government's own source. The requirements above agree across the sources we could reach, but we have not read them on the authority's own page. Treat them as a guide and confirm before you file.
Last read at the source on 2026-08-11: azleg.gov. That is the date we read it, not the date the rule last changed.
Check it yourself: the source we used.