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Homeschooling in Colorado

What Colorado 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

School district that receives the notice of intent; or an independent or parochial school that holds the results

Who actually reviews your child

The school district (or the independent/parochial school holding the results).

What you must file

Written notice of intent

14 days before establishing the program, and annually thereafter

Goes to: Any Colorado public school district office (the district of residence is preferred)

Names, ages, place of instruction and hours of attendance of each child.

Test or evaluation results

Following the assessment

How often: at grades 3, 5, 7, 9 and 11

Goes to: SUBMITTED to the district that received the notice, OR to an independent or parochial school that holds the results

Either a nationally standardized achievement test or an evaluation by a 'qualified person' determining sufficient academic progress relative to the child's ability. C.R.S. 22-33-104.5(3)(f) requires the results to be REPORTED, not merely kept.

Attendance, test and immunization records

n/a

How often: continuous

Goes to: Kept at home; the district may request them only on probable cause and with 14 days' written notice

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 Colorado and builds the record you can hand over the day someone asks. See how it works.

Start your record

Other places in United States

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Read at the government's own source. Every requirement above was checked word for word against the authority's own page or statute, on the date shown.
Read at the source on 2026-08-28: the Colorado Department of Education's homeschool FAQ at ed.cde.state.co.us. It confirms written notification 14 days before establishing the program, re-submitted to the school district each year (C.R.S. 22-33-104.5(3)(e)), and testing or evaluation at grades 3, 5, 7, 9 and 11 at the parent's expense, with results reported to the district that received the notice or to an independent or parochial school (22-33-104.5(3)(f)). One correction: CDE says the notice may go to ANY Colorado public school district office, not only the district of residence, though the resident district is preferred.
Check it yourself: the authority's own page.