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Homeschooling in Hawaii

What Hawaii 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

Principal of the public school the child would otherwise attend

Who actually reviews your child

The principal of the assigned public school.

What you must file

Form 4140 - Notice of Intent to Homeschool

Before beginning home schooling

Goes to: The principal of the assigned public school

Child's name, address, telephone, date of birth and grade level, plus the parent's signature. Does not need to be resubmitted once annual progress reports are being filed.

Annual progress report

At the end of each school year

Goes to: SUBMITTED to the principal

Four accepted forms: (1) a score at grade level on a nationally normed standardized achievement test; (2) one grade level of progress on such a test over the previous year; (3) a written evaluation by a state-certified teacher showing grade-level achievement or significant annual advancement commensurate with the child's abilities; or (4) a written evaluation by the PARENT describing the child's progress in each subject.

Standardized test scores

End of those school years

How often: at the end of grades 3, 5, 8 and 10

Goes to: SUBMITTED to the principal

Either the Statewide Testing Program at the local public school, comparable private testing at the parent's expense, or another means of evaluation approved by the principal.

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 Hawaii 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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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.
2026-08-18 re-verification through the US relay: hawaiipublicschools.org is reachable now, but its homeschool page serves navigation only - the substance is in Chapter 12 of the HAR, which was not located. Not read at the source.
Check it yourself: the source we used.