What Mississippi actually asks of a family teaching their own children. Written plainly, and honest where the answer is that nobody asks for anything.
United StatesFiling requiredWho is in charge
School attendance officer, Office of Compulsory School Attendance Enforcement, MDE
Who actually reviews your child
The school attendance officer, for compliance with the compulsory-attendance law only.
By 15 August of each school year (MDE Home School page, live 2026-08-19). Later in the year if the child leaves public school mid-year.
Goes to: The school attendance officer for the county of residence (or email homeschool@mdek12.org)
MDE: 'Home school enrollment must be completed by August 15 of each school year.' Prepared by the Office of Compulsory School Attendance Enforcement. Asks for the child's name, address, telephone, date of birth; the parent's details; a simple description of the type of education being received; and the parent's signature. Miss. Code § 37-13-91 was not re-read on 2026-08-19 (sos.ms.gov 403); the operational deadline a family sees is the MDE sentence.
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 Mississippi and builds the record you can hand over the day someone asks. See how it works.