What Missouri 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
None; a Declaration of Enrollment may be filed with the county recorder but is optional
Who actually reviews your child
No one. Records are produced only in a legal proceeding or on transfer to public school.
n/a
How often: continuous
Goes to: Kept at home; not submitted
1,000 hours per year, of which at least 600 in reading, language arts, mathematics, social studies and science, and at least 400 of those 600 at the home location. Keep a plan book or daily log, samples of work, and a record of evaluations.
Declaration of Enrollment
Not required. OPTIONAL under ยง 167.042. Its only stated purpose is to reduce truancy investigations; it becomes a public record.
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 Missouri and builds the record you can hand over the day someone asks. See how it works.