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Homeschooling in Washington

What Washington 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

Superintendent of the resident public school district

Who actually reviews your child

No one. Results are kept, not filed.

What you must file

Declaration of Intent to Provide Home-Based Instruction

By 15 SEPTEMBER of the school year, or within two weeks of the beginning of any public school quarter, trimester or semester

Goes to: Resident district superintendent (or the district accepting the transfer)

Names and ages of the children, and whether a certificated person will supervise the instruction.

Annual test or academic progress assessment

n/a

Goes to: KEPT BY THE PARENT, not submitted

Either a standardized achievement test administered by a qualified person, or a written annual assessment by a certificated person. Immunization records are kept with it.

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

Start your record

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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.
Last read at the source on 2026-08-11: ospi.k12.wa.us. That is the date we read it, not the date the rule last changed.