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Homeschooling in Wisconsin

What Wisconsin 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

Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction

Who actually reviews your child

No one. DPI collects the report; it does not review instruction.

What you must file

PI-1206 Homeschool Report

On or before 15 OCTOBER each year

Goes to: Wisconsin DPI, online through the HOMER system

Section I is the statement of enrolment as of the third Friday in September. Section II affirms the programme meets the statutory requirements (a sequentially progressive curriculum in reading, language arts, mathematics, social studies, science and health, and at least 875 hours of instruction).

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 Wisconsin 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.
Last read at the source on 2026-08-11: dpi.wi.gov. That is the date we read it, not the date the rule last changed.