Homeschool laws in Idaho
Checked Oct 12, 2026 against 3 sources · General information, not legal advice.
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What Idaho asks
Idaho lets parents instruct their children privately at home with no registration, reporting, testing or teacher qualification, and the state does not monitor home schools. The law asks that children be instructed in the subjects commonly and usually taught in Idaho public schools.
School age: Ages 7–15. A child who is 7 when school starts in the district must be instructed until age 16.
Private instruction by or at the direction of the parent
Idaho Code § 33-202 · Level 1: Very light
- Notice: none required
- Time: no set days or hours
- Subjects: those commonly taught in Idaho public schools
- Assessment: none required
- Records: none required by the law
All the details and notes
- Notice
- No notice to file
- Time
- No set number of days or hours
The law sets no number of days or hours for home instruction. Its words "during a period in each year equal to that in which the public schools are in session" appear in the clause about enrolling in a public, charter, private or parochial school. - Subjects
- subjects commonly and usually taught in Idaho public schools (the state sets no curriculum for home schools)
- Assessment
- No assessment required
- Portfolio
- Not required
- Reports
- No reports to send
- Records to keep
- No records required by the law
- Teacher
- No qualification required
A homeschooled child may dual enroll in public school classes and activities; ask the school or district about its procedures.
If your child is enrolled in a public school, unenroll them officially before you start.
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Sources
- Idaho Code § 33-202 School attendance compulsory (last amended 2009, ch. 103). legislature.idaho.gov refused connections from this Mac on 2026-10-12; text read through the r.jina.ai reader proxy: needs a manual browser check · Statute · checked Oct 12, 2026
- Idaho Department of Education: Homeschool · State education agency · checked Oct 12, 2026
- Idaho Department of Education: Frequently Asked Questions about Homeschooling (PDF, 2025) · State education agency · checked Oct 12, 2026
General information, not legal advice. Laws change: we check every source at least every 6 months and before each school year. If something looks wrong, tell us. The state agency for homeschooling questions is the Idaho Department of Education.
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