Homeschool laws in Utah
Checked Oct 12, 2026 against 4 sources · General information, not legal advice.
Your Utah to-do
- Send the one-time homeschool notice First year
When you withdraw your child from school to homeschool, or choose not to enroll your child (once per child; not needed if you notified on or before May 7, 2025).
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What Utah asks
Utah parents send a one-time notice to their local school board when they withdraw a child from school to homeschool or choose not to enroll the child, and families who already notified on or before May 7, 2025 (including by the old affidavit) do not file again. The state sets no required days, hours, subjects, tests, records or parent credentials, and the district may not supervise or evaluate the home school.
School age: Ages 6–17. A school-age child is at least 6 and younger than 18. Kindergarten (age 5) is optional.
Home school (exemption from school attendance)
Utah Code § 53G-6-204 (as amended by 2025 H.B. 209); § 53G-6-202 · Level 2: Light
- Notice: one-time notice to your local school board
- Time: no set days or hours
- Subjects: none required; parents choose
- Assessment: none required
- Records: none required by the law
All the details, deadlines and notes
- Notice
- Once: Once per child, when you withdraw the child from school to homeschool or choose not to enroll the child: a one-time initial notification (it may be a letter of intent) to the local school board of your district of residence. Not needed if you already notified the board on or before May 7, 2025, including through a home-school affidavit. The board acknowledges receipt within 30 days.
- Time
- No set number of days or hours
- Subjects
- No subjects listed in the law
- 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
Deadlines
- Send the one-time homeschool notice: When you withdraw your child from school to homeschool, or choose not to enroll your child (once per child; not needed if you notified on or before May 7, 2025).
On request, the local school board must tell parents the knowledge, skills and competencies recommended by grade level and subject.
Under Utah law a homeschool is not a private school.
How Homepen helps
Homepen counts your days and hours as you tick lessons, and makes: Notice-of-intent letter, filled in, Attendance & hours report, Report card, High-school transcript.
Sources
- Utah Code § 53G-6-204 School-age children exempt from school attendance (effective 5/7/2025; host refused connections, text read from the archive copy s2) · Statute · checked Oct 12, 2026
- Internet Archive copy of Utah Code § 53G-6-204 (version effective 5/7/2025; still the current version in the Feb 7, 2026 archive copy of the section page) · Secondary source · checked Oct 12, 2026
- USBE Parent Portal: Home School (incl. Utah Homeschooling Laws: 2026 FAQ for Parents) · State education agency · checked Oct 12, 2026
- USBE Kindergarten (FAQ: does my child have to attend kindergarten?) · 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 Utah State Board of Education.
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