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Laws Concerning Homeschooling

The following informational links to sites that discuss homeschooling laws are not meant to constitute legal advice. You should contact your local homeschool support groups and state department of education for the most current information regarding homeschooling in your State or Province. Most public libraries have information about local support groups. We recommend that you begin by contacting these groups since some education sites do not encourage homeschooling. It is important that you both read the actual law and read interpretations of those laws from informed personnel (such as homeschooling groups).

This listing of organizations and links does not constitute an endorsement of any particular group by Mott Media, L.L.C. or any of its divisions.

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Laws in the United States by State
Please click on your State.
New Hamphire Massachussetts Rhode Island Connecticut New Jersey Delaware Maryland Washington, DC Maine New Hampshire Vermont Rhode Island Massachusetts Connecticut New York New York New Jersey Delaware Pennsylvania Ohio West Virginia Virginia Maryland Washington, DC Virginia North Carolina South Carolina Florida Georgia Alabama Mississippi Tennessee Kentucky Illinois Indiana Michigan Wisconsin Michigan Minnesota Iowa Missouri Arkansas Louisiana Texas Oklahoma Kansas Nebraska South Dakota North Dakota Hawaii Alaska Montana Wyoming Colorado Utah New Mexico Arizona Nevada Idaho California Oregon Washington
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Alabama Christian Home Education Fellowship of Alabama
http://www.chefofalabama.org/ala_law.htm
Alaska Alaska's State Website
http://www.legis.state.ak.us/cgi-bin/folioisa.dll/stattx03/query=*/doc/{t5440}?
Arizona Arizona Families for Home Education
http://www.afhe.org/az_law.htm
Arkansas ArkansasEd.org
http://arkansased.org/about/schools/home.html
California Home School Association of California - Complying with California Law
http://www.hsc.org/legal101.html
Colorado Rocky Mountain Education Connection
http://rockymountaineducationconnection.com/homeschool-laws-and-faqs/
Colorado Department of Education
http://www.cde.state.co.us/choice/homeschool_law.htm
Connecticut TEACHCT - The Education Association of Christian Homeschoolers of Connecticut
http://www.teachct.org/government.shtml
Delaware Homeschooling in Delaware State Laws
http://www.homeschoolingindelaware.com/gettingstarted/legal/statelaws.aspx
Washington, D.C. National Home Education Network
http://www.nhen.org/legal/legal-information.html (Click on Washington D.C.)
Florida Florida Home Education Foundation
http://www.flhef.org/laws
Georgia GHEA - Home Education Information Resource
http://www.ghea.org/pages/resources/stateLaw.php
Hawaii Hawaii Homeschool Association
http://www.hawaiihomeschoolassociation.org/HHA/hawaiiReg/index.html
Idaho CHOIS - Christian Homeschoolers of Idaho State
http://chois.org/law.php
Illinois ICHE - Illinois Christian Home Educators
http://www.iche.org/legal
Indiana Indiana Association of Home Educators
https://www.iahe.net/sysfiles/member/custom_public/custom.cfm?memberid=920&customid=9590
Iowa NICHE - The Network of Iowa Christian Home Educators
http://www.the-niche.org/resources/nicheforms.html
Kansas CHECK - Christian Home Educators Confederation of Kansas
http://www.kansashomeschool.org/is-legal.htm
Kentucky CHEK - Christian Home Educators of Kentucky - Kentucky Laws and Forms
http://www.chek.org/KY_Laws_&_Forms
Louisiana CHEF - Christian Home Educators Fellowship of Louisiana
http://www.chefofla.org/faqs.html
Maine HomeEducator.com - Homeschool Support Network
http://www.homeeducator.com/HSN/hsnme.htm
Maryland Marland Homeschool Law
http://www.wcfs.edu/info/comar
Massachusetts Massachusetts Home Learning Association
http://mhla.org/index.htm
Michigan National Home Education Network
http://www.nhen.org/state-pages/state_homeschooling_information_2.html
(Click on Michigan in above website for an overview)
Private, Denominational, and Parochial Schools
http://www.legislature.mi.gov/documents/mcl/pdf/mcl-act-302-of-1921.pdf
Minnesota Minnesota Homeschoolers’ Alliance
http://www.homeschoolers.org/
Mississippi MHEA - Mississippi Home Educators Association
http://www.mhea.net/resources/mississippi-law/
Missouri FHE Legal Page
http://www.fhe-mo.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=14&Itemid=28
Montana MTCHE - Montana Coalition of Home Educators
http://www.mtche.org/mchelaw.htm
Nebraska NCHEA - Nebraska Christian Home Educators Association
http://www.nchea.org/
Nevada NHN - Nevada Homeschool Network - Nevada Homeschooling Laws
http://www.nevadahomeschoolnetwork.com/laws
New Hampshire NHHC - New Hampshire Homeschooling Coalition
http://www.nhhomeschooling.org/
New Jersey ENOCH - Education Network of Christian Homeschoolers of New Jersey
NJ Law and Legal Resources
http://www.enochnj.org/index.php/laws
New Mexico Albuquerque Homeschoolers
http://www.abqhomeschool.com/nmlaws.html
New York LEAH - Loving Education at Home
http://www.leah.org/legal-issues/ny-regulations
North Carolina NCHE - North Carolinians for Home Education - Complying with NC Homeschool Law
http://nche.com/how_to/nc_homeschooling_law
North Dakota National Homes Education Network - Legal Information
http://www.nhen.org/legal/legal-information.html
(Click on North Dakota)
Ohio CHEO - Christian Home Educators of Ohio - State Regulations Text
http://www.cheohome.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=14&Itemid=76
Oklahoma HERO - Home Educators’ Resource Organization of Oklahoma
Oklahoma Homeschooling Laws
http://oklahomahomeschooling.org/oklahoma-homeschooling-laws.htm
Oregon OCEAN - Oregon Christian Educators Association Network - Know the law
http://www.oceanetwork.org/started/law.cfm
OHEN - Oregon Home Education Network - Complying with Oregon Laws
http://www.ohen.org/oregon/compliance
Pennsylvania CHAP - Christian Homeschool Association of Pennsylvania
http://www.chaponline.com/getting-started/keys-to-homeschooling-in-pa/
Rhode Island The Rhode Island Guild of Home Teachers - Legal Information
http://www.rihomeschool.com/homeschooling-legal-information
South Carolina PACESC - Parent's Association for Christian Education in South Carolina
http://www.pacesc.com/sc_law.html
South Dakota SDCHE - South Dakota Christian Home Educators
http://www.homeschool-life.com/sd/sdche/
Tennessee TnHomeEd.com - Tennessee’s Homeschool Information Site - Legal Page
http://www.tnhomeed.com/Legal.html
THEA - Tennessee Home Education Association
http://www.tnhea.org
Texas THSC - Texas Home School Coalition - Yes, It's Legal!
http://www.thsc.org/Categories3.aspx?Id=Its_Legal
Utah Utah Home Education Association
http://www.uhea.org
Vermont Homeschooling in Vermont
http://www.homeschoolinginvermont.com/
Virginia The Organization of Virginia Homeschoolers - Virginia Law Related to Home Education
http://www.vahomeschoolers.org/law/
Washington WHO - Washington Homeschool Organization - Homeschool Laws
http://www.washhomeschool.org/homeschooling/law.html
West Virginia CHEWV - Christian Home Educators of West Virginia
http://www.chewv.org/WVlaw.html
WVHEA - West Virginia Home Educators Association
http://www.wvhea.org/lawsection.htm
Wisconsin CHEA - Christian Home Educators Association - Wisconsin
http://www.wisconsinchea.com
Wyoming HOW - Homeschoolers of Wyoming
http://www.homeschoolersofwy.org

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