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Know Your Homeschool Laws: Testing or Assessment Each year, you need to either administer a standardized test, or have your child(ren) assessed by a certificated teacher. You may use the school for this, by asking to take the WASL with … Continue reading →

Know Your Homeschool Laws: Record Keeping You do need to keep a few records. Specifically, you need to keep your annual test scores or assessments, and immunization records. You may also keep other records, but you are not required to. … Continue reading →

Know Your Homeschool Laws: Declaration of Intent The Declaration of Intent is paperwork that must be submitted annually for HBI children ages 8-18. You DO NOT file a Declaration of Intent to Homeschool for a child who is under 8 … Continue reading →

Know Your Homeschool Laws: Qualifications to Homeschool There are four ways to qualify to homeschool in WA. You can be supervised by a teacher, have 45 college quarter credit hours, take a qualifying course, or be rubber-stamped by your local … Continue reading →

Know Your Homeschool Laws: What constitutes home-based instruction (the legal name of homeschooling in WA)? There are 11 subjects to cover under the WA homeschooling laws. But how you go about it, and what you use to cover them is … Continue reading →

Know Your Homeschool Laws: Compulsory Attendance The linchpin of all educational laws is compulsory attendance. Compulsory attendance laws are on the books in every state, but vary widely. In Washington, children 8-18 are subject to compulsory attendance laws. Just over … Continue reading →