Ohio Homeschool Requirements Checklist
Everything you need to do to homeschool legally in Ohio, based on ORC 3321.042. Ohio is classified as Low regulation.
This is the general checklist for Home Education Notification, the most common of Ohio's 3 pathways. Our free wizard customizes this for your family, including grade, pathway, enrollment status, and IEP.
Your compliance checklist
Do first
File your Notice of Intent
Submit to superintendent of the local school district. Deadline: within 5 calendar days of commencing home education; by August 30 each year thereafter. Conditions: Notice is due within five calendar days after commencing, moving districts or withdrawing from school; the exemption takes effect on receipt. Annual notice is due August 30 thereafter.
Deadline: within 5 calendar days of commencing home education; by August 30 each year thereafter
More details
Include: parent name and address, child name, assurance of instruction in required subjects
Ongoing
Required subjects
English language arts, mathematics, science, history, government, social studies
Review instructional-time requirements
Check the cited source for the school-term or instructional-time rule that applies to your pathway.
Renew each year
You must renew your homeschool notice each year by August 30. Conditions: Notice is due within five calendar days after commencing, moving districts or withdrawing from school; the exemption takes effect on receipt. Annual notice is due August 30 thereafter.
Good news
No testing or assessment required
No standardized testing or assessments required under this pathway.
Filing requirements
- What to file
- simple notice
- Send to
- superintendent of the local school district
- Deadline
- within 5 calendar days of commencing home education; by August 30 each year thereafter
- How often
- annual
- Official form
- Download / access form
Your notice must include:
- •parent name and address
- •child name
- •assurance of instruction in required subjects
Ongoing requirements
Required subjects
- ✓English language arts
- ✓mathematics
- ✓science
- ✓history
- ✓government
- ✓social studies
Varies by pathway. Home Education Notification: "general_list"; Chartered Nonpublic School: "none"; Non-Chartered Non-Tax-Supported School ("08 School"): "general_list"
Reporting
Varies by pathway. Home Education Notification: "August 30"; Chartered Nonpublic School: null; Non-Chartered Non-Tax-Supported School ("08 School"): "September 30"
- Annual renewal
- Required by August 30
What you don't need to worry about
No testing or assessment required
No standardized testing or assessments required under this pathway.
Other ways to homeschool in Ohio
This checklist covers Home Education Notification, the most common pathway. Ohio offers 3 different ways to homeschool, each with different requirements:
- •Home Education Notification(this checklist) : You send a notice to the superintendent of your child's school district of residence with your name and address, your child's name, and an assurance that your child will be taught English language arts, mathematics, science, history, government, and social studies. Under ORC 3321.042 (effective October 3, 2023), there is no state testing, hour, or instructor qualification requirement. Send the notice within five calendar days after you start home education, move into a new district, or withdraw your child from school, and by August 30 each year after that.
- •Chartered Nonpublic School : Enrolling your child full time in a private school chartered by the Ohio Department of Education and Workforce under ORC 3301.16. The school, not the family, carries the duties: it holds the charter, employs state-certified teachers, sets the curriculum, reports enrollment to the district treasurer and, at schools where at least 65 percent of students use state scholarships, gives the state tests. The family files no home education notice, because full-time chartered school enrollment is not home education (ORC 3321.042(A)).
- •Non-Chartered Non-Tax-Supported School ("08 School") : For a school that does not seek a state charter because of truly held religious beliefs (ORC 3301.0732), often called an "08 School." The school certifies to parents each year that it meets minimum standards, and parents report enrollment to the local school district treasurer within the first two weeks of each school year. You teach a broader set of subjects (including health, physical education, fine arts, and first aid, safety, and fire prevention) and provide at least 910 hours per year for grades 1 through 6 and 1,001 hours for grades 7 through 12. Teachers must hold at least a bachelor's degree or the equivalent (OAC 3301-35-08).
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Get your Ohio checklistRequirements sourced from ORC 3321.042. Last reviewed October 2026