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New York Homeschool Deadlines & Calendar

Key homeschool deadlines for New York, based on 8 NYCRR 100.10.

These are general deadlines for Home Instruction Under Commissioner's Regulations. Our free wizard calculates exact dates for your family and sends email reminders.

Key deadlines at a glance

Jun

30

Quarterly progress reports

Quarterly

Submit: progress report, standardized test results, evaluator's certification or letter. To: school district. You set your own quarterly dates in your instruction plan.

Jul

1

File Notice of Intent

Annual

By July 1 annually, or within 14 days of commencing home instruction mid-year

Filing deadlines

Initial filing deadline
Within 14 days of beginning home instruction (when starting, or moving into the district, after the school year begins)
Annual renewal deadline
Notice of intent by July 1; IHIP within four weeks of receiving the district's IHIP materials or by August 15, whichever is later
Send to
superintendent of the local school district

Starting mid-year? Notice within 14 days of commencing home instruction

Practical tip: Send a written notice of intent to the superintendent of your school district by July 1 each school year, or within 14 days of beginning home instruction if you start mid-year. Within 10 business days the district must send you a copy of 8 NYCRR 100.10 and an IHIP form. You do not have to register your child in the public school, but if asked you must show that your child lives in the district and is of compulsory age (NYSED Home Instruction Q&A).

8 NYCRR 100.10(b) (notice of intent); 8 NYCRR 100.10(d) (IHIP)

Assessment deadlines

Frequency
annual
Submit to
school district (filed with the fourth quarterly report)
Submission deadline:
With the fourth quarterly report, on the date the parent set in the IHIP
Practical tip: Your annual assessment, filed with the fourth quarterly report, is either a standardized achievement test or a written narrative evaluation. The narrative is allowed in grades 1 through 3, and in grades 4 through 8 no more often than every other school year; grades 9 through 12 use a standardized test (8 NYCRR 100.10(h)). A test score is adequate if the composite is above the 33rd percentile on national norms or shows one academic year of growth. NYSED recommends telling your district which method you will use by the end of the third quarterly reporting period, and with the superintendent's consent a parent may administer the test or prepare the narrative.

See our full assessment guide for New York for accepted test types and scoring details.

8 NYCRR 100.10(h) (annual assessment); 8 NYCRR 100.10(i) (probation)

Reporting deadlines

Progress reports
quarterly reports to school district
Annual renewal
Required by July 1 annually (notice of intent); IHIP within four weeks of receiving the district's IHIP materials or by August 15, whichever is later
Evidence required:
progress report, standardized test results, evaluator's certification or letter
Practical tip: You choose the quarterly report dates in your IHIP. Each report gives the hours of instruction for the quarter, a description of the material covered in each subject, a grade or written narrative for each subject, and a written explanation if less than 80 percent of the planned material was covered in any subject (8 NYCRR 100.10(g)). NYSED recommends listing hours per subject in the secondary grades. If home instruction begins during the year, the number of reports is proportional to the period of home instruction (NYSED Home Instruction Q&A).

8 NYCRR 100.10(g) (quarterly reports)

Month-by-month calendar

July

  • •July 1: File Notice of Intent

June

  • •June 30: Quarterly progress reports

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Deadlines sourced from 8 NYCRR 100.10. Last reviewed October 2026