Colorado Homeschool Documents & Templates

What to file

simple notice

Send to

Any school district in Colorado

Deadline

14 days before the home-based program begins

• Notice is not required until the child is six, and the program need not be established until the child is seven (C.R.S. 22-33-104.5(3)(e)(I)-(II)).

How often

annual

Free-form letter accepted?

Yes. You can write your own letter instead of using an official form.

C.R.S. §22-33-104.5(3)

Submit to

Your school district

Frequency

at_grades

See our full assessment guide for Colorado for accepted test types, minimum scores, and remediation details.

C.R.S. §22-33-104.5(2)(c)

C.R.S. §22-33-104.5(3)

Varies by pathway. Home-Based Education: true; Enrollment in an Umbrella/Private School: false; Licensed-Teacher Home Instruction: false

• ✓Attendance records

Records may be reviewed by the district.

C.R.S. §22-33-104.5(2)(d)

This page covers Home-Based Education. Colorado offers 3 different ways to homeschool, and each may require different documents:

• •
  Home-Based Education(this page): You send a written notice to a Colorado school district 14 days before your program begins and each year after that, teach the required subjects for at least 172 days averaging four hours a day, and keep permanent records. At grades 3, 5, 7, 9 and 11, your child takes a nationally standardized achievement test or is evaluated by a qualified person, and you submit the results to the district that received your notice or to a Colorado independent or parochial school. No curriculum approval is required.
• •
  Enrollment in an Umbrella/Private School: Your child is enrolled for at least 172 days in an independent or parochial school that provides a basic academic education, including reading, writing, speaking, mathematics, history, civics, literature and science. The family files no notice with the district and the state sets no testing rule. When the local school board asks, no more than once a month, the school certifies each child's attendance (C.R.S. 22-1-114).
• •
  Licensed-Teacher Home Instruction: A child instructed at home by a teacher licensed under article 60.5 or 61 of title 22 is exempt from compulsory attendance under its own provision (C.R.S. 22-33-104(2)(i)(I)). The home-based education rules for notice, subjects, instructional time, testing and records in C.R.S. 22-33-104.5 are written for home-based programs and do not apply to this route by their terms. The licensed teacher does not have to be the parent.

Our wizard helps you choose the right one and generates the correct documents. Compare all pathways for Colorado