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Hawaii Homeschool Documents & Templates

Every document you need to homeschool legally in Hawaii, based on HRS 302A-1132(a)(5) (Home Instruction).

These are general templates for Home Instruction, the most common of Hawaii's 2 pathways. Our free wizard generates personalized documents with your name, address, and district filled in.

What documents do you need?

Notice of Intent

Required. Send to principal of the local public school the child would otherwise attend by before initiating home schooling

Assessment Results

Submit to principal of the local public school , annual

Progress Reports

Submit annual to principal of the local public school

Notice of Intent

What to file
simple notice
Send to
principal of the local public school the child would otherwise attend
Deadline
before initiating home schooling
How often
one time
Free-form letter accepted?
Yes. You can write your own letter instead of using an official form.

Your notice must include:

  • •child name address phone
  • •child birthdate grade
  • •parent/guardian signature

HAR 8-12-13

Starting mid-year?

Submit notice of intent to the local public school principal before initiating home schooling. Same process as initial notification.

Assessment Results

Submit to
principal of the local public school
Frequency
annual

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

HAR 8-12-18

Progress Reports

Frequency
annual
Submit to
principal of the local public school
Evidence required:
annual progress report

HAR 8-12-13; HAR 8-12-18

Other ways to homeschool in Hawaii

This page covers Home Instruction. Hawaii offers 2 different ways to homeschool, and each may require different documents:

  • •
    Home Instruction(this page): Before you begin, you give the principal of the public school your child would otherwise attend a notice of intent, on Form 4140 or in a letter (HAR 8-12-13). You keep a record of your planned curriculum at home (HAR 8-12-15), and each year you submit a progress report to the principal using one of the methods in HAR 8-12-18(b). Test scores are also required in grades 3, 5, 8, and 10 under the Statewide Testing Program. The notice is for record keeping and is not an application.
  • •
    Private School Enrollment: Your child attends a licensed or accredited private school (HRS 302A-1132(d)). State law puts no filing, testing or recordkeeping duty on the family for this route; licensing and accreditation are the school's obligations. Enrollment in a private school's home study program is not treated as attendance at a private school (HAR 8-12-8(b)); a child taught at home through such a program is home schooled, and the parent files a notice of intent with the local public school principal.

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Requirements sourced from HRS 302A-1132(a)(5) (Home Instruction). Last reviewed October 2026