Missouri Homeschool Documents & Templates

Status

Not required, but recommended to prevent truancy concerns

Send to

the public school district where your child legally resides

Varies by pathway. Home School Under Section 167.012: ["plan_book_or_daily_log","work_samples","evaluation_record"]; Private School / Umbrella (Cover) School Enrollment: undefined

• ✓Attendance records
• ✓Student portfolio

Records may be reviewed by the district.

Mo. Rev. Stat. Section 167.012.2(1), .4 (plan book or diary, portfolio, evaluation record, or equivalent evidence)

This page covers Home School Under Section 167.012. Missouri offers 2 different ways to homeschool, and each may require different documents:

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  Home School Under Section 167.012(this page): You teach at home with no notification, registration or approval. You offer at least 1,000 hours of instruction a year, at least 600 of them in reading, language arts, mathematics, social studies, science or related academic courses, with at least 400 of those 600 at your regular home school location. You keep a plan book, diary or other written record of subjects taught, a portfolio of samples of your child's work, and a record of evaluations, or other equivalent evidence. You do not submit these records; they are subject to review only by the local prosecuting attorney. No testing is required, and the hour and record requirements do not apply to a pupil 16 or older (Mo. Rev. Stat. 167.012).
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  Private School / Umbrella (Cover) School Enrollment: You enroll with a private umbrella or cover school while you teach your own children at home. Mo. Rev. Stat. Section 167.012 defines a home school as a school whose primary purpose is private or religious-based instruction, that enrolls no more than four children who are not related within the third degree, and that charges no tuition or fees for instruction. A parent teaching their own children at home meets that definition, so enrolling with an umbrella school does not change your duties, and you follow the Section 167.012 home school rules (1,000 hours, the five core subject areas, and the plan book, portfolio and evaluation records). No notice to the state or district is required.

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