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Wisconsin Homeschool Documents & Templates

Every document you need to homeschool legally in Wisconsin, based on Wis. Stat. 118.165.

These are general templates for Home-Based Private Educational Program (HBPEP), the most common of Wisconsin'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 Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction (DPI) by October 15 of each school year

Annual Renewal

Required by October 15

Notice of Intent

What to file
simple notice
Send to
Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction (DPI)
Deadline
October 15 of each school year
How often
annual

Your notice must include:

  • •number of children enrolled (elementary and high school grades)
  • •statement that the program meets the Wis. Stat. 118.165(1) criteria
Practical tip: File Form PI-1206 through your HOMER account with the Department of Public Instruction by October 15 each school year (Wis. Stat. 115.30(3)). The report covers enrollment and whether your program meets the criteria in Wis. Stat. 118.165(1).

Wis. Stat. 118.167(1)

Annual Renewal

Deadline
October 15

Wis. Stat. 118.167(1)

Other ways to homeschool in Wisconsin

This page covers Home-Based Private Educational Program (HBPEP). Wisconsin offers 2 different ways to homeschool, and each may require different documents:

  • •
    Home-Based Private Educational Program (HBPEP)(this page): You file Form PI-1206 with the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction by October 15 each school year (Wis. Stat. 115.30(3)), and provide at least 875 hours of instruction each year in a sequentially progressive curriculum of reading, language arts, mathematics, social studies, science, and health (118.165(1)). There is no testing, curriculum approval, portfolio, or progress report.
  • •
    Private School: A private school that meets the criteria in Wis. Stat. 118.165(1), including at least 875 hours of instruction a year and the same six-subject curriculum, is structured as a school rather than a home-based program. The school's administrator files the school's enrollment report with DPI by October 15 (Wis. Stat. 115.30(3)); a family whose child is enrolled in a Wisconsin private school does not file a PI-1206. State teacher licensing (Wis. Stat. 118.19(1)) does not apply to private schools.

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Requirements sourced from Wis. Stat. 118.165. Last reviewed October 2026