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Homeschooling a Child with an IEP in Wyoming

What happens to your child's special education services when you homeschool in Wyoming, and how to reach the services that remain available.

What happens to your child's services

Wyoming law defines private schools to include home-based educational programs, so your homeschooled child with a disability has the same rights as children placed by their parents in private schools (W.S. 21-4-101(a)(iii); WDE, Parental Placements in Private Schools and Homeschools). Your district must find and evaluate your child, develop a services plan for services it designates, and spend a proportionate share of its federal special education funds on private school and homeschool students, though no child has an individual right to particular services.

Primary source: W.S. 21-4-101(a)(iii); 34 CFR 300.111, 300.130-300.144; WDE, Parental Placements in Private Schools and Homeschools

How to access services while homeschooling

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Child Find

School districts must identify, locate and evaluate students with disabilities ages 3 to 21 enrolled by their parents in private schools and home schools in the district (WDE, Parental Placements in Private Schools and Homeschools).

How to request: Request an evaluation in writing from your school district.

IDEA, 34 CFR 300.111, 300.131

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Equitable services

Because Wyoming classifies homeschools as private schools, your child may receive services paid from the district's proportionate share of federal special education funds. The district develops a services plan, decides which services it provides and where and how, and consults with homeschool representatives; there is no individual right to particular services (W.S. 21-4-101(a)(iii); WDE, Parental Placements in Private Schools and Homeschools).

How to request: Request an evaluation from your district; eligible homeschool students are counted for the proportionate share.

W.S. 21-4-101(a)(iii); 34 CFR 300.130-300.144

Before you withdraw

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    Request complete copies of all IEP documents, evaluations, and progress reports before you withdraw.

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    Consider requesting an IEP meeting to discuss the transition. This is optional.

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    Wyoming does not require a notice to homeschool on the Home-Based Educational Program pathway.

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    Arrange any private therapies or services your child needs before withdrawal takes effect.

Keep copies of all IEP documents, evaluations, and progress reports. You'll need them if you re-enroll.

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Common questions

What happens to my child's IEP when I start homeschooling in Wyoming?
Wyoming law defines private schools to include home-based educational programs, so your homeschooled child with a disability has the same rights as children placed by their parents in private schools (W.S. 21-4-101(a)(iii); WDE, Parental Placements in Private Schools and Homeschools). Your district must find and evaluate your child, develop a services plan for services it designates, and spend a proportionate share of its federal special education funds on private school and homeschool students, though no child has an individual right to particular services.
Can my child still get special education help from the school if we homeschool in Wyoming?
Child Find: School districts must identify, locate and evaluate students with disabilities ages 3 to 21 enrolled by their parents in private schools and home schools in the district (WDE, Parental Placements in Private Schools and Homeschools). Equitable services: Because Wyoming classifies homeschools as private schools, your child may receive services paid from the district's proportionate share of federal special education funds. The district develops a services plan, decides which services it provides and where and how, and consults with homeschool representatives; there is no individual right to particular services (W.S. 21-4-101(a)(iii); WDE, Parental Placements in Private Schools and Homeschools).

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Requirements sourced from WS 21-4-101(a)(v); WS 21-4-102. Last reviewed October 2026