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Frequently Asked Questions about Homeschooling in Ohio

If you haven't done so yet, we encourage you to start by reading through the Primer ("Getting Started") first, as these FAQs are to be considered "digging deeper" type questions. If you haven't read through the Primer yet, these FAQs will likely just bring up even more questions! 


Click here to read through ALL of the FAQs, or 

see below to find the question you are needing.

1. Moving to a new district, or leaving Ohio

3. Notification when moving to Ohio from another state

2. What goes with a first notification in Ohio

If I'm moving to a new district, do I need to notify the school?


If we move out of Ohio after notifying, what do we need to do?

2. What goes with a first notification in Ohio

3. Notification when moving to Ohio from another state

2. What goes with a first notification in Ohio

What do I need to include other than my NOI and curriculum list?

3. Notification when moving to Ohio from another state

3. Notification when moving to Ohio from another state

4. Walking the NOI into the office instead of mailing it

How long do I have before needing to send my notification?

4. Walking the NOI into the office instead of mailing it

4. Walking the NOI into the office instead of mailing it

4. Walking the NOI into the office instead of mailing it

Can I bring my notification in personally instead of mailing it certified?

5. Approval process or waiting time before beginning

4. Walking the NOI into the office instead of mailing it

5. Approval process or waiting time before beginning

Do I need to wait to homeschool until I have received my child’s excuse from compulsory attendance?

6. Logging or tracking of hours

4. Walking the NOI into the office instead of mailing it

5. Approval process or waiting time before beginning


Do I need to log or track my 900 hours?


And would this be sent in with my next notification or asked for at a portfolio assessment? 

7. Assessment options in Ohio

8. A child who turns 6 during the school year

8. A child who turns 6 during the school year

What are the options in Ohio for my annual assessment?


What is the "third option" for assessments?


If we begin mid/late in the year, do I still need to turn in an assessment next year?


If I leave Ohio or enroll in school, do I need an assessment?

8. A child who turns 6 during the school year

8. A child who turns 6 during the school year

8. A child who turns 6 during the school year

Do I need to notify for my child when he/she turns 6, if it’s during the school year?

His/her birthday falls after the first day of school in my district. Do I need to notify?

9. Removing a child from public K or PreK

8. A child who turns 6 during the school year

9. Removing a child from public K or PreK

Do I need to notify if I decide to withdraw from public preschool, since he/she is not age 6?


What about if I pull my under-compulsory age child from Kindergarten?


We've registered for K, but school hasn't started yet and I've changed my mind. Do I need to notify?

10. Work to keep for portfolios

11. Finding curriculum for homeschooling

9. Removing a child from public K or PreK

If I do a portfolio review, what do I need to keep as proof of my year?

How do I show enough "proof" for a portfolio assessment if we haven't homeschooled all year?

11. Finding curriculum for homeschooling

11. Finding curriculum for homeschooling

11. Finding curriculum for homeschooling

How do I find homeschool curriculum? 


Is there a list of approved curriculum for Ohio?

12. Graduation and college acceptance

11. Finding curriculum for homeschooling

11. Finding curriculum for homeschooling

What about high school diplomas and college acceptance?


Will they be accepted into college after homeschooling high school?


What is the “diploma fairness law” (enacted July 2015)?

13. Withdrawing from public online, open enrolled, and private schools

13. Withdrawing from public online, open enrolled, and private schools

13. Withdrawing from public online, open enrolled, and private schools

How do I withdraw my child from an e-school (public school at home, such as OHVA, Connections, etc)?


How do I withdraw my child from a private school?

How do I withdraw my child from a school he or she is open-enrolled in?  Do I notify to the open enrolled school, or my district?

14. Standardized tests options in Ohio

13. Withdrawing from public online, open enrolled, and private schools

13. Withdrawing from public online, open enrolled, and private schools

Is there a list of acceptable standardized tests that Ohio allows?


Does a teacher have to administer the test?


What score is considered to be satisfactory?

What about the "free" state tests offered by my school? 

15. Testing requirements in Ohio

13. Withdrawing from public online, open enrolled, and private schools

16. Required subjects and topics in Ohio

Do I have to test if we homeschool? Third Grade? Ohio Graduation Test?

16. Required subjects and topics in Ohio

17. Extracurricular access for homeschooled students

16. Required subjects and topics in Ohio

Do I really need to teach all those subjects every year? 


My school doesn't teach X subject for Y grade, so why do I need to find a curriculum for every one of those subjects?

17. Extracurricular access for homeschooled students

17. Extracurricular access for homeschooled students

17. Extracurricular access for homeschooled students

Can my child participate in sports, band, or other classes and activities at my local public school?

18. Work permits for minors

17. Extracurricular access for homeschooled students

17. Extracurricular access for homeschooled students

Does my homeschool teen need a work permit, and if so, how do we get one?

19. Re-enrollment into school following homeschooling

19. Re-enrollment into school following homeschooling

19. Re-enrollment into school following homeschooling

If we decide to enroll back in school, how do we do that?

20. Superintendent responsibilities

19. Re-enrollment into school following homeschooling

19. Re-enrollment into school following homeschooling


Where do I send my notification? My school says to send it to an ESC office, not the superintendent.


Does my excusal letter have to be signed by the superintendent? The letter I received is signed by someone else.

COVID-19 Specific/Temporary/Crisis Homeschooling FAQs

The following post on our OHP blog was specific about issues that were being frequently asked about during 2020-2021, but are still helpful for those who don't see themselves as "homeschool lifers" or are not intending to homeschool more than a year or so. If you are trying to figure out homeschooling for temporary reasons, see the following FAQs, but also please also be sure to read through the "regular" FAQs above this section as they cover the 20 most common questions of all home educators in Ohio.

A note of welcome to all the new crisis/temporary homeschoolers

Click here to go to the blog post. 

Top 10 Frequently Asked Questions for Covid/Temporary Homeschools

Click here to go to the COVID/Tempoary Homeschool FAQs 

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