Homeschooling in Kansas
The rules Kansas sets out for home education, what they mean for the records you keep, and where to check them yourself.
Verify this with Kansas before you rely on it
Always verify this with your state before you rely on it. This is our summary of what your state publishes, with links to the source and the date we last checked. It is not legal advice, requirements change, and some districts add their own. Your state's department of education, or a homeschool legal organisation, is the authority — we are not.
What Kansas publishes
low regulation- Do you have to tell anyone?
- Yes. Once, on registering, to kansas state department of education. You register as a non-accredited private school. There is no approval process and no fee.
- Subjects named
- Chosen by the parent
- Days and hours
- Substantially equivalent to the public schools — 186 days, about 1,116 hours, for grades 1–11.
- Testing or assessment
- Not required. No testing required.
- Records to keep
- Attendance
- Who may teach
- A "competent" instructor. The term is not defined in statute and there is no certification requirement.
- High school diploma
- Your registered school — that is, you.
Sources · last checked 2026-08-24
What that means day to day
- Attendance or days of instruction→your attendance register
- A course of study in the required subjects→your course list
- Evidence of progress→your report cards
Each of those builds itself here as your child works. That does not make you compliant — only Kansas decides that — but it means the paperwork exists when you need it.
The records you will have either way
Whatever Kansas asks for, these are the things homeschool families are commonly asked to produce — and here they build themselves as your child works, rather than being assembled in a panic in June.
Attendance
Days and instructional hours, derived from work actually finished.
Report cards
One a quarter, per subject, with the level each strand started and ended at.
Portfolio
Projects, writing and strong work, collected automatically.
Reading log
In the app and off it.
Transcript
Grades 9–10, parent-issued, with credits and GPA.
Export
Everything, one button, any time.
Everything on this page, and the records that satisfy it, are free with no account. Homeschool Year keeps those records for every child across devices and school years, and adds the print library — one payment, twelve months, no renewal.