Homeschooling in New York
The rules New York sets out for home education, what they mean for the records you keep, and where to check them yourself.
Verify this with New York 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 New York publishes
high regulation- Do you have to tell anyone?
- Yes. Letter of intent by 1 July; IHIP by 15 August, to your local school district. After your letter the district sends an IHIP form within 10 business days; you return it within four weeks of receipt or by 15 August, whichever is later.
- Subjects named
- Arithmetic · Reading · Spelling · Writing · English · Geography · United States history · Science · Health education · Music · Visual arts · Physical education · New York State history and constitution · Patriotism and citizenship
- Days and hours
- 900 hours a year for grades 1–6 and 990 for grades 7–12.
- Testing or assessment
- Required. An annual assessment filed with the fourth quarterly report — a standardised test or, in most years, a written narrative evaluation.
- Records to keep
- Attendance · Immunisation records
- Four quarterly reports: hours completed, material covered in each subject, and a grade or narrative
- An explanation if less than 80% of planned material was covered in any subject
- Who may teach
- None, but the district reviews the IHIP.
- High school diploma
- The parent.
Sources · last checked 2026-08-24
What that means day to day
- Attendance or days of instruction→your attendance register
- Standardised test results→test results you add
- 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 New York decides that — but it means the paperwork exists when you need it.
The records you will have either way
Whatever New York 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.