Homeschooling in Rhode Island
The rules Rhode Island sets out for home education, what they mean for the records you keep, and where to check them yourself.
Verify this with Rhode Island 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 Rhode Island publishes
high regulation- Do you have to tell anyone?
- Yes. Before you begin, and as your committee directs, to your local school committee. Rhode Island is an approval state — you present your proposed programme to the school committee. Because approval is local, expectations vary by district.
- Subjects named
- Reading · Writing · Geography · Arithmetic · History of the United States and Rhode Island · Health · Physical education
- Days and hours
- A term substantially equal to the public schools — in practice 180 days.
- Testing or assessment
- Not required. No state testing, though a committee may ask for evidence of progress.
- Records to keep
- Attendance · Immunisation records
- Attendance records on the same forms the public schools use, returned to the committee
- Who may teach
- None set by statute; the committee reviews the programme.
- 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
- 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 Rhode Island decides that — but it means the paperwork exists when you need it.
The records you will have either way
Whatever Rhode Island 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
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