Homeschooling in Texas
The rules Texas sets out for home education, what they mean for the records you keep, and where to check them yourself.
Verify this with Texas 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 Texas publishes
low regulation- Do you have to tell anyone?
- No. TEA states it does not regulate, index, monitor, approve, register or accredit home schools. A district that becomes aware of a home-schooled student may request a letter of assurance in writing.
- Subjects named
- Reading · Spelling · Grammar · Mathematics · Good citizenship
- Days and hours
- No state-set days or hours. The programme must be conducted in a bona fide manner using a written curriculum.
- Testing or assessment
- Not required. No state-mandated testing. Districts assess mastery on transfer into public school.
- Records to keep
- Nothing specified by the state.
- A written curriculum covering the required subjects is the operative requirement
- Who may teach
- None.
- High school diploma
- The parent. Texas does not award diplomas to home-schooled students. Texas treats completion of a home-school education as equivalent to public high-school graduation for admission to state institutions of higher education.
Sources · last checked 2026-08-24
What that means day to day
- A written curriculum in visual or written form→your course list
- Reading, spelling, grammar, mathematics→your report cards
- Good citizenship→your course list
- Evidence of instruction, if a district asks→your attendance register
Each of those builds itself here as your child works. That does not make you compliant — only Texas decides that — but it means the paperwork exists when you need it.
The records you will have either way
Whatever Texas 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.
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