Getting started homeschooling in New York
Not legal advice. This is a reading aid for the official source. It is not a law firm, and it is not a complete statement of the law. Last checked 2026-10-17.
Open the official source first: New York State Education Department. The steps below repeat only the notes already recorded for New York. Where a note says the requirement was not stated, or that it is unknown, check official source. Do not fill the gap from a blog, a curriculum company, or another state.
How to use the recorded notes
CurriculumQuiz checked the linked government or statute page on 2026-10-17. The six notes are notice, subjects, days or hours, assessment, teacher qualifications, and records. A curriculum website can help you choose books. It is not the statute. When this page and a blog disagree, the linked official page wins. If that page is silent, the answer here stays unknown.
Rules change. A summary can be wrong, incomplete, or out of date. Confirm the linked page, and contact that agency or a qualified attorney about your own facts. Save a copy of the page or the form it names, with the date you read it.
1. Open the official source
The recorded source for New York is New York State Education Department. New York State Education Department. Read it yourself before you buy a curriculum or file a form.
2. Notice or registration
Parents who wish to home school must provide written notice of intent to the district superintendent. The district responds with the home-instruction regulations and an individualized home instruction plan form.
If that note does not name a form, a deadline, or an office, the source we read did not give us one. Check official source before you mail or upload anything.
3. Subjects
The page says the district must be assured the child is receiving instruction in certain required courses and subjects, and that parents identify the curriculum materials for those areas. The subject list itself was not on this page. It points to Part 100.10.
A curriculum that lists those words is not, by itself, proof that a legal duty is met. Match your plan to the sentence above. Ask the agency when the sentence says the list was not stated.
4. Days and hours
The page describes COVID-era flexibility from instructional day and hour requirements in section 100.10(f). It does not state the current number of days or hours.
Do not borrow a day count from another state. If this note does not state a number, we do not invent one.
5. Assessment
The page identifies an annual assessment under section 100.10(h) and describes emergency exemptions for the 2019-20 and 2020-21 school years. It does not restate the current assessment method. unknown, check Part 100.10 for the current rule.
A test that comes with a curriculum is not the same thing as a test an agency requires. Use the sentence above.
6. Teacher qualifications
Not stated on official source
A college degree, a teaching certificate, and a high-school diploma are different things. Record only what this sentence names. If it names nothing, check official source.
7. Records
The page requires the individualized home instruction plan. Other record rules were not stated on this page.
Online schools in this directory often keep a grade file. Print curricula usually leave the file with the parent. That describes the product. It is not a ruling that either one satisfies New York. Keep what the sentence names.
Withdrawing from public school
The text recorded from the official source does not describe withdrawing from public school. This page does not add a withdrawal rule. Ask the school the child attends, and check official source.
If you are leaving a public school, ask that school what it needs in order to drop the student from its roll. A district can have a local form that the state page does not quote. This page will not supply one.
After the official page, then a curriculum
The quiz ranks programs from grade, style, time, budget, faith, accreditation, and pace. It does not read the New York statute, and the state does not change the match percentage. It adds a link back to the state page. The quiz runs in the browser. Quiz answers are never stored or sent. The site uses Google Analytics, which sets cookies, for anonymous usage stats. It does not ask for a child's name.
Style guides on this site list programs by tags and grade spans that are already in the directory. They are not legal checklists: Charlotte Mason, classical, secular, free, and kindergarten.
Come back to the official URL when the school year turns over. If the agency page changed, write to hello-curriculumquiz@agentmail.to and we will re-check the source before we change this summary. You can also embed the short fact box from the state page.
Frequently asked questions
What notice does the New York source we read describe?
Parents who wish to home school must provide written notice of intent to the district superintendent. The district responds with the home-instruction regulations and an individualized home instruction plan form. Not legal advice. Last checked 2026-10-17.
What subjects does the New York source we read name?
The page says the district must be assured the child is receiving instruction in certain required courses and subjects, and that parents identify the curriculum materials for those areas. The subject list itself was not on this page. It points to Part 100.10. If that sentence does not name subjects, check official source.
Does the recorded New York source describe withdrawing from public school?
The text recorded from the official source does not describe withdrawing from public school. This page does not add a withdrawal rule. Ask the school the child attends, and check official source.