Homeschooling in Texas: the paperwork, exactly

Texas — No filing — guidance only

Notice: No notice of intent, to anyone, by any deadline — a home school is a private school under Texas law

Ongoing duties: None required by law: no testing, no portfolio, no register. A bona fide written curriculum covering reading, spelling, grammar, math, and good citizenship (Leeper)

Withdrawal from public school: no codified withdrawal procedure — a dated written notice to the school is the practice, and it creates your paper record.

Verified Texas details

• If a district asks in writing, a short letter of assurance that you are homeschooling satisfies cooperation — it is a response, not a filing, and it is not annual.
• Withdraw in writing to the campus so your child is not counted absent — TEA practice, not a statute.
• Templates in the kit are labeled 'for your own records — not filed anywhere,' because Texas law requires none of them.

Source: Educ. Code §25.086(a)(1); TEA v. Leeper, 893 S.W.2d 432 (Tex. 1994)

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Rules checked October 2026 — every rule on this page is cited to its source. Verify day counts against your district's official calendar.