Arizona
Homeschooling in Arizona
Our summary below describes the overall picture of homeschooling requirements in the state of Arizona. Additional and more extensive help can be found within our e-book: Arizona Homeschool Legal Workbook: Your Guide to Compliance - Facts & Forms, prepared by HomeSchoolLegal.com.
Approach 1 |
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| Approach: | Establish a homeschool |
| Restrictions: | Teacher certification not required |
| Reporting: | Parents need to file an affidavit of intent with the county school superintendent stating that the child is being instructed in a home school and including the child’s name, date of birth, current address of the school the child is attending, and names, telephone numbers and addresses of the persons who currently have custody of the child. Affidavit must be filed once within 30 days from the time the child begins said instruction, and is not required again until such instruction is terminated. Homeschool instruction can be delayed until age 8, provided the parent has filed this affidavit of intent. |
| Recordkeeping: | None required |
| Requirements: | Subjects required include reading, grammar, mathematics, social studies and science. |
| Testing: | Not required |
| Compulsory Attendance: | Applies to children between the ages of 6 and 16, although homeschooling may be delayed until age 8, as detailed above. |
| Source of Law: | Arizona Revised Statutes, Title 15, Section 802 |
| NOTE: | This is not intended to be legal advice and is offered only as an educational service for visitors to www.Home-School-Inc.com and www.HomeSchoolLegal.com. It is not a substitute for competent legal advice. Requirements may change at any time, and interpretations of the law and regulations can differ. Consult a legal services provider and a local hoomeschooling support group for more specific information. |
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