Illinois
Homeschooling in Illinois
Our summary below describes the overall picture of homeschooling requirements in the state of Illinois. Additional and more extensive help can be found within our e-book: Illinois Homeschool Legal Workbook: Your Guide to Compliance - Facts & Forms, prepared by HomeSchoolLegal.com.
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| Approach: | Establish a homeschool as a private school |
| Restrictions: | Teacher certification not required |
| Reporting: | Registration or notice is NOT required, although parents may be ASKED to do so. |
| Recordkeeping: | None |
| Requirements: | Subjects should include the branches of education taught to children of corresponding age and grade in the public school and should be in English. Generally these are language arts, biological and physical science, math, social sciences, fine arts, health and physical development. Attend an equivalent number of days as the public schools - 176 days per year, but not specifically required for private or homeschools. |
| Testing: | Not required |
| Compulsory Attendance: | Applies to children between the ages of 7 and 17, unless the child has already graduated from high school. |
| Source of Law: | 105 Illinois Combined Statutes 5/26-1; People v. Levison, 404 Ill. 574 (1950) |
| 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 homeschooling support group for more specific information. |
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