Kansas
Homeschooling in Kansas
The summaries below describe two different approaches, or alternative ways, the state of Kansas offers homeschooling families to meet state compulsory education requirements. Additional and more extensive help can be found within our e-book: Kansas Homeschool Legal Workbook: Your Guide to Compliance - Facts & Forms, prepared by HomeSchoolLegal.com.
Approach 1 |
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| Approach: | Establish a homeschool as a non-accredited private school. |
| Restrictions: | Teacher must be “competent.” |
| Reporting: | Merely register name and address of school with the state board of education, referring to your school as a private school. |
| Recordkeeping: | None |
| Requirements: | Specific subjects not required for non-accrredited private schools. Attendance equivalent to the public school, or 186 days per year, with days of 6 hours in length. |
| Testing: | None |
| Compulsory Attendance: | Applies to children who have reached the age of 7 and are under the age of 18, or at age 16 with parental consent. |
| Source of Law: | Kansas Statutes Annotated, Section 72 |
| 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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Approach 2 |
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| Approach: | Establish a homeschool as a satellite of an accredited private school. |
| Restrictions: | Teacher must be “competent.” |
| Reporting: | As required by supervising private school |
| Recordkeeping: | As required by supervising private school |
| Requirements: | As required by supervising private school |
| Testing: | As prescribed by supervising private school |
| Compulsory Attendance: | Applies to children who have reached the age of 7 and are under the age of 18. |
| Source of Law: | Kansas Statutes Annotated, Section 72 |
| 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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