New Mexico
Our summary below describes the overall picture of homeschooling requirements in the state of New Mexico. Additional and more extensive help can be found within our e-book: New Mexico 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 must have high school diploma or GED |
| Reporting: | Register as a Homeschool with the Secretary of Education within 30 days of establishment of a homeschool and re-notify on or before April 1st of each year thereafter. |
| Recordkeeping: | Maintain attendance records showing that parents are teaching the children at least 180 days and keep immunization records, or objection to immunization waiver form. |
| Requirements: | Subjects required include reading, language arts, mathematics, social studies and science. Attend same length of time as school district - 180 days. |
| Testing: | Testing Not Required |
| Compulsory Attendance: | Applies to child at least 5 years of age by September 1 of the school year to age 18 unless the child has graduated from high school |
| Source of Law: | New Mexico Statutes Annotated |
| 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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