Minnesota Homeschool Information

🏫 1. Legal Basis & Notification

• Home‑school is classified as a nonpublic school under Minn. Stat. §§120A.22 & 123B.41. Parents are primarily responsible for their child’s education

• Annual reporting: Submit an Initial Registration Form (or letter of intent) to your local superintendent by October 1 of the first year your child is homeschooled after age 7—or within 15 days of withdrawing from public school mid‑year

• Subsequent years: File a Letter of Intent to Continue Homeschooling by October 1 each year, until your child turns 17

2. Instructor Qualifications

• A parent is automatically qualified to teach their own children

• Non‑parent instructors require one of the following:

  • Minnesota teaching license,

  • Supervision by a licensed teacher,

  • Accreditation by a recognized agency, or a bachelor’s degree

3. Required Instruction & Language

Instruction must cover these subjects annually:

• Communication (reading, writing, literature, fine arts)

• Mathematics, Science

• Social Studies (history, geography, government, economics, citizenship)

• Health and Physical Education 
  Teaching materials must be in English; supplementary languages are allowed

4. Testing & Assessment

• Students aged 7–17 must take a nationally norm-referenced standardized achievement test each year unless the homeschool is accredited

• The test and location are decided jointly by the parent and superintendent

• If a student scores at or below the 30th percentile or one grade level below, they must be evaluated for learning issues

• Test results are not automatically submitted, creating a compliance gap

5. Recordkeeping

Parents must retain documentation—such as:

• Evidence that required subjects are taught,

• Annual test details and results,

• Teaching schedule, methods, materials, student work samples,

• Immunization records or exemption proofs (submitted initially and in 7th grade)

• Maintain records for at least 2 years, ideally longer for transcripts