KANSAS
Homeschooling in Kansas: Requirements, Paperwork, and How to Start
Register your household as a non-accredited private school — once, free, online — and Kansas asks nothing more. No testing, no reporting, no credential.
Homeschooling in Kansas, Summarized
The Six Things Kansas Asks of You
Legal in Kansas
Yes
as a non-accredited private school
Compulsory ages
7 to 18
or until a diploma or GED
Do I notify anyone?
Yes — a one-time registration
Paperwork load
Low
nothing filed after registration
Parent qualification
None required
a competent instructor
Standardized testing
Not required
Legal requirements last reviewed: August 2026 · Plain English · Not legal advice
Homeschooling is legal in Kansas
What You Need to Know
Kansas has no standalone homeschool law. Families register their household as a non-accredited private school with the State Board — a one-time, free online filing giving the school's name, address and a custodian of records. Instruction must come from a competent instructor and run 1,116 hours a year in grades 1 to 11.
What Kansas Asks of You
One registration, and nothing after it.
Must do
Register the school's name, address and custodian of records with the State Board of Education
See that instruction comes from a competent instructor, for 1,116 hours a year in grades 1-11
Dates that matter
Before or as you begin instruction — the statute names no calendar date
Good practice — not required
Keep planning documents, a schedule and periodic testing — courts have read these as a genuine school
Note who your records custodian is — it is the one name the registration asks for
'Competent' is not defined in statute and no license is required, but the hour minimum is real: 1,116 a year in grades 1-11. Nonpublic schools also name someone to report unexcused absences — you.
Kansas asks for a competent instructor and leaves the evidence to you. StudyPug builds it while your child works.
Funding for Kansas Home Education
The short answer, before the detail.
Kansas provides no direct funding to homeschooling families.
No state education savings account, voucher or reimbursement exists that a homeschooling family can use. A federal donor-scholarship route is legislated for a future tax year, but Kansas would have to opt in first.
To your family
$0 — no usable state program
To apply for
Registration only, not money
Cost to register
Nothing — the filing is free
What StudyPug Handles for You
Not templates you fill in — records that fill themselves in.
Work-samples record — the planning evidence courts have looked for
Hours & attendance log that fills itself in
Progress reports you can download and share
Scope & Sequence showing a genuine, scheduled program
Every child in one account — up to 5
Questions About Homeschooling in Kansas
Quick answers for homeschooling families.
Is homeschooling legal in Kansas?
Yes, though there is no standalone homeschool statute. Families homeschool by registering their household as a non-accredited private school with the Kansas State Board of Education under K.S.A. 72-4345 and following.
Do parents need a teaching certificate?
No. Instruction must be provided by a competent instructor, but no teaching license is required and the statute does not define competence. Nobody assesses it in advance.
Does Kansas fund homeschooling?
No. There is no state education savings account, voucher or tax-credit program a homeschooling family can use. A federal donor-scholarship mechanism has been legislated to start in a future tax year, but it would require Kansas to opt in, which has not happened.
What does registration involve?
Very little. It is a one-time, free online filing with the State Board giving your school's name, its address, and a custodian of records. There is no approval, no fee and no renewal.
Do I have to teach particular subjects?
The statute prescribes no subject list and no curriculum, but it does set time: instruction must be substantially equivalent to the public school term — 1,116 hours a year in grades 1 to 11, 1,086 in grade 12 and 465 in kindergarten. What you teach is left to you; how long is not.
What records should I keep, and for how long?
None are mandated. Kansas courts have, though, looked at planning, scheduling and periodic testing when deciding whether a household school is genuine — which makes keeping those worth doing even absent a requirement. No retention period is set.
What about attendance reporting?
Nonpublic schools must designate someone to report students absent without excuse once thresholds are crossed — three consecutive days, or five in a semester. For a household school that person is you, which in practice makes it a formality.
Official Sources
Confirm the rules and apply directly with your state.
Non-Accredited Private School Registration
→The registration form itself, with the State Board.
apps.ksde.gov — NAPS form
K.S.A. 72-6313
→The statute behind the non-accredited private school route.
ksrevisor.gov — K.S.A. 72-6313
HB 2468 (2026 Session)
→The school-choice bill of the 2026 session, and where it stopped.
kslegislature.gov — HB 2468
Other States:
Homeschooling in Kentucky·Homeschooling in Louisiana·Homeschooling in Maine— each reviewed against its own official sources
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