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Homeschooling in Wyoming: Requirements, Paperwork, and How to Start
Since July 2025 there is no curriculum to submit to anyone. Ensure a basic academic educational program and Wyoming asks nothing further — while paying $7,000 a year to families who apply.
Homeschooling in Wyoming, Summarized
The Seven Things Wyoming Asks of You
Legal in Wyoming
Yes
Compulsory ages
7 to 16
Funding available
$7,000 per eligible student
Do I notify anyone?
Only to withdraw from a school
nothing to the state
Paperwork load
Very low
no submission since 2025
Parent qualification
None required
Standardized testing
Not required
Legal requirements last reviewed: June 2026 · Plain English · Not legal advice
Homeschooling is legal in Wyoming
What You Need to Know
Wyoming is among the least regulated states, and became more so in 2025 when families stopped having to submit their curriculum to the district. The only substantive duty now is a curriculum meeting the basic academic educational program standard — a sequential program in the required subjects. Nothing is filed.
What Wyoming Asks of You
Ensure a real program. Since 2025, submit nothing.
Must do
Ensure a curriculum meeting the basic academic educational program standard
Withdrawing an enrolled child: written notice, then meet the school in person
Dates that matter
At or before withdrawal from a public or private school
There is no annual filing, so no other date applies
Good practice — not required
Keep your own records: with nothing submitted, yours is the only account of the year
Note what the sequential program covers each year — it is the standard you are ensuring
A 2025 change removed the curriculum submission, and no testing or evaluation applies. The one live obligation is the exit: withdrawing an enrolled child needs an in-person meeting too.
Wyoming stopped collecting curriculum in 2025. StudyPug keeps the record of what your child actually covered.
Funding for Wyoming Home Education
The key numbers before the details.
PROGRAM
Steamboat Legacy account — constitutionality still in court
AMOUNT
$7,000 per eligible student for 2025-26
2026-27
Expected to hold, pending legislative action
PRE-KINDERGARTEN
Eligible only where household income qualifies
How It Works
From registration to reimbursement, step by step.
1
Apply through the Department
The Supreme Court lifted the injunction in May 2026 and the account pays $7,000 per eligible student, but the constitutional challenge itself is still before the district court.
2
Check pre-kindergarten separately
Pre-kindergarten eligibility is income-qualified rather than universal, which is a distinction worth establishing before you plan around it.
3
Keep receipts
Participants retain receipts and documentation for qualifying expenditures. Wyoming asks for records nowhere else in the year, so this is the one place they matter.
Funding rules move faster than law. Amounts and eligibility can change every school year and every legislative session — always confirm with the official program sources below before you spend. Funding facts last reviewed: August 2026.
What StudyPug Handles for You
Not templates you fill in — records that fill themselves in.
Work-samples portfolio that assembles itself
Hours & attendance log that fills itself in
Progress reports you can download and share
Scope & Sequence evidencing a basic academic educational program
One-click receipts package with dates and amounts
Every child in one account — up to 5
Questions About Homeschooling in Wyoming
Quick answers for homeschooling families.
Is homeschooling legal in Wyoming?
Yes, and it is among the least regulated arrangements in the country. The duty is to ensure a curriculum meeting the basic academic educational program standard — a sequential program across the required subject areas.
Do parents need a teaching certificate?
No. Wyoming requires no degree, diploma, teaching certificate or credential of a homeschooling parent. With nothing filed and nothing inspected, there is no point at which the question would arise.
Does Wyoming fund homeschooling?
Yes, through the Steamboat Legacy Scholarship education savings account — $7,000 per eligible student for 2025-26, with the same figure expected to hold for 2026-27 subject to legislative action. Pre-kindergarten eligibility is income-qualified.
What changed in 2025?
Families stopped having to submit their curriculum to the district. Before that, submission was the one recurring obligation; since 1 July 2025 the duty is simply to ensure the program exists, with nothing filed anywhere.
Do I have to notify anyone?
Only if your child is already enrolled. Families withdrawing a child from a public or private school give that school written notice. There is no notification to the state and nothing to file annually.
What is the 'basic academic program' standard?
A sequential program of instruction across the required subject areas. It is a standard you ensure rather than a document you produce, which is why nothing is submitted — but it does mean the program has to be real and to build.
What records should I keep, and for how long?
None are required. The exception is the savings account: participants retain receipts and documentation for qualifying expenditures, with an audit window set by the Department. It is the only place in Wyoming where records matter.
Official Sources
Confirm the rules and apply directly with your state.
Wyoming Homeschooling
→The Department's page on the current requirements.
edu.wyoming.gov — Homeschooling
Education Savings Accounts
→The scholarship account — eligibility, amount and receipts.
edu.wyoming.gov — ESAs
ESA 2025-26 Family Handbook
→The department's handbook: eligibility, the award and receipts.
edu.wyoming.gov — ESA Handbook (PDF)
Other States:
Homeschooling in Alabama·Homeschooling in Alaska·Homeschooling in Arizona— each reviewed against its own official sources
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StudyPug is a records tool, not legal advice. Homeschool rules, funding amounts, and deadlines change at least yearly — always confirm with the official sources above before you act. Requirements can also differ at the school-board or district level, so check with your local board or district too. We review every jurisdiction page and show you the date we last checked it; each requirement in your dashboard carries its own source and last-verified date.
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