Homeschooling in Wyoming
Teach the seven required subjects. Follow the withdrawal rule when it applies. Then begin.
Welcome, Wyoming homeschool family. Wyoming recognizes a home-based educational program as its baseline independent route. Instruction may be provided by a parent, legal guardian, or a person designated by the parent or guardian.
Who this applies to
Compulsory attendance generally applies when a child’s seventh birthday falls on or before August 1 and continues until the child has attained the sixteenth birthday or completed the tenth grade.
A September 15 boundary applies when a child began kindergarten through Wyoming’s approved early-admission procedure.
Start a home-based educational program
Wyoming does not require routine homeschool registration, annual notification, or annual curriculum submission for a child who has never enrolled in public school.
The person administering the program must ensure that a compliant curriculum is actually provided. The 2025 Homeschool Freedom Act removed the former requirement to send that curriculum to the local school board each year.
What Wyoming asks for
What Wyoming asks for
- Legal route
- Compulsory ages
- Routine filing
- Public-school withdrawal
- Curriculum
- Required subjects
- Instructor
- Testing and calendar
How to handle it
- Operate a home-based educational program under W.S. 21-4-101 and 21-4-102
- Generally begin at age seven under the statutory birthday rule and continue until the child has attained the sixteenth birthday or completed the tenth grade
- No annual registration, notice, or curriculum submission for a child who has never enrolled in public school
- When subsection 21-4-102(c) applies, meet in person with a district official and provide the required written consent
- Use a sequentially progressive curriculum of fundamental instruction
- Teach reading, writing, mathematics, civics, history, literature, and science
- A parent, legal guardian, or person designated by the parent or guardian may provide instruction
- Ordinary home-based-program statutes prescribe no state test, portfolio review, instructional-day count, or hourly minimum
What Wyoming asks for
How to handle it
- Legal route
- Operate a home-based educational program under W.S. 21-4-101 and 21-4-102
- Compulsory ages
- Generally begin at age seven under the statutory birthday rule and continue until the child has attained the sixteenth birthday or completed the tenth grade
- Routine filing
- No annual registration, notice, or curriculum submission for a child who has never enrolled in public school
- Public-school withdrawal
- When subsection 21-4-102(c) applies, meet in person with a district official and provide the required written consent
- Curriculum
- Use a sequentially progressive curriculum of fundamental instruction
- Required subjects
- Teach reading, writing, mathematics, civics, history, literature, and science
- Instructor
- A parent, legal guardian, or person designated by the parent or guardian may provide instruction
- Testing and calendar
- Ordinary home-based-program statutes prescribe no state test, portfolio review, instructional-day count, or hourly minimum
Withdraw carefully if your child attended public school
The removal of annual curriculum submission did not repeal Wyoming’s separate public-school withdrawal law.
When W.S. 21-4-102(c) applies, the parent or other responsible adult must meet in person with a district counselor or administrator and provide written consent to withdrawal. The consent includes a separate provision authorizing release of the student’s identity and address to the Wyoming National Guard Youth Challenge Program for recruitment.
A family whose child has never enrolled in public school does not have this district-notification duty.
Teach the required curriculum
Wyoming requires a sequentially progressive curriculum of fundamental instruction in reading, writing, mathematics, civics, history, literature, and science.
The curriculum provisions do not require a private school or home-based educational program to include a concept, topic, or practice that conflicts with its religious doctrines. They also do not prohibit including material that is consistent with those doctrines.
Current home-based-program statutes do not prescribe a 175-day calendar, an hourly instructional minimum, a portfolio review, or a state assessment for ordinary participants. ESA students follow a separate, publicly funded program with different requirements.
Keep useful records
Wyoming does not prescribe a routine homeschool portfolio or attendance-log format. Keeping dependable records is still wise, especially through high school.
Maintain course descriptions, work samples, grades, attendance information, credits, and a transcript. Wyoming and its public-school districts do not issue the home-based student’s diploma or transcript, so families should establish completion requirements and preserve their own documentation.
A family-created diploma, certificate of completion, or transcript is not a state-issued Wyoming credential.
Your home base: SchoolhouseTeachers.com
Wyoming families must provide the required subjects and maintain the records their children will need. SchoolhouseTeachers.com gives your family curriculum and organizational tools in one HOME BASE.
One family membership gives every child unlimited access to hundreds of online, self-paced courses from preschool through twelfth grade, all from a Biblical worldview, with graduation and college-preparation resources.
You will also find Virtual School Boxes, self-grading iST courses, World Book Online, and thousands of family-friendly videos.
The Homeschool Records & Compliance Center gives you tools to plan the year, document progress, and organize your Wyoming homeschool records:
- Education Plan Builder for mapping each child’s subjects and courses
- Custom Schedule Builder for organizing your school year
- Schoolhouse Gradebook for tracking academic progress
- Portfolio Builder for collecting work samples
- High-school planning resources for organizing courses, credits, and graduation records
- Applecore recordkeeping for grades, attendance, courses, and transcript information
- Certificates of Completion for documenting finished courses
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Questions? Call 1.888.718.HOME or email
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A real homeschooler answers.
Requirements vary and change. Confirm current requirements with the Wyoming Department of Education, the applicable school district when withdrawing a previously enrolled child, and current Wyoming law. SchoolhouseTeachers.com provides curriculum and recordkeeping tools. It is not a school, it is not accredited, and nothing on this page is legal advice.
Sources: W.S. 21-4-101 and 21-4-102; 2023 H.B. 70; 2025 H.B. 46; Wyoming Department of Education homeschooling guidance and implementation statement; 2026 Wyoming subject index.
Last reviewed: August 2026
