Virginia homeschool laws

Virginia requires an annual Notice of Intent for home instruction filed with the local division superintendent by August 15. The notice lists the subjects to be studied in the coming year and shows which of the four qualification options the parent meets. Parents who move into a division or start home instruction after the school year begins notify the superintendent as soon as practicable and then have 30 days to meet the requirements. By August 1 after the school year, parents give the superintendent either a composite score in or above the fourth stanine on a nationally normed achievement test (or an equivalent ACT, SAT or PSAT score), or an evaluation the superintendent finds shows adequate growth and progress, such as a letter from a person licensed to teach in any state or holding a master's degree or higher, or a report card or transcript from a college, college distance learning program or home-education correspondence school. If the evidence is not provided, the program can be placed on one-year probation with a remediation plan, and home instruction must end if it is still missing the following August 1; this does not apply to children under 6 as of September 30. Families may instead seek a separate religious exemption from attendance under 22.1-254, which does not use the home-instruction notice.

Expect a notice plus some form of evaluation, such as a portfolio review or a standardized test.

• August 1: Evidence of academic progress due

• August 15: Annual Notice of Intent for home instruction

Our summary does not list specific subjects that Virginia law names. Check the official sources below.

Our summary does not list a specific hour or day count for Virginia.

By August 1 after the school year, parents give the superintendent either a composite score in or above the fourth stanine on a nationally normed achievement test (or an equivalent ACT, SAT or PSAT score), or an evaluation the superintendent finds shows adequate growth and progress, such as a letter from a person licensed to teach in any state or holding a master's degree or higher, or a report card or transcript from a college, college distance learning program or home-education correspondence school.

Our summary does not list a state recordkeeping requirement for Virginia. Keeping attendance, a reading log, and work samples is still wise if you move or re-enroll.

Yes. HomeStudyPath can pre-fill a draft of these filings from your family's records:

• Annual Notice of Intent for home instruction
• Evidence of academic progress due

• Virginia state education agency (opens in a new tab)

Independent summary: HSLDA's Virginia page (opens in a new tab)