Homeschool Requirements in Arizona

Arizona asks for very little. Start with the first section: what you file, if anything, and the date it is due. The rest is short. Every claim here is cited at the foot of the page, so you can check it against the code rather than take our word for it.

What you file, and by when

You file once, not every year. Send a notarized Affidavit of Intent to Homeschool to the county school superintendent within 30 days of beginning to homeschool (or within 30 days of the child’s 6th birthday if already home-educating). Must include the child’s legal name, date of birth, and the names, addresses, and phone numbers of the persons with legal custody; a certified birth certificate or other acceptable proof of the child’s identity/age must accompany it. No annual renewal. You must notify the county superintendent within 30 days if you terminate homeschooling; if you later resume, you file a new affidavit. Compulsory ages are 6-16; parents may note on the affidavit an election to delay formal instruction until age 8.

Days or hours

None. Arizona sets no minimum days or hours for homeschools.

Subjects you must cover

Reading, grammar, mathematics, social studies, and science (A.R.S. § 15-802(A)). No specified scope, sequence, or hours per subject.

Records you keep

No state-mandated records and no reporting after the affidavit. Keeping attendance, work samples, and transcripts is strongly advised for high school and college admissions but is not a legal requirement. Immunization records are not required to be filed for homeschoolers.

Nothing goes to a district, so the only account of the four years is the one you write. Writing the counselor letter when the counselor is you.

Testing or evaluation

None. No standardized testing, no portfolio review, no evaluation, no state or district oversight of the program.

Diplomas and transcripts

Parent issues the diploma and maintains the transcript; there are no state credit requirements for homeschoolers. A.R.S. § 1-701 (from 2017’s HB 2389) requires state and local government entities to treat diplomas and transcripts from all schooling options, including homeschool, equivalently, which is unusually strong statutory backing for a parent-issued diploma. Practical warning: if a homeschooled student later enrolls in an Arizona public high school, the district is not obligated to accept homeschool credits and may require validation testing or place the student back at 9th grade. One 2026 interaction catches people out. Arizona’s universal Empowerment Scholarship Account (ESA, roughly $7,000-$8,000 per child via ClassWallet) and the § 15-802 homeschool affidavit cannot be combined. An ESA student is legally an ESA student, not an affidavit homeschooler, and takes on ESA expense reporting and, for some grades, testing and portfolio obligations under the ESA contract. Do not file both.

A diploma you signed yourself gets read against the transcript behind it. What a college actually does with a homeschool transcript.

If the transcript is the piece you are missing, it is free on its own: The Transcript Template, with the weighted and unweighted GPA already wired.

Where this comes from

Statute: Ariz. Rev. Stat. §§ 15-802, 15-745, 15-828; diploma parity at § 1-701; ESA at §§ 15-2401 to 15-2404

Source: https://www.azleg.gov/ars/15/00802.htm

Last reviewed: July 2026. The day is not recorded.

Homeschool law changes, and a page like this goes stale without saying so. Before a filing deadline, read the statute above for yourself. If we are behind, we would rather hear it from you than have you find out at the district office.

All fifty states and DC, each with its statute cited.

Filing is one half of it. Keeping the records is the other, and that is what our Records System is for: the editable transcript with the GPA already wired, 131 course descriptions, and this same statute-cited summary for all fifty states and DC. Thirty-nine dollars, one household, however many children you have.