Oregon asks for a few specific things. Oregon sets out a handful of real requirements. None of them are difficult, but the deadlines are genuine and worth putting in a calendar. Here is the whole list.

What you file, and by when

Yes. Written notice to the superintendent of the Education Service District (ESD) in which the child resides, within 10 days of withdrawing the child from public/private school or of beginning to teach the child at home. Notice must include the child's name, address, birthdate, and the name of the school last attended or the district of residence. A new notice is required whenever the family moves to a different ESD. One-time notice, it is NOT filed annually.

Days or hours

None. Oregon sets no minimum number of instructional days or hours for homeschoolers.

Subjects you must cover

None. Oregon does not mandate any subjects or curriculum for homeschoolers; the state's academic content standards are explicitly optional.

Records you keep

No state-mandated recordkeeping. Parents are not required to keep or submit attendance logs, portfolios, lesson plans, or grades. Practically, parents must retain their child's standardized test results because the ESD superintendent may request them, and should keep their own transcript/credit records for high school.

Testing or evaluation

Yes, standardized testing at the end of grades 3, 5, 8, and 10 (ORS 339.035; OAR 581-021-0026). Test must be from the ODE-approved list (e.g., Iowa Tests, Stanford, CAT/TerraNova), administered by a "qualified neutral person" not related to the child by blood or marriage, at the parent's expense; results are due by August 15 of the applicable year. Children withdrawn from school are not tested until at least 18 months after withdrawal; children who never attended school take their first test before the end of grade 3. KEY NUANCE: scores are kept by the parent and submitted to the ESD only if the ESD superintendent requests them. If a score falls below the 15th percentile, retesting is required within a year, and persistent decline can lead the ESD to require a licensed-teacher supervisor (at parent expense) or order school attendance for up to 12 months. Students who participate in interscholastic activities must test annually and submit results. Children with disabilities may use an alternative plan under OAR 581-021-0029.

Diplomas and transcripts

No state homeschool diploma. Parents issue their own transcript and diploma; Oregon does not accredit or validate them. ODE explicitly notes that public schools are not required to (and generally may not) grant credit toward a public-school diploma for homeschool coursework, so a student who re-enrolls late in high school may face credit loss or validation testing, plan transfers carefully. ODE points homeschoolers to the GED as a "universally recognized" credential, and some employers, trade programs, apprenticeships, and the military prefer it over a parent-issued diploma. Community-college dual enrollment is a common way to generate third-party-verifiable credits. Homeschoolers may participate in public-school interscholastic activities but must then test annually (ORS 339.460).

Where this comes from

Statute: Or. Rev. Stat. 339.030(1)(c)-(g) (compulsory attendance exemption); ORS 339.035 (notice and examination); ORS 339.460 (participation in activities); Or. Admin. R. 581-021-0026 (examination of children taught by parent); OAR 581-021-0029 (children with disabilities)

Source: https://www.oregon.gov/ode/learning-options/homeschool/pages/infoforfamilies.aspx

Last reviewed: July 2026 · our confidence in this entry: high

Homeschool law changes, and a page like this goes stale without announcing it. Check the statute above against your own reading before a filing deadline. If we are out of date, we would rather hear it from you than have you find out at the district office.

Keeping the records is the other half of this. Our Records System has 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.