Homeschool Requirements in Utah
Utah 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, and the mechanism changed in 2025. Effective May 7, 2025, Utah Code § 53G-6-204 replaced the old signed affidavit with a notice of intent filed with the local school board of the child’s district of residence. The board must issue a certificate excusing the child from compulsory attendance within 30 days. It does not have to be renewed annually and does not have to be notarized (the notary requirement was removed in 2024, and H.B. 209 removed background-check provisions). Families who already had an affidavit on file for a child do not need to file a new notice of intent for that child. A new filing is needed if you move to a different district of residence.
Days or hours
None. Utah law sets no minimum instructional days or hours for home schools.
Subjects you must cover
None specified. Utah law does not mandate subjects, curriculum, textbooks, or a particular educational program for home schools; the parent decides what, when, and how the child learns. No parental teaching license or degree is required.
Records you keep
None required by statute. The school district may not require attendance records, lesson plans, or any documentation of the program.
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 assessment, no district evaluation or supervision of the homeschool program.
Diplomas and transcripts
No state diploma, no state credit or graduation requirements for homeschoolers; the parent issues the diploma and transcript. Public high schools are not obligated to award credit for homeschool coursework, so plan re-entry or dual enrollment carefully. Utah does allow dual enrollment, meaning part-time public school attendance, and extracurricular participation. District credit policies for the homeschool portion vary. Funding note for 2026: the Utah Fits All Scholarship is available to homeschooled K-12 students (reduced to roughly $4,000/yr for ages 5-11 and $6,000/yr for ages 12-18, vs. $8,000 for private school), but a Third District Court ruled the program unconstitutional in April 2025; the ruling was stayed and the program continues to operate pending the Utah Supreme Court appeal. Treat UFA funding as legally unsettled and do not build a high-school plan that depends on it.
The AP label is a separate permission from anything Utah asks of you, and it comes from one place. Why AP does not belong on a transcript unless you registered the Course Audit.
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: Utah Code Ann. § 53G-6-204 (as amended eff. May 7, 2025); dual enrollment § 53G-6-702; extracurriculars § 53G-6-703
Source: https://le.utah.gov/xcode/Title53G/Chapter6/53G-6-S204.html
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.
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