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State Info - Indiana

If you are just getting started homeschooling in Indiana, we can help you find your way. Whether your children are just reaching school age, you are pulling older children out of school, or you are moving to Indiana, NHEN is here to help you find out where to get answers to all of your homeschooling questions.

State Overview

Legal Requirements

Finding Support

Information and resources for homeschooling in Indiana Note! NHEN welcomes input to these state pages. Please email legislative-update@nhen.org if you have corrections or comments on this information. Return to LegInfo Home \| Return to State Listings
The information contained on this website does not constitute legal advice.
Brief overview of state regulations CAUTION! Most states cannot be accurately summarized in a short paragraph. The overview is only a starting place. You must spend the time necessary to acquaint yourself with the complexities of the regulations.	Indiana law requires homeschoolers to provide 180 days of instruction and keep attendance records, though there is no special form for these records, which are, as the code states, "kept solely to verify the enrollment and attendance of any particular child upon request of the state superintendent of public instruction." Homeschools must provide instruction equivalent to that given in the public schools, but, as stated on the DOE website, "state law does not define equivalency of instruction." Further, "state law exempts home schools from the curriculum and program requirements which public schools must follow."

Important documents or other commentary	Indiana Code IC 20-8.1-3-17 Compulsory Attendance Statute Private Education: Home Schooling on the DOE website

For more information: Be sure to read NHEN's list of probing questions, so you will know what to ask when finding out about homeschooling requirements.	Please see NHEN Support Group Listings.

Website for state legislature and researching bills	Indiana General Assembly

To find support online and in your area, check out the NHEN Support Group Listing. Check for Events or Conferences in your state. By joining an egroup for your state, you will have a good opportunity to ask questions of other homeschoolers and to raise your own concerns about state requirements.