Utah asks for very little. Utah is a light-touch state. There is something to file, and it is short. Below is exactly what, by when, and where it comes from in the code.

What you file, and by when

Yes, but ONE TIME only, 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.

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 (part-time public school attendance) and extracurricular participation, and district credit policies for the homeschool portion vary by district. 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.

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://schools.utah.gov/parent/homeschool

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.