Homeschool Requirements in Wyoming
Wyoming asks nothing of you each year. No yearly notice. No registration, no testing, nothing to send in. What your children are taught, and why, stays between you and the One you answer to. One step is still yours, and it is the one families miss: a child who is enrolled in a public school right now has to be withdrawn, and reading this page does not do it. Do that first. Everything below is what Wyoming actually requires, with the code named at the foot so you can read it for yourself.
What you send in, and when it is due
No annual notice and no curriculum submission as of July 1, 2025. The Homeschool Freedom Act (H.B. 46, signed Feb. 27, 2025) amended Wyo. Stat. 21-4-102(b) to delete the yearly curriculum filing to the local board of trustees and the “prima facie evidence of noncompliance” penalty. This next part is commonly missed. H.B. 46 amended subsection (b) only. Subsection 21-4-102(c) still stands, so a parent withdrawing a child who is currently enrolled must provide the district written consent to the withdrawal, which in practice means an in-person meeting with a district counselor or administrator. That is a one-time step at withdrawal, not an annual obligation, and it does not apply to a child who was never enrolled. Separately, a family that wants continued access to public school sports and extracurriculars still submits curriculum for that purpose.
Days and hours
None specified in statute. No minimum days or hours for home-based educational programs.
Subjects the law names
Must be a “basic academic educational program”, a sequentially progressive curriculum of fundamental instruction in reading, writing, mathematics, civics, history, literature, and science (seven subjects). Programs may not be required to include content conflicting with, or exclude content consistent with, their religious doctrines.
The law names the subjects. It does not name the course titles a registrar will read, and Bible is where that gap costs families most. Booking Bible as a real subject on a transcript.
What you keep
No state recordkeeping mandate. Nothing must be submitted to or retained for the district. Keeping your own attendance, curriculum, and work samples is prudent but voluntary.
Testing and evaluation
None. No testing, no assessment, no evaluation, no district approval.
The diploma and the transcript
No state diploma or credit rules for homeschoolers; the parent issues the diploma and transcript. The practical high-school pressure point is the Hathaway Scholarship: homeschool graduates cannot satisfy the standard “success curriculum” transcript route through a district and instead qualify via the ACT/other alternative criteria set by the Wyoming Dept. of Education, contact a Hathaway advisor early, ideally by 9th/10th grade. Wyoming’s Steamboat Legacy Scholarship Act ESA (2025) is a separate program with its own testing/reporting strings; enrolling in it changes your obligations.
A Christian college and a public university read the same page for different things. What each one asks a homeschooler for.
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Where the law names religion
The curriculum rule here runs in both directions for a religious household. A program may not be required to include content conflicting with its religious doctrines, and it may not be required to leave out content consistent with them. A separate point, and the one most often missed: H.B. 46 amended Wyo. Stat. 21-4-102(b) only. The withdrawal consent at 21-4-102(c) is unamended and still stands, so a child who is enrolled in a public school right now must still be withdrawn with the district's written consent.
Where this comes from
Statute: Wyo. Stat. 21-4-102(b) as amended by 2025 H.B. 46 (Homeschool Freedom Act, eff. July 1, 2025); Wyo. Stat. 21-4-102(c) (withdrawal consent, unamended); Wyo. Stat. 21-4-101(a)(vi) (definitions)
Source: https://edu.wyoming.gov/parents/homeschooling/
Last reviewed: July 2026. The day is not recorded.
Homeschool law changes, and a page like this goes quietly out of date. Before a filing deadline, read the code above yourself. If we have fallen behind we would much rather hear it from you than have you find out at a district office.
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