Kentucky is low-regulation: homeschools operate as private schools that send a brief annual notification letter to the local superintendent and keep attendance and grade records at home — no testing, no submissions.
Homeschooling is legal and pleasantly simple in Kentucky, where a homeschool is a private school in your home. Each year you send a short letter to your local superintendent — traditionally within the first two weeks of the school year — listing the names and ages of your students and your address. That letter is the extent of your contact with the district in a normal year.
At home, Kentucky expects the same basics any school keeps: an attendance register and scholarship (grade) reports, instruction in English across the core subjects, and a school term comparable to the public schools' — at least 170 instructional days.
Send a brief notification letter to your local district superintendent each year, traditionally within two weeks of the start of your school year, listing student names, ages, and your address. No forms, approvals, or fees.
Teach in English and cover reading, writing, spelling, grammar, history, mathematics, science, and civics. Kentucky does not dictate curriculum or methods.
Keep an attendance register and scholarship reports (grades) for each child, matching what a private school would maintain, across a term of at least 170 instructional days. These stay in your files unless officially requested.
None. Kentucky requires no standardized testing or evaluations for homeschooled students.
Send your notification letter to the local superintendent within about two weeks of starting your school year (send one whenever you begin mid-year, too).
Withdraw your child from their current school in writing if enrolled.
Set up an attendance register and a simple grade book per child, planning for at least 170 instructional days.
Map your year across Kentucky's core subjects: reading, writing, spelling, grammar, history, math, science, and civics.
Choose a curriculum that covers those subjects and generates attendance and grade records automatically, so Kentucky's recordkeeping is a byproduct of the schoolwork itself.
Whatever Kentucky asks for — attendance, subject coverage, progress evidence, transcripts — Cullinan Academy tracks it automatically as your kids learn: verified mastery records, time-on-task, printable transcripts with GPA, and state report templates. No spreadsheet required.
No. Kentucky requires no standardized testing or evaluation for homeschooled students.
Just the basics: the names and ages of the children you are schooling and your address. It is a notification, not an application — the district does not approve or deny it.
At least 170 instructional days, comparable to the public school term. Your attendance register is the record.
Rarely. Districts can inquire if attendance or instruction is questioned, and Kentucky's longstanding best-practices understanding between officials and homeschoolers keeps such contacts civil — organized records end them quickly.
You issue the diploma and transcript from your home private school. Kentucky homeschool graduates attend state universities and qualify for admissions on their records and test scores.
This page is general information, not legal advice. Homeschool law changes, and districts sometimes apply it differently. Verify current requirements with your state's department of education or a local homeschool association before filing anything. Content last reviewed 2026-07.