Utah requires a one-time signed affidavit to your school district, which must issue an exemption certificate. After that there are no subject, hour, or testing requirements.
Homeschooling is legal and remarkably simple in Utah. You file a signed affidavit with your local school district stating that your child will be homeschooled, and the district must excuse the child from compulsory attendance and issue an exemption certificate. Since reforms in the mid-2010s, this is a one-time filing per child in that district — not an annual chore.
Once the affidavit is in, Utah law makes the parent solely responsible for deciding what to teach, how long, and how to measure it. There are no state-imposed subjects, hours, or tests for homeschoolers.
Submit the signed homeschool affidavit to your resident district (most publish a simple form). The district must issue an exemption certificate — keep it. You refile only if you move to a new district or the district's process requires an update.
None mandated. Utah statute explicitly leaves curriculum, instruction time, and evaluation to the parent. Most families still run a standard core to keep options open for college and any future school re-entry.
Nothing is collected by the state. Keep the exemption certificate, a curriculum list, and yearly work samples — invaluable if you re-enroll in school or build a high school transcript.
Get the homeschool affidavit form from your district's website or office and file it for each child.
Hold onto the exemption certificate the district issues — it's your proof of legal status.
Withdraw your child from their current school in writing if they're enrolled.
Sketch a year plan: which subjects, roughly what pace, and how you'll know it's working.
Choose a curriculum with built-in placement and progress measures — since Utah leaves evaluation entirely to you, that feedback loop replaces state checkpoints.
Whatever Utah 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 — it's designed as a one-time filing per child in your district. Refile if you move districts; a quick confirmation with your district never hurts.
No. The law places curriculum and evaluation decisions solely with the parent.
Districts are required to issue it promptly after a proper affidavit. Keep proof of submission and follow up in writing if it doesn't arrive.
Utah is friendly to dual enrollment and extracurricular participation for homeschoolers — arrange specifics with your local school.
With a parent-issued transcript and diploma, plus ACT/SAT scores where required. Utah's public universities admit homeschool graduates routinely.
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.