Oregon Homeschool Requirements Checklist
Everything you need to do to homeschool legally in Oregon, based on ORS 339.035. Oregon is classified as Moderate regulation.
This is the general checklist for Home Education under ORS 339.035, the most common of Oregon's 2 pathways. Our free wizard customizes this for your family, including grade, pathway, enrollment status, and IEP.
Your compliance checklist
Do first
File your Notice of Intent
Submit to your local Education Service District (ESD). Deadline: within 10 days of withdrawing from public school or beginning home education.
Deadline: within 10 days of withdrawing from public school or beginning home education
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Send this to your ESD, not your school district. Oregon has 19 ESDs, each with its own form. Notification must include child's name, age, and address, plus a statement that the child is being taught at home.
Send a withdrawal letter
If your child is currently enrolled in school, send a withdrawal letter to School principal or front office of the child's current school.
Deadline: Before you start (if enrolled)
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Written letter to current school stating child is being withdrawn for home education pursuant to ORS 339.030. Must also file ESD notification within 10 days. Obtain written confirmation from the school to avoid truancy marking.
Ongoing
Show your child's progress
Standardized test — at specific grade levels. At grades: 3, 5, 8, 10.
More details
Must take an approved nationally normed standardized achievement test (historically ITBS, Stanford, CAT, MAT, or others approved by the State Board of Education). Test must be administered in person by a qualified neutral person (not the parent and not a household member) who meets publisher qualifications or holds an Oregon teaching/personnel services license. Testing is NOT annual -- only at grades 3, 5, 8, and 10. 18-month grace period before first test for newly homeschooled children. Separate 23rd percentile composite score requirement applies for interscholastic activity eligibility under OAR 581-021-0033.
Good news
No specific subjects required
ORS 339.035 does not list required subjects for home-educated students. However, standardized testing at grades 3, 5, 8, and 10 covers reading, language arts, and mathematics, so families should cover core academics.
No instructional time minimums
No minimum hours or days of instruction required.
Filing requirements
- What to file
- simple notice
- Send to
- your local Education Service District (ESD)
- Deadline
- within 10 days of withdrawing from public school or beginning home education
- How often
- annual
Send this to your ESD, not your school district. Oregon has 19 ESDs, each with its own form. Notification must include child's name, age, and address, plus a statement that the child is being taught at home.
ORS 339.035(2)
Ongoing requirements
Testing and assessment
- Accepted types
- Standardized test
- Frequency
- at specific grade levels
- At grades
- 3, 5, 8, 10
Must take an approved nationally normed standardized achievement test (historically ITBS, Stanford, CAT, MAT, or others approved by the State Board of Education). Test must be administered in person by a qualified neutral person (not the parent and not a household member) who meets publisher qualifications or holds an Oregon teaching/personnel services license. Testing is NOT annual -- only at grades 3, 5, 8, and 10. 18-month grace period before first test for newly homeschooled children. Separate 23rd percentile composite score requirement applies for interscholastic activity eligibility under OAR 581-021-0033.
See our full assessment guide for Oregon for details.
ORS 339.035(4); OAR 581-021-0026
What you don't need to worry about
No specific subjects required
ORS 339.035 does not list required subjects for home-educated students. However, standardized testing at grades 3, 5, 8, and 10 covers reading, language arts, and mathematics, so families should cover core academics.
No instructional time minimums
No minimum hours or days of instruction required.
Other ways to homeschool in Oregon
This checklist covers Home Education under ORS 339.035, the most common pathway. Oregon offers 2 different ways to homeschool, each with different requirements:
- •Home Education under ORS 339.035(this checklist) : You notify your local Education Service District (ESD) within 10 days of starting and renew annually by August 15. No required subjects and no curriculum approval, but your child must take a standardized test at grades 3, 5, 8, and 10, administered by a qualified neutral person (not the parent). Scoring below the 15th percentile may trigger additional requirements.
- •Private School Enrollment : You enroll in a private or parochial school, which satisfies compulsory attendance without the ESD notification or standardized testing at grades 3, 5, 8, and 10. Some families form or join small private schools that function similarly to home education. Best for families who want to avoid the standardized testing requirements of the home education pathway.
Our wizard helps you choose the right one. Compare all pathways for Oregon
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Get your Oregon checklistRequirements sourced from ORS 339.035. Verified against primary legal sources. Last verified: March 2026