Homeschooling in Arizona

ARS 15-802 generally covers children between ages 6 and 16. A parent choosing to delay instruction until age 8 must file the specified affidavit.

File an affidavit with the county school superintendent within 30 days of beginning home instruction. Include the child's name, birth date, school address, and custodian names, addresses, and telephone numbers. The affidavit is not annual, but the county must be notified within 30 days of termination, and a new filing is required within 30 days if instruction resumes.

Within 30 days after home instruction begins, provide the county superintendent with a certified birth certificate, permitted alternative proof of identity and age with an explanatory affidavit, or a specified agency-custody letter. The original is returned after a copy is placed in the file.

Instruction must include reading, grammar, mathematics, social studies, and science.

Pima County guidance states no instructor qualifications are required for the homeschool route. The reviewed homeschool provision does not specify universal instructor qualifications, but this is noted as a scope finding awaiting final review.

The reviewed homeschool provision does not specify a universal homeschool hourly schedule, minimum-day count, or annual portfolio submission. These are treated as scope findings awaiting final review.

ARS 15-745 does not require testing while a child is receiving homeschool instruction. It does require testing for appropriate grade placement when a former homeschool student enrolls in a kindergarten or grade 1-12 program.