- The law asks for no portfolio, no records, no test and no evaluation.
- Teach reading, writing, math, civics, history, literature and science. Since July 1, 2025, you no longer send your curriculum to the school board.
- Leaving a public school? Tell the district in writing that your child is enrolling in a home-based program.
The paper on your table is this year’s folder of work: worksheets, a book list, a few projects. Beside it may sit your curriculum plan (yours to keep), a copy of the letter you sent the district, a test report, and one day a high school transcript you write.
Wyoming calls homeschooling a “home-based educational program” (W.S. 21-4-101). Good news: the rules are short, and in 2025 they got shorter.
Does Wyoming require a homeschool portfolio?
No. Wyoming’s law asks you to make sure a basic academic curriculum is taught. It says nothing about a portfolio, a log, work samples, attendance, a test or an evaluation (W.S. 21-4-102).
Here is what the law does ask (W.S. 21-4-101, 21-4-102):
- Teach reading, writing, mathematics, civics, history, literature and science.
- Make it a “sequentially progressive” curriculum, so the work builds as your child grows.
- You teach, or someone you choose does. No certificate or approval is needed.
- Nothing that conflicts with your religious beliefs has to be taught.
It applies from age 7 (by August 1) until your child turns 16 or finishes 10th grade (W.S. 21-4-102).
The curriculum filing ended in 2025
You used to send your local school board a curriculum every year. House Bill 46 ended that on July 1, 2025. Now you only make sure the curriculum is taught (W.S. 21-4-102).
Older pages may still tell you to file each year. The Wyoming Department of Education (WDE) says the filing is no longer required, and it offers no form.
Our advice: still write a short plan each year, listing the seven subjects and what you used. It goes nowhere. It’s simply your record if anyone ever asks.
If your child is leaving a public school
Tell the district in writing that your child is enrolling in a home-based program. If you don’t, the law asks you to meet in person with a counselor or administrator and sign a withdrawal (W.S. 21-4-102).
The Home School Legal Defense Association (HSLDA) suggests sending the letter by certified mail and keeping a copy. That is advice, not law.
Sports, classes and tests
Your district must let your child join its activities. And from the 2026-27 school year, the law opens public schools to part-time students too (W.S. 21-4-506, 21-4-301).
| What the district offers | What applies | Rule |
|---|---|---|
| Activities, including Wyoming High School Activities Association sports | The same rules and fees as full-time students. No tuition. | W.S. 21-4-506 |
| Part-time classes | Open to part-time students from 2026-27, under the school board’s rules | W.S. 21-4-301(a) |
| The state’s college entrance or career readiness exam, in 11th and 12th grade | Free, on the same date public school students take it | W.S. 21-3-110(a)(xxix) |
What counts as a work sample?
Wyoming has no rule, because it requires no samples. But samples are what stand behind your high school transcript.
Our examples, not the law’s: a dated math page, a writing piece, a book list, a photo of a history project, a science lab sheet, and any test you choose to give.
The Wyoming homeschool year, date by date
There is no statewide filing date. The dates that matter are your child’s age and a few high school milestones.
| When | What | Rule |
|---|---|---|
| Age 7 by August 1 | Compulsory attendance starts. Your home-based program meets it. | W.S. 21-4-102 |
| When you leave a public school | Tell the district in writing, or meet in person to withdraw | W.S. 21-4-102 |
| All year | Teach the seven subjects | W.S. 21-4-101, 21-4-102 |
| Each activity season | The same rules and fees as full-time students | W.S. 21-4-506 |
| 11th and 12th grade | The free college entrance or career readiness exam | W.S. 21-3-110(a)(xxix) |
| Age 16 or the end of 10th grade | Compulsory attendance ends | W.S. 21-4-102 |
How long to keep homeschool records in Wyoming
The law sets no period. Our advice: keep each year’s plan and a few samples of work for every year you homeschool, and high school records for good.
HSLDA advises keeping most records at least two years. It says to keep high school records, and proof you followed the law in those years, forever. That is advice, not law.
If your child goes back to school
No Wyoming statute sets how a school places a returning student or credits their work. Your district decides. Work samples, test results and a transcript give it something to go on.
Other routes: church school and the ESA program
Most of this page is about the home-based program. Two other routes exist, and they work differently.
| Route | What it asks | Rule |
|---|---|---|
| Home-based program | Teach the seven subjects. Nothing is filed and no test is required. | W.S. 21-4-101, 21-4-102 |
| Church school | A parochial, church or religious school; HSLDA lists teaching at home under one as an option. The school sets its own rules. | W.S. 21-4-101(a)(iii), (iv); HSLDA |
| ESA program (Steamboat Legacy Scholarship) | Tell your district, sign the state’s agreement, teach the seven subjects, and take the statewide test or a nationally normed one | W.S. 21-2-904, 21-4-102(d) |
A child in the ESA program who is taught outside a school is not in a home-based program (W.S. 21-2-904). The WDE says the ESA program is going ahead while a lawsuit over it continues.
Will a school accept digital records?
The law doesn’t say what form your records take. Nothing is filed, so there is no state format to meet.
Whether a school, coach or scholarship office takes a digital homeschool portfolio or an emailed transcript is their call. Ask first. A printed copy works for anyone who wants paper.
What changes in 2026 and 2027
2026
No change to Wyoming’s homeschool sections (W.S. 21-4-101 and 21-4-102). They were last changed by 2025’s House Bill 46, which ended the yearly curriculum filing.
New in 2026: Senate File 18 opens public schools to part-time students, starting with the 2026-27 school year. Two other bills didn’t pass. HB 149, titled “Home school prohibition-parents with convictions”, was not considered, and HB 123, on education savings accounts, failed.
2027
No change is scheduled. The 2027 session opens January 12, 2027, and no 2027 bills are posted yet.
Keeping the year’s work in KidsFoldr
The stack of worksheets can go, and the year stays organized with no sorting and nothing to type. Snap each page as you teach, and KidsFoldr files it by child, grade and type, with schoolwork and tests by subject too. It’s a homeschool record keeping app that does the filing for you.
- The paper goes, with no guilt. Scan a page for peace of mind, then toss it: no pile on the counter, no shelf of binders. Keep the originals that matter, though: your letter to the district, any test score report, and high school work you may need for credit or a Hathaway application.
- The paperwork keeps up. An emailed letter from the district or a score report files the same way.
- Dates land on the calendar. Snap a notice with the exam date, or a sports sign-up sheet, and each date goes on your family calendar, linked back to its paper, with nothing to type.
- The year is ready if anyone asks. Start a New portfolio, pick your dates or grades, and get one PDF with a cover and contents. Share or print it from your phone, or share your child’s Portfolios folder read-only.
- Keepsakes stay safe, artwork and projects included. Turn on automatic backup, and every paper goes to KidsFoldr Cloud as it is filed. One tap on Back up copies every paper to your own Google Drive or iCloud.
You pick the portfolio’s sections and their order. For Wyoming, you might switch on:
- Work samples, grouped by subject, across the seven subjects you teach.
- A reading log (title, author and date) for the year’s literature.
- Test results for any test you give, the 11th-grade exam included.
- Letters and notices for your yearly plan or your letter to the district.
Common questions
Do I have to keep a homeschool portfolio in Wyoming?
No. The law doesn’t require one. Our advice is to keep each year’s plan and some work samples, and high school records for good.
Do I still send my curriculum to the school board?
No. House Bill 46 ended the yearly filing on July 1, 2025. You only make sure the seven subjects are taught (W.S. 21-4-102).
Does my child have to take a standardized test?
No, not in a home-based program. Students in the ESA program take one under the state’s agreement (W.S. 21-2-904). In 11th and 12th grade, your district offers the state’s college entrance or career readiness exam for free.
How long do I have to keep homeschool records in Wyoming?
The law sets no period. HSLDA advises at least two years for most records, and high school records forever.
Can my homeschooler play school sports?
Yes. Your district must let your child join its activities, with the same rules and fees as full-time students and no tuition (W.S. 21-4-506).