Understand Wyoming Home School Laws With DoNotPay

Homeschooling your child can open the door to opportunities and experiences you can’t get from traditional schooling.

As a parent and homeschool teacher, though, one of your main responsibilities is to make sure you stay within the law in your state.

Wyoming regulates homeschools fairly heavily, but this does not mean that homeschooling is out of reach—follow the rules, and nothing should stand in the way of you giving your child the best education possible from home.

DoNotPay has all the info you need on Wyoming home school laws—your homeschooling journey begins here!

The Basics of Homeschooling in Wyoming

If you have decided to homeschool your child in Wyoming, there are a few prerequisites you have to fulfill, namely:

Adhering to a standard set of subjects
Submitting an annual curriculum
Informing your school district

Adhering to a Standard Set of Subjects

Under Wyoming homeschooling laws, every child has to be taught a fixed set of core subjects at the elementary level, after which the high school requirements are:

Subject	Minimum Teaching Period After Elementary School
Reading	Four years
Writing	Four years
Math	Three years
Literature	Four years
Science	Three years, one year of which can be computer science
Civics	Three years
History	Three years

Homeschool students have more leeway, and parents or homeschool teachers can determine their own graduation criteria and issue diplomas.

Homeschooling in Wyoming does not require testing for graduation, although you may want to check your child’s eligibility for a college education without a GED.

Many colleges and employers will require transcripts of education for each year, but Wyoming homeschooling parents can create their own ones, assign credits, and determine graduation criteria.

Submitting an Annual Curriculum

For each year of homeschooling, you have to submit a:

Curriculum summary
List of the teaching materials to be used

This has to be submitted to your school district in advance, and any mid-year changes should be communicated before they are implemented.

As a homeschool teacher, you don’t have to keep records of what you have done, but it is a good idea to record:

Lessons taught and lesson plans used
Attendance and school hours
Milestones achieved
Immunizations

Informing Your School District

You are required to officially inform your school district of your intentions before you remove your child from school and begin homeschooling.

You must submit a notification of your intent to homeschool every year.

How Can You Start Homeschooling in Wyoming?

The most important things you need to prepare before you begin homeschooling your child are your:

Curriculum
Infrastructure

To set up your curriculum, you have two basic options:

Designing your own
Buying a ready-made program

Designing Your Own

Depending on your confidence as a subject expert and as a teacher, you can build your own curriculum around the required core subjects.

This gives you the freedom to:

Assign timetables according to your availability
Take account of your child’s learning and subject preferences
Use a range of teaching methods

You need to make sure your curriculum is detailed enough to satisfy your school district when you submit it before each school year, but designing your own curriculum means your homeschooling is truly tailored to your child’s needs and wishes.

Buying a Ready-Made Program

Numerous providers offer comprehensive ready-made curriculums, including lesson plans, support material, and all the content you need.

When choosing your off-the-shelf curriculum, you should take account of the:

Teaching methodology it favors versus your child’s preferred learning style
Subjects covered and balance between disciplines
Cost of the curriculum

Ready-made curriculums are far more convenient than DIY ones, but you may sacrifice some of the latitude in teaching methods and approaches a bespoke curriculum can give you. You may also need to get help with teaching subjects you are not comfortable with.

Getting Started With Homeschooling in Wyoming

Before you start homeschooling in Wyoming, you have to inform your school district of your intention.

You can begin homeschooling at any time in the year by sending a letter of intent to the superintendent of your school district with the following information:

The name, address, and school grade of the student
Details of each parent, including contact numbers
Your curriculum plan for the current year

If you get any of the details wrong, your notice of intent will be considered non-compliant and your child may end up being accused of truancy.

DoNotPay doesn’t want this to happen, so we can help you create the perfect letter of intent in a few clicks!

Get Your Wyoming Homeschool Off to the Perfect Start!

DoNotPay is here to make homeschooling your child as easy as possible!

We can get you over the first hurdle in the process by generating your letter of intent as required by Wyoming law.

In a few seconds, we can generate a fully compliant letter and even send it automatically if you choose!

Here’s how to set your letter up:

Subscribe to DoNotPay in your web browser
Go to our Notice of Intent to Homeschool feature
Answer a few on-screen questions to submit your details

That’s all you need—your letter will be ready in an instant!

You don’t need to have your letter notarized in Wyoming, but—for added peace of mind—we can do that for you with our online notarization service.

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