State requirements · verified

Homeschooling in Ohio.

Notify-only (no approval/registration; exemption effective immediately upon district receipt of notice)

Primary source: ORC 3321.042 (as enacted by House Bill 33, 135th General Assembly.

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What Ohio asks

Regulation level

Very Low (post-HB-33 · effective 2023-10-03)

Statute citation

ORC 3321.042 (as enacted by House Bill 33, 135th General Assembly · effective 2023-10-03 · no subsequent amendment)

Who you notify (if any)

Superintendent of the child's school district of residence (per ORC 3321.042(C))

How and when

Within 5 calendar days after commencing home education, moving into a new school district, or withdrawing from a public or nonpublic school; AND by August 30 each year thereafter (verbatim § 3321.042(C): 'Within five calendar days after commencing home education, moving into a new school district, or withdrawing from a public or nonpublic school, and by the thirtieth day of August each year thereafter, the parent or guardian of a child receiving a home education shall transmit a notice to the superintendent of the child's school district of residence.')

Notification method

Written notice · 'The notice shall provide the parent's name and address, the child's name, and an assurance that the child will receive education in the subject areas required under this section.' (verbatim § 3321.042(C))

Assessment options

None. ORC 3321.042 imposes no assessment requirement · § 3321.042(E) bars the department from re-imposing rules

Required subjects

['English language arts', 'Mathematics', 'Science', 'History', 'Government', 'Social studies']

Instruction hours

None. ORC 3321.042 imposes no hours requirement (audit token census: 900 hours = 0 occurrences · certified teacher = 0 · academic progress = 0 · achievement test = 0 · portfolio = 0 · standardized* = 0 · assessment = 0)

Records required

None per ORC 3321.042. The pre-2023 portfolio/assessment duty (former OAC 3301-34) was rescinded · rule host returns 'Number Not Found. No Ohio Administrative Code rule number corresponds to 3301-34.'

Parent qualification

None per § 3321.042

Verified August 2026 · from the primary statutes and program documents.

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