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State requirements

Homeschooling in Texas.

Texas treats home schools as private schools and imposes no state notice, testing, or portfolio.

Informational, not legal advice — verify with your state. We help you organize and document; you decide what to file.

What Texas asks

Statute citation

Tex. Education Code § 25.086 (private-school exemption); Leeper v. Arlington ISD, 893 S.W.2d 432 (Tex. 1995).

How homeschooling works here

Texas home schools operate as private schools under the judge-made Leeper rule; the state imposes no separate home-school registration.

Notification

None required for this route.

Assessment

None required for this route.

Records required

None required by the state.

From Tex. Educ. Code § 25.086(a)(1) (private-school exemption) and § 25.085 (compulsory-attendance ages), with Leeper v. Arlington ISD, 893 S.W.2d 432 (Tex. 1995).

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