Regulation<\/h2>\n
Oregon<\/span><\/a> offers one option for homeschooling. Parents who want to homeschool their children, ages 6 to 18, must notify the local education service district electronically or by mail. The notification should include the student’s name, address, date of birth, and prior or current school or district. Annual notification is not required. See <\/span>Or. <\/span>Rev. Stat<\/span><\/a>. \u00a7339.035 <\/span><\/a>(2) and <\/span>Or. Admin. Rules<\/span> \u00a7<\/span>581-021-0026 (1)(f), (4).<\/span><\/a>\u202f\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n Oregon provides a <\/span>standards<\/span> guide, but parents do not have to adhere to the state\u2019s suggestions and can select their own curriculum and instructional materials. The state does not have required subjects, record keeping, minimum instruction hours, or minimum parental education requirements. <\/span><\/p>\n New homeschool families have an 18-month \u201cgrace period\u201d and do not require testing or assessments. However, after 18 months, homeschooled students must test in certain grades or every year if they participate in interscholastic activities. Parents may choose from a list of approved tests. It does not appear that funding is available for the required testing or that homeschool families can take the state assessment free of charge. If a child scores below the 15<\/span>th<\/span> percentile, the child must be retested within the year. If low performance occurs for three consecutive years, the superintendent could require the child to receive instruction from a certified teacher or <\/span>attend<\/span> a traditional school. See <\/span>Or. Rev. Stat<\/span>. \u00a7339.035(4) and <\/span>Or. Admin. Rules<\/span> \u00a7581-021-0026(7)(a), (b), and (d) for details.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n Oregon views homeschools as existing outside the public system. Therefore, homeschooled students do not have access to public resources. How<\/span>ever, h<\/span>omeschooled students do have <\/span>access<\/span><\/a> to interscholastic opportunities at their local public school. These opportunities are unfunded and not offered to other nonpublic students. Further, students may need<\/span> to<\/span> show academic progress and test annually <\/span>to<\/span> participate. See <\/span>Or. Rev. Stat<\/span>. \u00a7339.460 and <\/span>Or. Admin. Rules<\/span> \u00a7581-021-0333.<\/span>\u202f<\/span>The<\/span> state <\/span>acknowledges <\/span>an obligation to identify all children with special needs within its <\/span>boundaries<\/span>. <\/span>Deciding whether or not to provide special needs occurs <\/span>at the district level.<\/span><\/p>\n Oregon collects and reports homeschool participation information. The state only requires a family report when they begin homeschooling and does not need to provide an annual update. The limited participation data makes it difficult to understand homeschooling participation trends and how many students homeschool in Oregon.<\/p>\n U.S. Census estimates<\/a><\/span> indicate that around 8.3% of Oregon families homeschooled in the spring of 2020. That percentage increased to 13.0% by the fall of 2020. This was higher than the national average of 11.1% at this time. Based on U.S. Census data<\/a>, our calculations indicate that about 6.53<\/span>% of K-12 students in Oregon<\/span> were homeschooled during the 2022-23 school year, and 7.03<\/span>% during the 2023-24 school year. Due to<\/span> <\/span>survey<\/span> changes<\/span>, the<\/span> data from 2020<\/span> reflects<\/span> the percentage of households, while <\/span>the data from <\/span>following years<\/span> reflect<\/span>s the percentage of<\/span> students<\/span>.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\nState Data<\/h2>\n
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