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Homeschool attendance sheet template

A one-page year of attendance: twelve months, a box per day, a running total. Meets the record requirement in every state that has one.

Many US states require homeschoolers to keep an attendance record (Georgia, Missouri, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Washington and others count days or hours), and several other countries ask for evidence of regular instruction. The requirement is almost always simpler than it sounds: a record showing which days you did school. Nobody wants a spreadsheet.

This sheet is the whole school year on one page. Each month is a row of day-boxes; you tick the days you taught, write the monthly total at the end of the row, and the running total at the bottom. If your state counts hours instead of days, use the hours version with the same layout.

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Homeschool attendance record

Tick each day of instruction. Slash for a half day. Cross out non-school days.

School year
Student
Month12345678910111213141516171819202122232425262728293031Total
Aug
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Jul
Days required
Days completed
Hours (if counting)
Parent signature
Date

How to use it

Using the homeschool attendance sheet

  1. 1Print one sheet per child, or one for the family if your children keep the same days.
  2. 2Write the school year and the child's name at the top. Cross out days that are not school days (weekends, holidays) so the remaining boxes show your plan.
  3. 3Tick each day you taught. Half days can be a slash; some states let you count them as half.
  4. 4Total each month in the end column and keep a running total at the foot of the page. Most states want 180 days; Missouri wants 1,000 hours.
  5. 5File the completed sheet with your portfolio or records. It is rarely submitted, but it must exist.
Count generously and honestly. Field trips, library days, co-op and a morning of reading and math all count as school days in every state we know of.
Do not wait to fill it in. Tick the box at the end of the day; reconstructing March in June is how records go wrong.
If your state counts hours, log to the half hour and stop. Nobody audits minutes.

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Homeschool attendance sheet FAQ

Which states require homeschool attendance records?

Among others: Georgia (180 days), Missouri (1,000 hours), North Carolina, Pennsylvania (180 days or 900/990 hours), South Carolina (180 days), Tennessee (180 four-hour days), Washington (roughly 1,000 hours), and Indiana (180 days). Check your state's guide; several others expect records without setting a number.

What counts as a school day for homeschool attendance?

Any day with instruction: lessons, reading, projects, field trips, co-op classes, library visits. Most states do not define a minimum length for a day except Tennessee (four hours) and Georgia (4.5 hours).

Do I have to submit attendance records?

Usually no. They must be kept and produced if asked (for example in a truancy inquiry or an evaluation). A few states include attendance in an annual report.

How do I track homeschool hours instead of days?

Use the same sheet and write hours in each box instead of a tick, totalling by month. Missouri and Washington families do this; a daily hours log with a monthly total is sufficient.

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Looking for the rules in your state or country? See homeschool requirements by state or the guides for the UK, Australia, Canada, New Zealand and Ireland.

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