Do I need to track attendance for homeschooling?

Claire

3 min read · The grovio Guide

I'm not a lawyer and I'm definitely not your state's homeschool officer. So please use this as a starting point and always verify with your state's official requirements.

The honest answer is: it depends on your state.

Some states require a certain number of days or hours. Others don't mention attendance at all.

But even when it's not required, it's one of those things you'll be glad you tracked.

Some days you just need to see proof of your own consistency. Being able to look back at a full month of logged days is steadying in a way that's hard to describe until you've been there.

It also protects you in situations you're not expecting. If your child returns to traditional school, applies to a program, or you simply need to demonstrate educational activity for any reason.

The Record tab in grovio is built for exactly this: tap to log each day as you go, so there's nothing to reconstruct later. If you prefer paper, a notebook or simple calendar works just as well.

Start early. Keep it simple. Future you will be grateful.

🌱 The Record tab in grovio makes this the work of a single tap — log each day as you go, nothing to reconstruct later.

Helpful links

— HSLDA — attendance requirements by state — National Home Education Research Institute

Claire writes the grovio Guide. She owned and ran a Montessori preschool program and did graduate-level study in developmental psychology back when her own son was little — these days she's homeschooling that same son, raising another little one, and staying in the thick of it through her local co-op. Read more about Claire →

Do I need to track attendance for homeschooling?

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