Checked against 8 NYCRR 100.10 and NYSED's Home Instruction Q&A on 2026-10-07. Your district may have its own forms and process.
Homeschooling in New York? The state's rule, 8 NYCRR 100.10, asks for four kinds of paperwork: a letter of intent, an Individualized Home Instruction Plan (IHIP), four quarterly reports, and an annual assessment. This kit explains each one in plain English, with the regulation paragraph next to every rule, and gives you fill-in forms for all of them.
Instant download. 14-day no-questions refund. Edition 1.0 for the 2026-27 school year.
What's inside
The year at a glance: every deadline in 100.10, for you and for the district (July 1 letter, the IHIP's "four weeks or August 15" rule, review and revision dates), and what changes if you start mid-year.
Required subjects by grade: grades 1-6, 7-8 (with units), 9-12 (with units), the once-in-grades-1-8 topics, and the K-12 topics from Education Law.
Hours and attendance: 900 hours (grades 1-6) or 990 hours (grades 7-12), the 180-day rule, and the attendance records parents must keep.
Quarterly reports: the four required parts, and how to plan your IHIP so the "less than 80 percent" explanation is easy.
Annual assessment: the approved tests, who can give them, what counts as an adequate score, when a written narrative is allowed (and who can write it), and how probation works.
What districts can and can't ask, quoted from NYSED's Questions and Answers.
8 forms, printable and editable in Word: letter of intent; IHIP for grades 1-6, 7-8 and 9-12 (subject lists filled in); quarterly report; hours and attendance log; annual assessment cover sheet; year checklist and correspondence log.
Who it's for
New York families starting home instruction, switching mid-year, or tired of rebuilding the same forms every quarter. It works statewide. If your district sends its own IHIP form, use the kit's worksheets to draft your answers, then copy them over.
What it isn't
It's general educational information and blank forms, not legal advice. It doesn't choose curriculum, write narratives for you, or promise that a district will accept a filing. The regulation and your district's instructions come first. Free official resources exist: NYSED's Q&A, and some districts publish their own templates (for example, New York City Public Schools). This kit pulls the rules and all the forms together in one place, for every grade band.