Notification 

If you want to home school your child, you must notify the local superintendent, in writing, that you have established a home school. You must report the names, ages and place of residence of each child being home schooled.

Requirements 

The school term in Kentucky is 185 days (175 instruction and 10 non-instructional) with six-hour instructional days. A director of pupil personnel from the local school district periodically may visit a home school to ensure that quality instruction requirements are met. Home-schooled students may participate in public school extracurricular activities at the local school district's discretion.

Records

By law, all home schools are to keep attendance records and a portfolio containing samples of each student's best work. This record may be used to document the existence of the home school or if the child transfers to a different educational setting. A record of courses taken and grades received is also required. You also must keep a legal birth certificate or other official proof of birth date, a Kentucky certificate of immunization and a copy of a medical exam on file for each child.