Homeschool Tracker & Planner › Homeschool requirements by state › Missouri
Homeschool record-keeping
Attendance log: Yes, keep an attendance record
Portfolio: Yes, a portfolio or work samples
1,000 hours of instruction, at least 600 in reading, language arts, mathematics, social studies and science, with at least 400 of those 600 at the regular home school location (RSMo 167.012).
Keep a plan book, diary or other written record of subjects taught and activities, a portfolio of samples of academic work, and a record of evaluations of progress; a daily log showing the 1,000 hours is a defense to prosecution.
Whatever Missouri asks for, a daily log covers it: the date, which student, minutes or hours of instruction, the subjects touched, and a line of notes. Add a photo of one piece of work a week and you also have a portfolio. Keep the log all year and the end-of-year form is a matter of copying totals.
Keep Missouri records in the app
Homeschool Tracker & Planner has the Missouri rules built in, logs a school day in a few taps, and exports the attendance and hours PDF with a signature line. Free for the first 14 entries.
How many days or hours of homeschool does Missouri require?
1,000 hours of instruction, at least 600 in reading, language arts, mathematics, social studies and science, with at least 400 of those 600 at the regular home school location (RSMo 167.012).
Do I have to keep attendance records to homeschool in Missouri?
Missouri requires attendance records. Most families keep one regardless: it is the fastest way to answer a district question, it feeds the year-end paperwork, and it settles any later dispute about days of instruction. A log with the date, hours and subjects for each school day is enough.
What do I file to homeschool in Missouri?
Keep a plan book, diary or other written record of subjects taught and activities, a portfolio of samples of academic work, and a record of evaluations of progress; a daily log showing the 1,000 hours is a defense to prosecution.
What is the easiest way to keep the records?
Homeschool Tracker & Planner for iPhone logs each school day in a few taps (student, minutes, subject, notes and a photo of the work), tracks days and hours against the Missouri target, and exports an attendance and hours PDF with a parent certification line, plus a portfolio PDF. Records stay on the phone; no account is needed.
https://revisor.mo.gov/main/OneSection.aspx?section=167.012
Verified against the official source, September 13, 2026.