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Homeschool record-keeping
Attendance log: Not required by the state
Portfolio: Not required by the state
Hours equivalent to approved private schools: school-wide annual average of 1,000 hours for grades 1-12 and 450 hours for kindergarten (RCW 28A.225.010(4), 28A.195.010).
File an annual declaration of intent by September 15, administer an annual test or certified-teacher assessment, and keep those results and immunization records for forwarding if the child enrolls elsewhere.
Whatever Washington 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 Washington records in the app
Homeschool Tracker & Planner has the Washington 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 Washington require?
Hours equivalent to approved private schools: school-wide annual average of 1,000 hours for grades 1-12 and 450 hours for kindergarten (RCW 28A.225.010(4), 28A.195.010).
Do I have to keep attendance records to homeschool in Washington?
Washington does not require an attendance log by statute. 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 Washington?
File an annual declaration of intent by September 15, administer an annual test or certified-teacher assessment, and keep those results and immunization records for forwarding if the child enrolls elsewhere.
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 Washington 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://app.leg.wa.gov/rcw/default.aspx?cite=28A.225.010
Verified against the official source, September 13, 2026.