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Days and hours, state by state

These are the presets built into Homeschool Up. Pick your state when you set up and the attendance report compares your days and hours to these numbers, with the school days still left so you can see a shortfall coming.

States with a checked figure

Required days and hours by state, with the official source and the date checked
StateDaysHours
Colorado172 days, averaging four hours a day.Official source · checked Sep 4, 2026172688
Georgia180 days at 4.5 hours a day.Official source · checked Sep 4, 2026180810
Indiana180 days; parents choose which days and how long.Official source · checked Sep 4, 2026180No figure
Iowa148 days, at least 37 each quarter. Applies to some reporting options only.Official source · checked Sep 4, 2026148No figure
KentuckyThe public-school year: 1,062 hours over at least 170 days.Official source · checked Sep 4, 20261701,062
LouisianaOfficial source · checked Sep 4, 2026180No figure
Maine175 days. No hourly requirement.Official source · checked Sep 4, 2026175No figure
MassachusettsApproved by your district, which may ask for different numbers. 900 hours elementary; 990 secondary.Official source · checked Sep 4, 2026180900
Missouri1,000 hours, of which 600 in the core subjects and 400 of those at home.Official source · checked Sep 4, 2026No figure1,000
New York900 hours in grades 1-6; 990 in grades 7-12. Quarterly reports and an annual assessment.Official source · checked Sep 4, 2026180900
North CarolinaStated in law as nine calendar months.Official source · checked Sep 4, 2026180No figure
OhioOfficial source · checked Sep 4, 2026No figure900
OklahomaThe equivalent of 180 days, six hours a day as appropriate for the age.Official source · checked Sep 4, 2026180No figure
PennsylvaniaEither 180 days or 900 hours (990 at secondary level); document one or the other. Portfolio and evaluation each year.Official source · checked Sep 4, 2026180900
South CarolinaOfficial source · checked Sep 4, 2026180No figure
Tennessee180 days of at least four hours, for independent home schools.Official source · checked Sep 4, 2026180No figure
WashingtonOfficial source · checked Sep 4, 2026No figure1,000
WisconsinOfficial source · checked Sep 4, 2026No figure875

No figure means our table holds no figure of that kind for the state; it does not mean the state has no rule. The note on each row says what the table does hold.

States without a figure in our table yet

These states are in the picker, and we add each one's numbers once we have checked its official page. Until then, choose Custom to enter what your state or umbrella school asks for, or leave it Not tracked; attendance is recorded either way.

How Homeschool Up keeps count

  1. How a day is counted

    A school day counts as attended when a lesson was recorded on it, or when you logged learning that day: a museum, a nature walk, a read-aloud. It is a definition a parent can explain and show the record for.

  2. How hours are counted

    Each subject carries its usual minutes, and you can record the real minutes when you tick a lesson off. Recorded lessons and logged learning add their minutes to their area, so the total reconciles to the record.

  3. Seeing the shortfall early

    The report shows days attended, days required, and the school days still left in the year. If the days left cannot cover the days required, it says so in October, when there is still time.

  4. Every value is yours to change

    Pick a preset, choose Custom to enter what your state or umbrella school asks for, or leave it Not tracked. Attendance is recorded either way.

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Let the attendance report keep count

Pick your state once. Every lesson you tick off after that is a day on the record.

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