Time to Let ESD know You’re Home Schooling?Maybe

Is this your first year home schooling in Oregon? If so, state law requires that you notify your Educational Service District (ESD) of your intent to homeschool. This does not have to be done until your child is 6 on September 1. This written intention should be sent within 10 days of the start of the school year or of withdrawing your child from school. It can be submitted either electronically or by paper mail.

Your notification must contain the following information, but nothing else:

• Your name and address
• The  names and birthdates of the children you are homeschooling and the name of the last public school your child attended or the school district in which you reside.

You are not legally required to provide additional information, i.e., the curriculum you are using, who the primary teacher will be, your family’s home schooling practices, etc. Nor are you required (unless you want to) to provide the above information using an on-line system provided by the ESD.  Giving your telephone number and e-mail address to the ESD is optional. 

Notification is a one-time task for each child. However, if you move to another county not overseen by your current ESD, you need to notify the new ESD. Need to locate the address of your ESD? Click Here

If you are currently home schooling and need/want to test before the August 15^th deadline? We have two final remote testing opportunities that you may join:

Test Date                         Register by:

August 13                         August 3

August 15                         August 5

Our final in person test date (after the deadline) is August 19th. Contact Kathie Martinez at 541-389-3758 or email her at  to reserve a seat.

If you have any questions regarding the above, please don’t hesitate to contact us!

Curt Bumcrot, MRE