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How to Start Homeschooling in Rhode Island (2026)

Rhode Island General Laws Section 16-19-2 provides that at-home instruction shall be approved only when it complies with the statute's requirements.

Legal framework

Rhode Island General Laws Section 16-19-2 provides that at-home instruction shall be approved only when it complies with these requirements: (1) the period of attendance is substantially equal to that required by law in public schools; (2) registers are kept and returned to the school committee, the superintendent of schools, truant officers, and the department as the statute provides; and (3) reading, writing, geography, arithmetic, the history of the United States, the history of Rhode Island, and the principles of American government are taught in the English language substantially to the same extent as these subjects are required to be taught in the public schools.