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Homeschooling in Alabama: the paperwork, exactly

What Alabama law requires when you teach your child at home — the filings, the deadlines, the records — and what it does not require, in writing.

Alabama — Notice only

Notice: Parent files a church-school enrollment form with the local superintendent once, at initial enrollment.

Ongoing duties: Church school teacher keeps a daily attendance register; no state testing or annual reports required.

Withdrawal from public school: no codified withdrawal procedure — a dated written notice to the school is the practice, and it creates your paper record.

Source: Ala. Code §§ 16-28-1, 16-28-7, 16-28-8

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