PE Requirements by State

Every state has different homeschool PE rules. Find yours and see exactly how Spatrian keeps you compliant.

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High Regulation

Strict Oversight States

Massachusetts
PE Required
New York
PE Required
Pennsylvania
PE Required
Rhode Island
PE Required
Moderate Regulation

Regular Reporting States

District of Columbia
PE Required
Guam
— PE Not Required
Hawaii
— PE Not Required
Maine
PE Required
Minnesota
PE Required
North Carolina
— PE Not Required
North Dakota
— PE Not Required
Oregon
— PE Not Required
Puerto Rico
— PE Not Required
South Carolina
— PE Not Required
Vermont
PE Required (under age 13)
Virginia
— PE Not Required
Washington
— PE Not Required
West Virginia
— PE Not Required
Low Regulation

Minimal Oversight States

Alabama
PE Required (private/Tutor paths)
American Samoa
— PE Not Required
Arizona
— PE Not Required
Arkansas
— PE Not Required
California
PE Required
Colorado
— PE Not Required
Delaware
— PE Not Required
Florida
— PE Not Required (elective)
Georgia
— PE Not Required
Kansas
— PE Not Required
Kentucky
— PE Not Required
Louisiana
— PE Not Required
Maryland
PE Required
Mississippi
— PE Not Required
Montana
— PE Not Required
Nebraska
— PE Not Required
Nevada
— PE Not Required
New Mexico
— PE Not Required
Ohio
— PE Not Required
South Dakota
— PE Not Required
Tennessee
— PE Not Required
US Virgin Islands
— PE Not Required
Utah
— PE Not Required
Wisconsin
— PE Not Required
No Regulation

No Notification Required

Alaska
— PE Not Required
Connecticut
— PE Not Required
Idaho
— PE Not Required
Illinois
— PE Not Required
Indiana
— PE Not Required
Iowa
— PE Not Required
Michigan
— PE Not Required
Missouri
— PE Not Required
New Hampshire
— PE Not Required
New Jersey
— PE Not Required
Oklahoma
— PE Not Required
Texas
— PE Not Required
Wyoming
— PE Not Required

All 55 jurisdictions, from Spatrian's state requirements registry. These are baseline records: we hold the regulatory summary, but nobody has yet checked each figure against the statute text itself. Open the checker for a jurisdiction's full record and its citation. This is a homeschool PE reference, not legal advice.