Light requirements
Homeschooling in Alabama
Most families enrol in a church school, file one form once, and answer to the church school rather than the state.
Getting started (notice)
under the church school route, enrol your child in a church school and file its enrollment form with your local public school superintendent once. There is no annual filing. Under the private tutor route the tutor instead files a statement naming the students, the subjects and the proposed schedule.
Required subjects
set by the church school you enrol with, which makes its own policy on subjects, days and teacher qualifications. A private tutor must instead teach the same branches of study required in the public schools, in English, for at least three hours a day on 140 days a year between 8am and 4pm.
Records you must keep
whatever your church school asks of you. A private tutor keeps a register showing daily hours of instruction and attendance.
Testing / evaluation
none required by the state under the church school route.
Parent qualifications
none under the church school route. The private tutor route requires an Alabama certified teacher.
Where Letters & Devotion fits in Alabama
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This is a plain-language summary, not legal advice, and laws change. Last verified 2026-08. Always confirm current requirements with your state before relying on them. Sources:
HSLDA also publishes a plain-language summary of Alabama's law, at hslda.org/legal/alabama, and sells a paid legal-defense membership built on top of it. It is an advocacy organization, not a legal authority: its leadership is explicitly Christian, and it lobbies on homeschool legislation, positions a family may or may not share. Read what membership actually costs and covers before joining anything.