Homeschooling a Child With Autism or ADHD in Kansas

What Kansas asks of a homeschool family

These are the homeschool rules we have on file for Kansas, last verified 2026-08. Our Kansas page has the full list, with sources.

Getting started (notice)

register your homeschool with the State Department of Education as a non accredited private school, giving its name and address. It is a registration, not an application, and nobody approves it.

Records you must keep

none filed with the state.

Testing / evaluation

none required.

Special education and your homeschooled child in Kansas

We researched this from Kansas's statutes and administrative code, the state education department and the US Department of Education, last checked October 2026. Where a source was missing, old or in conflict, the line says so instead of guessing. Federal law (IDEA) gives a child placed in private school by a parent no individual right to services, only a share of the district's equitable-services funds, and each state decides how a home school is counted.

How the state counts a home school

Its own category, not a private school

Kansas State Department of Education (KSDE) guidance says a home school registered as a nonaccredited private school (K.S.A. 72-4345) generally does not meet the special-education definition of a private school in K.S.A. 72-3461(c), unless it also meets that definition (for example nonprofit status), so for special education it is handled as its own situation.

Asking for an evaluation

Kansas districts must locate, identify and evaluate all resident children, including home-schooled children (K.A.R. 91-40-7). A parent may request an initial evaluation at any time; the district of residence may agree or refuse in writing with Prior Written Notice, and it cannot delay a requested evaluation for intervention steps (KSDE Child Find Fact Sheet, June 2026).

Services and IEPs

A home-schooled child has no right to a free appropriate public education unless the parents enroll the child in the district, and the district must tell parents in writing that it stands ready to serve the child if enrolled (KSDE Special Education Process Handbook, Chapter 5, 2026). Under K.S.A. 72-3421, a parent who wants IEP services must have the child attend or provide the services privately; a child who leaves public school for home schooling generally stops receiving IEP services.

Part-time classes, therapies and activities at the public school

K.S.A. 72-3120(h) requires the district of residence to accept part-time enrollment from a KSDE-registered home school, and KSDE says this can include special education services in an IEP. Each district must adopt and publish a policy and make a good-faith attempt to schedule the classes.

Scholarships and funding for a child with a disability

No Kansas ESA or disability-specific scholarship was found. The Tax Credit for Low Income Students Scholarship (K.S.A. 72-4352) is income-based (up to 250 percent of the poverty level) and is for accredited nonpublic schools, so a home school is not a qualified school. Whether Kansas has opted into the new federal tax-credit scholarship is not found in primary sources.

Also worth knowing

KSDE lists a special education phone line of (785) 291-3097 and an email of [email protected] for child find questions. Kansas law (K.S.A. 72-3421) says noncompliance with the school's duties can lead to reports to child protection or an attorney, so parents should respond in writing to district notices.

State office to ask: Kansas State Department of Education, Special Education and Title Services.

Sources we read

A plain-language summary of public sources, not legal advice. Scholarship and school-choice programs change often, and we have left dollar amounts out on purpose. Confirm current rules with the state office before you act.

Pace, testing and the plan

Check the testing and evaluation line above for Kansas, since it can depend on how you homeschool. Where a test or an evaluation applies, remember that Learning Supports change how lessons look and feel while your child learns. They are not part of a test or an evaluation. Whether a child can be given accommodations on the test, or with the evaluator, is something to ask the test provider or evaluator before the day, and we cannot tell you what Kansas allows.

Records in Kansas

Check the records line above for Kansas. Letters & Devotion logs instructional hours automatically while your child works, tracks mastery per skill as a ready-made portfolio record, and prints a transcript in one click. Turning supports on or off does not change that record, and nothing in it names a condition, because Letters & Devotion never stores a diagnosis.

Six Learning Supports you can switch on

A parent ticks what helps, never a condition. Each support is a bundle of single switches, and any switch can be changed on its own. After about three weeks the parent side asks whether a support is helping.

Reading support
Often chosen for dyslexia
Read-aloud with each word highlighted, a clearer font, extra spacing and answer buttons.
Focus support
Often chosen for ADHD
Short pieces, one question on screen and movement breaks.
Predictable routine
Often chosen for autism
The same layout, a heads-up before changes, a calm look and plain wording.
Math support
Often chosen for dyscalculia
Pictures and a calculator, with nothing timed.
Writing support
Often chosen for dysgraphia
Answer out loud, with ideas counted over spelling.
Low-pressure mode
Often chosen for anxiety or perfectionism
No scores, calm feedback and a free second try.

What this is not

It does not diagnose anything or store a diagnosis. Your child never sees a condition name.
It is not special education, therapy or an evaluation, and it is not a substitute for an IEP.
Read-aloud is a computer voice, not a person, and answering out loud needs the microphone switch.
Some lesson rewrites, such as plainer literal wording, are pre-written, so not every lesson has one.

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Questions

Can I homeschool a child with autism or ADHD in Kansas?

Kansas's homeschool rules are summarized on this page. On special education: Kansas State Department of Education (KSDE) guidance says a home school registered as a nonaccredited private school (K.S.A. 72-4345) generally does not meet the special-education definition of a private school in K.S.A. 72-3461(c), unless it also meets that definition (for example nonprofit status), so for special education it is handled as its own situation. Kansas districts must locate, identify and evaluate all resident children, including home-schooled children (K.A.R. 91-40-7). A parent may request an initial evaluation at any time; the district of residence may agree or refuse in writing with Prior Written Notice, and it cannot delay a requested evaluation for intervention steps (KSDE Child Find Fact Sheet, June 2026).

Does Letters & Devotion store my child’s diagnosis?

No. You pick supports, never a condition, nothing stores a diagnosis, and your child never sees a condition name. Support settings are never sent to analytics.

Does this replace an evaluation or an IEP?

No. The setup screen says it plainly: these change how lessons look and feel, and they are not a substitute for an evaluation or an IEP.

Do the supports work with Kansas's testing rules?