Moderate requirements
Homeschooling in Minnesota
One letter by October 1, then a nationally normed test every year, agreed with your superintendent.
Getting started (notice)
notification to the superintendent of the district where your child lives by October 1 each school year, or within 15 days of withdrawing from public school. In later years, a letter of intent to continue, noting any changes, until the child turns 16.
Required subjects
reading, writing, literature, fine arts, mathematics, science, history, geography, government, health and physical education.
Records you must keep
documentation that the required subjects are being taught, kept and made available to the superintendent.
Testing / evaluation
a nationally normed achievement test each year for children aged 7 to 17. You and the superintendent must agree on the test, how it is given and where.
Parent qualifications
a parent teaching their own child is qualified automatically. Anyone else must hold a Minnesota teaching licence in the field and grade, or be directly supervised by someone who does.
Where Letters & Devotion fits in Minnesota
Whatever Minnesota asks you to keep, keeping it should not be a job. 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, so notices, portfolios and evaluations start from records that already exist. The curriculum itself covers every core subject, K through 12.
Read all 84 courses in full before you pay anythingEvery unit, every skill, every objective. No account, no card.$29 a month after the first month. Cancel anytime, in one click.
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 Minnesota's law, at hslda.org/legal/minnesota, 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.