Light requirements
Homeschooling in Mississippi
One certificate a year, and the law limits what that certificate is allowed to ask you.
Getting started (notice)
a certificate of enrolment filed with the school attendance officer for your county by September 15 each year.
Required subjects
none set by the state.
Records you must keep
none required.
Testing / evaluation
none. Mississippi requires no standardized testing and no curriculum approval.
Parent qualifications
none.
Where Letters & Devotion fits in Mississippi
Whatever Mississippi 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.
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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:
- https://mdek12.org/ocsa/home-school/
- https://law.justia.com/codes/mississippi/title-37/chapter-13/mississippi-compulsory-school-attendance-law/section-37-13-91/
HSLDA also publishes a plain-language summary of Mississippi's law, at hslda.org/legal/mississippi, 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.