Light requirements
Homeschooling in Montana
A yearly notice to the county superintendent, real hours, and attendance records you keep.
Getting started (notice)
an annual notice to your county superintendent at the beginning of each school year.
Required subjects
an organised course of study covering the basic subjects required in Montana public schools. At least 720 hours a year in grades 1 to 3, and at least 1,080 hours a year in grades 4 to 12.
Records you must keep
attendance records, kept by you and made available to the county superintendent on request.
Testing / evaluation
none required.
Parent qualifications
none.
Where Letters & Devotion fits in Montana
Whatever Montana 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:
HSLDA also publishes a plain-language summary of Montana's law, at hslda.org/legal/montana, 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.