Light requirements
Homeschooling in Wisconsin
One online form by October 15, 875 hours, six subjects. Nobody approves it and nobody can deny it.
Getting started (notice)
the PI-1206 homeschool enrolment report, filed online with the Department of Public Instruction by October 15 each school year. It is a report, not an application: neither the department nor your district has authority to approve or deny your programme.
Required subjects
a sequentially progressive curriculum in reading, language arts, mathematics, social studies, science and health, across at least 875 hours of instruction each school year running July 1 to June 30.
Records you must keep
kept by you. The PI-1206 sample form is explicitly for your records and is not mailed in.
Testing / evaluation
none required.
Parent qualifications
none.
Where Letters & Devotion fits in Wisconsin
Whatever Wisconsin 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 Wisconsin's law, at hslda.org/legal/wisconsin, 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.