Homeschooling a Child With Autism or ADHD in Wyoming

What Wyoming asks of a homeschool family

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

Getting started (notice)

none. HB 46, the Homeschool Freedom Act, took effect on 1 July 2025 and removed the requirement to submit your curriculum to the local district each year.

Records you must keep

none required. Districts may still ask for information such as a curriculum list from families who want public school sports, special education services or academics.

Testing / evaluation

none required.

Special education and your homeschooled child in Wyoming

We researched this from Wyoming'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

Treated like a private school

W.S. 21-4-101(a)(iii) defines 'private school' to include 'home-based educational programs', and W.S. 21-4-102 satisfies compulsory attendance through a public or private school, so a home-based program is a private school under Wyoming statute.

Asking for an evaluation

Because the statute treats home-based programs as private schools, the federal parentally placed private school child find rule (34 CFR 300.131, district where the school is located) may apply, but the Wyoming Department of Education's special education rules and guidance on homeschooled children were not found in primary sources, so this is an inference only.

Less certain: the sources on this were thin or in conflict. Confirm with the state office before relying on it.

Services and IEPs

If home-based programs count as private schools for IDEA, a child would have no individual right to services, only whatever the district decides after consultation (34 CFR 300.137-138). The state's own rule on this (WDE Chapter 7) could not be retrieved, so Wyoming's treatment of homeschooled children, and of an existing IEP on withdrawal, is not found in primary sources.

Less certain: the sources on this were thin or in conflict. Confirm with the state office before relying on it.

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

W.S. 21-4-301(a) says public schools are free and accessible to all resident children, 'including children attending school on a part-time basis', subject to board regulations; no explicit homeschool part-time mandate was found. Under the ESA law (W.S. 21-2-904), account funds may pay a public school district for individual classes and extracurricular activities.

Scholarships and funding for a child with a disability

Wyoming's Education Savings Account (Steamboat Legacy Scholarship Act, W.S. 21-2-901 et seq.) is not disability-specific. It is for Wyoming residents in pre-K through grade 12 not enrolled in public school, and funds may pay for therapies such as occupational, behavioral, physical and speech-language. The program does not require enrollment in a nonpublic school, so homeschoolers appear eligible; it depends on legislative funding and the state education department says its funding mechanism is still being litigated.

Also worth knowing

Changed since 2023: the WDE homeschooling page says HB 46 (effective July 1, 2025) means curriculum no longer has to be submitted to the district, and an ESA student whose parent notifies the district is deemed compliant with compulsory attendance.

State office to ask: Wyoming Department of Education, Special Education Programs.

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 Wyoming, 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 Wyoming allows.

Records in Wyoming

Check the records line above for Wyoming. 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 Wyoming?

Wyoming's homeschool rules are summarized on this page. On special education: W.S. 21-4-101(a)(iii) defines 'private school' to include 'home-based educational programs', and W.S. 21-4-102 satisfies compulsory attendance through a public or private school, so a home-based program is a private school under Wyoming statute.

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 Wyoming's testing rules?