Homeschool freedom act.

Plain English Breakdown

The official source material does not provide details on how compliance will be verified without curriculum submission, leaving this as an open question.

Homeschool Freedom Act

This law removes the requirement for homeschooling parents to submit their curriculum to the local school board and changes how compliance is verified.

What This Bill Does

• Removes the need for people running home-based educational programs to send their lesson plans to the local school board every year.
• Changes the rule so that not sending a curriculum no longer automatically means the homeschool program does not meet state requirements.

Who It Names or Affects

• Parents and guardians running home-based educational programs for their children.

Terms To Know

Home-based educational program

A learning environment where parents or guardians teach their own children at home instead of sending them to a public or private school.

Limits and Unknowns

• It is unclear how local school boards will verify compliance with these new rules without receiving curriculum submissions.
• The law only changes the process for homeschooling families and does not affect other types of private or public schools.

Official Summary Text

Bill Summary - 25LSO-0409

Bill No.:

HB0046

Effective:

7/1/2025

LSO No.:

25LSO-0409

Enrolled Act No.:

HEA No. 0028

Chapter No.:

49

Prime Sponsor:

Strock

Catch Title:

Homeschool freedom act.

Has Report:

No

Subject:

Home-based educational program requirements.

Summary/Major Elements:

This act removes the requirement that persons administering a home-based educational program annually submit curriculum to the local school board and the related provision that failure to submit the curriculum is prima facie evidence that the home-based educational program does not meet compulsory attendance requirements.

This act requires that a person who administers a home-based educational program ensure that the program's curriculum complies with the requirements of a basic academic educational program.

The above summary is not an official publication of the Wyoming Legislature and is not an official statement of legislative intent.

While the Legislative Service Office endeavored to provide accurate information in this summary, it should not be relied upon as a comprehensive abstract of the bill.

Current Bill Text

25LSO-0409

ORIGINAL House

Bill No
.
HB0046

ENROLLED ACT NO. 28,

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

SIXTY-EIGHTH LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WYOMING
2025 General Session

AN ACT relating to education; removing the requirement that a home-based educational program submit curriculum to the local school board; removing a provision relating to the failure to submit curriculum; and providing for an effective date.

Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Wyoming:

Section 1
.

W.S. 21
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4
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102(b) is amended to read:

21
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4
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102.

When attendance required; exemptions; withdrawal.

(b)

A home
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based educational program shall meet the requirements of a basic academic educational program pursuant to W.S. 21
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4
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101(a)(vi). It shall be the responsibility of every person administering a home
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based educational program to
submit
ensure
a curriculum
to the local board of trustees each year showing
is administered to pupils in the program
that
the program
complies with the requirements of this subsection.
Failure to submit a curriculum showing compliance is prima facie evidence that the home
‑
based educational program does not meet the requirements of this article.

Section 2
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This act is effective July 1, 2025
.

(END)

Speaker of the House

President of the Senate

Governor

TIME APPROVED: _________

DATE APPROVED: _________

I hereby certify that this act originated in the House.

Chief Clerk

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