Missouri DESE Homeschool Information
Official confirmation that Missouri does not accredit, regulate, or monitor homeschool options and that families may choose home education.

Missouri Compulsory Attendance Information
Official guidance covering compulsory-attendance ages, younger children enrolled in public school, combined public and homeschool attendance, and local responsibilities.

Missouri Home School Law — RSMo §167.012
The primary statute defining an ordinary Missouri home school and establishing instructional-hour and recordkeeping requirements.

Missouri FPE School Law — RSMo §167.013
Defines a Family Paced Education school, including the pathway that may enroll students participating in MOScholars.

Missouri Homeschool Transcripts and Diplomas
Explains that DESE does not collect homeschool records, issue homeschool diplomas, or maintain homeschool transcripts.

Missouri School District Directory
Find local district contacts for public-school withdrawal, part-time classes, testing, special education, virtual programs, or future reenrollment.

Missouri Learning Standards
Public-school academic standards that homeschool families may consult when planning instruction. Missouri does not require independent homeschools to adopt a state-controlled curriculum.

HSLDA Missouri Homeschool Law Overview
A supplemental plain-language overview of Missouri homeschool requirements. Current Missouri statutes remain the primary legal sources.

RSMo §167.012 — Ordinary Home Schools
Defines an ordinary home school and establishes the 1,000 instructional hours, core academic hours, regular-location hours, and educational records required for students younger than sixteen.

RSMo §167.013 — Family Paced Education Schools
Defines an FPE school and explains the similar instructional and recordkeeping requirements applicable to this MOScholars-eligible category.

RSMo §167.031 — Compulsory Attendance
Covers compulsory-attendance ages, the Missouri school year, combined school attendance, curriculum independence, and the 100-hour definition of a homeschool high school credit.

RSMo §167.042 — Public-School Withdrawal Notice
Requires a public school to promptly remove a student when the parent provides written notice of another educational option and requests removal from the rolls.

Missouri Compulsory Attendance FAQ
Official explanations of compulsory ages, younger enrolled children, combined attendance, parent responsibilities, and local public-school participation.

Optional Missouri Grade-Level Assessments
Missouri homeschool students are not required to complete the public-school assessment but may participate when the local district permits it.

Special Education for Home-Schooled Students
Explains child find, evaluations, proportionate-share IDEA funding, consultation, and the limited services that may be available to eligible homeschool students.

Missouri Homeschool Record and Diploma Responsibilities
Confirms that parents—not DESE—must preserve homeschool transcripts, educational records, and graduation documents.

MOScholars for Parents and Students
Official eligibility, scholarship-use, award, application, and family guidance for Missouri’s targeted K–12 education savings account program.

MOScholars and FPE Schools
Explains how an eligible Family Paced Education school may participate and why the family must first work with a certified Educational Assistance Organization.

Certified MOScholars Educational Assistance Organizations
The current state list of organizations administering scholarship applications, accounts, partner schools, and FPE-school participation.

2026–2027 MOScholars Parent Handbook
Current guidance covering eligibility, award calculations, allowable expenses, excluded purchases, annual testing, renewal, account administration, and withdrawal.

MOScholars FPE School Certification
The certification used to document the FPE school, required instructional records and hours, curriculum plan, and scholarship-program assurances.

MOST 529 Qualified K–12 Expenses
Explains eligible K–12 uses of a family’s 529 savings, including curriculum, books, online materials, certain tutoring, testing, dual enrollment, and qualifying therapies.

Missouri MOST 529 State Tax Deduction
Official information about the Missouri income-tax deduction for qualifying MOST 529 contributions. This is a deduction rather than a credit or direct payment.

Missouri Dual Credit and Dual Enrollment Scholarship
Eligibility, financial-need documentation, approved-course, application, and deadline information for qualifying high school students.

Missouri Dual Credit and Dual Enrollment Providers
Definitions and the current 2026–2027 list of approved Missouri colleges and universities offering dual-credit coursework.

Missouri Back-to-School Sales-Tax Holiday
Official dates, purchase limits, qualifying clothing, school supplies, computers, and other rules for the annual statewide sales-tax holiday.

Missouri Course Access and Virtual School Program
The official starting point for Missouri’s publicly funded online courses and full-time public virtual-school programs.

MOCAP Enrollment Overview
Explains the enrollment process for individual public online courses and full-time hosted virtual programs.

MOCAP Course and Full-Time Provider Catalog
Search public virtual course providers and full-time hosted programs. Families should verify current grade levels, application periods, and availability directly with the provider.

2026 MOCAP Guidebook
Detailed guidance covering public-school status, course requests, direct full-time enrollment, transfers, attendance, state assessments, funding, records, and diplomas.

Missouri Public School District Directory
Contact the resident district about MOCAP course requests, part-time public enrollment, local virtual options, testing, and transfer procedures.

Missouri Learning Standards for Public Virtual Courses
State academic standards used by Missouri public-school programs, including approved MOCAP coursework. Independent homeschool families may use them voluntarily.

MOScholars Private Virtual-School Assistance
Explains when eligible scholarship funds may be used for tuition or fees at a private virtual school located in Missouri.

Special Education and Online Homeschooling
Information about evaluations and limited IDEA services for students remaining in a parentally placed private or homeschool setting.

Missouri Public-School Withdrawal Requirement
Current law requires written notice of the family’s intent to pursue another educational option and a request that the school promptly remove the child from its rolls.

Missouri Homeschool Withdrawal and Record Forms
Families for Home Education provides sample withdrawal materials, hour logs, planning resources, transcript guidance, and Missouri-specific recordkeeping documents.

MOScholars FPE School Certification Form
Required for an FPE school seeking MOScholars participation. It is not a general registration form for ordinary Missouri home schools.

MOScholars EAO Contacts
Contact a certified Educational Assistance Organization for FPE prescreening, scholarship applications, account administration, and renewal information.

Missouri School District and Superintendent Directory
Find the resident district for public-school withdrawal, part-time classes, optional testing, special education, MOCAP, or reenrollment questions.

Missouri Grade-Level Assessment Contacts
Official testing information and contacts for families asking whether the local district will permit a homeschool student to participate.

Missouri Special Education Contacts and Guidance
Information about child find, evaluations, consultation, proportionate-share funding, and possible services for eligible homeschool students.

Homeschool Transcript and Diploma Information
Official confirmation that families must maintain their own homeschool records because DESE does not collect or issue them.

MOCAP Virtual-School Contacts
Official contacts and enrollment resources for publicly funded individual virtual courses and full-time public online-school programs.

Families for Home Education
A statewide Missouri homeschool advocacy organization providing legislative representation, family education, workshops, events, publications, and community connections.

FHE Missouri Getting Started Checklist
A practical guide covering withdrawal, Missouri’s school year, instructional hours, core academic work, records, scheduling, and current legal classifications.

FHE Missouri Homeschool FAQ
Answers common questions about Missouri law, records, hours, school withdrawal, high school, testing, diplomas, and public-school interaction.

FHE Forms, Support Groups, and Family Resources
Access current regional support-group lists, withdrawal materials, hour logs, transcript guidance, graduation information, and special-needs resources.

Midwest Parent Educators
A Christian homeschool organization serving the Kansas City region with mentoring, community events, family support, graduation, and educational resources.

Midwest Parent Educators Resource Library
Getting-started guides, Missouri and Kansas legal information, high school planning, special-needs assistance, curriculum help, and local family resources.

HSLDA Missouri Legal Resources
Supplemental legal information and advocacy assistance from a national homeschool membership organization.

Missouri Homeschool Groups and Co-op Directory
An independent directory of local groups, co-ops, classes, activities, and regional communities. Verify each listing’s current status directly.