Click here for NYSED's Part 100.10 Commissioner's Regulations on Home Schooling in New York.

Click here for NYSED's Home Instruction Question and Answer page.

Click here for a memo from NYSED regarding the home instruction of students of compulsory school age and full-time college study. 

Facts about Home Schooling in New York State under section 100.10 of the Regulations of the Commissioner of Education:

• State law does not require any specific credentials for the person providing home schooling.
• Students who are home schooled are not awarded a high school diploma. A high school diploma may only be awarded to a student enrolled in a registered secondary school who has completed all program requirements set by the Regents, the school, or district.
• Home schooled students are not eligible to participate in interscholastic sports. As per the Regulations of the Commissioner of Education, participants in interscholastic sports must be enrolled in a public school.
• Districts are not required to loan textbooks, electronic devices, or supply curriculum to home-schooled students. 
• A district must offer a home schooled student with disabilities the Special Education services and/or programs as recommended on the Individual Education Program (IEP) by the Committee on Special Education.