Homeschooling in Hawaii

What Hawaii requires

• Notice to authorities: Yes. Notice to school principal of intent to homeschool. Annual progress report. Standardized testing in grades 3, 5, 8, 10.
• Portfolio: Not required.
• Standardized testing: Required — in grades 3, 5, 8, and 10.
• Annual evaluator: Not required.
• Quarterly reports: Not required.

How to start homeschooling in Hawaii

1. File your notice with the state. Submit Form 4140 (Exceptions to Compulsory Education) or a letter of intent to the principal of the school your child would otherwise attend, before beginning home instruction. File an annual progress report and submit standardized test results in grades 3, 5, 8, and 10. File online with the state →
2. Plan your school year. Hawaii sets no day or hour minimum, so your calendar is yours — most families still sketch one so progress is visible.
3. Put assessment on the calendar. Hawaii requires standardized testing in grades 3, 5, 8, and 10 — book the test window early, and keep the results with your records.
4. Keep records from your first day. Attendance, samples of work, and any test or evaluation results — every requirement above is answered from these three, and they're painless to keep daily and miserable to reconstruct in May.

How Anchor helps

Anchor logs every day automatically when you make an activity entry. It builds the portfolio your state expects, generates the attendance PDF, and reminds you about evaluations before they're due.