How to Withdraw Your Child From Public School in Wyoming (2026): Step by Step

How Withdrawal Works in Wyoming

Wyoming establishes a home-based educational program through a notification to your local school board. After House Bill 46 in 2025, the old requirement to submit a curriculum for the board's review is gone, so the process is lighter than older guides and outdated summaries suggest. You notify the board that you are providing a home-based educational program, you notify your child's public school, and the transition is complete. There is no testing requirement, no credential to hold, and no curriculum to file with anyone.

Wyoming's compulsory attendance law runs from age 7 through age 16, or until a child completes the tenth grade. If your child falls in that range, a home-based educational program that meets the basic academic program standard satisfies the law. If your child is younger than 7 or has already reached 16, the compulsory attendance requirement does not apply, though you can still run a home program under the same framework at any age.

Understanding the sequence before you begin helps the transition go smoothly. The board notification is the legal step that gives your home program its standing. The school notice is the practical step that closes the enrollment record. Together they take less than an hour to write and send, and they document a clean exit from the public system. The rest of your time goes into building the program itself.

Step 1: Notify Your Local School Board

Send a written notification to your local school board of trustees stating that you are providing a home-based educational program for your child. Your notification does not need to be a formal document or a lengthy letter. Include your name, your child's name and age, and a clear statement that you are providing a home-based educational program under Wyoming Statutes Section 21-4-102. Keep a dated copy.

Before 2025, Wyoming required home schools to include or submit a curriculum to the board for review. House Bill 46 removed that requirement. Your notification no longer needs a curriculum attached, and the board does not review or approve your program content. You still build and teach a basic academic program covering the required subjects, but that work belongs to your family. The board receives notice that a home-based program exists for your child; that is the full scope of what the notification does.

If you are unsure which board of trustees covers your address, contact the district superintendent's office to confirm before you send anything. Sending it to the right board matters for your record. The board notification is what gives your home program its legal standing under Wyoming law, and a clear record that you sent it protects you if attendance questions come up later. We cover the required subjects and what the basic academic program looks like across the grade levels in the full guide to homeschooling in Wyoming. Before you start teaching, run a free reading and academic assessment to find exactly where your child stands in the foundational subjects, so you can set your starting level accurately rather than estimating.

Step 2: Notify the School

Send your child's public school a short written notice that the child is being withdrawn to a home-based educational program. Keep a copy alongside your board notification. The purpose of this notice is to close out the attendance record at the school so that absences after the withdrawal date are not recorded as truancy during the transition period.

The board notification gives your home-based program its legal standing under Wyoming law. The school notice handles the enrollment side: it tells the school to close the record and stop counting your child in its daily attendance. Both documents are short, and both are worth keeping in your files indefinitely. If a question about your child's enrollment status comes up months or years later, having both notices with dates is straightforward documentation.

For a mid-year withdrawal, send the board notification and the school notice close together so your child moves cleanly out of the public system. Sending them weeks apart can create a gap where the school still has an open enrollment record while your child has already stopped attending, which can generate truancy flags in the district's system. A few days between the two is fine; anything longer than a week is worth avoiding.

Step 3: Keep Records and Know the Subjects

Once you have sent both notices, gather any school records you want to have on hand. Request your child's immunization records, report cards, any standardized testing records, and existing IEP documentation if applicable. Schools are required to provide copies on request. Keep everything in a folder alongside your withdrawal notices so you have a complete record of the transition.

Wyoming asks that your home-based program provide instruction in reading, writing, mathematics, civics, history, literature, and science, delivered as a sequentially progressive curriculum. There is no standardized testing requirement, no progress report to file with any agency, and no one to submit records to. You keep your own records for your own use. The Wyoming homeschooling guide covers the seven required subjects and explains what a sequentially progressive basic academic program looks like across the grade levels.

Add work samples from each of the seven subjects to a simple folder as the year goes on. You are not required to submit any of this material, but keeping records documents that your program meets the basic academic program standard. It also makes building a high school transcript much easier when you reach those grades. A single binder per year, organized by subject, is enough. The planning guide covers how to build a curriculum and structure records toward a transcript, which is worth reading before you reach ninth grade.

Funding Note and Special Education

If you are exploring state funding, Wyoming's Steamboat Legacy Scholarship education savings account program can fund curriculum and other approved home education expenses. Our Wyoming homeschool funding guide covers the dollar amount, eligibility requirements, and how to apply. The funding program does not change the withdrawal steps; the notification process is the same whether or not you plan to pursue the scholarship. But if you qualify, it is worth pursuing before you spend money on curriculum.

If your child has an Individualized Education Program, the mandatory special education services provided through the public school end when you withdraw to a home-based program. Wyoming districts may offer some services to home school students on a limited basis, but the IEP entitlement that applies to enrolled public school students does not carry over to a home-based educational program. Contact the district's special education office before withdrawing if services are currently in place and you want to understand what, if anything, remains available after your child leaves the public system. Getting clear answers from the district before you send your withdrawal notices is better than finding out afterward.

A Note from Homeschool Teacher Guide: What This Really Means for You

Wyoming is easier now than its older guides suggest. After House Bill 46, you notify your local school board that you are providing a home-based educational program, and you no longer submit a curriculum for review. Send a short note to your child's school so attendance stops, and keep both notices. That is the full sequence.

You still cover the core subjects: reading, writing, mathematics, civics, history, literature, and science. There is no testing and nothing to report to any agency. If funding interests you, our Wyoming funding guide covers the Steamboat Legacy Scholarship program. The one trap we see families fall into is following outdated instructions that still describe the old curriculum submission requirement. Our Wyoming homeschooling guide reflects the current law and covers what you need to teach.

The notification step is quick. Your records are yours to keep. What you build after the withdrawal is the program your child will learn from, and that is where the real work begins. We are here to help you build it well.