You are not required to furnish any information to the local school board. If you remove your child from public school during the school year, contact the school by phone or letter to tell them you are providing another means of education for your child. Neither testing nor record-keeping are required by law, but both are highly recommended. Freedom of educational choice also carries personal responsibility. Yearly, optional testing such as a child would receive in public school is available through the Idaho Coalition of Home Educators.
Testing serves many beneficial purposes.
Homeschooling definitely takes a time commitment, but not as much as you might think. Actual time requirements vary with curriculum, ages, and the number of children in a family. Length of academic instruction may begin with as little as thirty to sixty minutes for early grades, and increase in hours as the student progresses. For upper grades, most families have a few hours of instruction plus independent study. There are many different ways to actually schedule your homeschool.