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Regulation Summary by State

Rank	State	Population	Option Chosen	Teacher Qualification	Notice	Testing
	United States	281,421,906
1	California	33,871,648	Private School	Capable	Annual	None
2	Texas	20,851,820	Home Private	None	None	None
3	New York	18,976,457	Home School	Competent	Annual	Report Test
4	Florida	15,982,378	Home School	None	None	None
5	Illinois	12,419,293	Home Private	None	None	None
6	Pennsylvania	12,281,054	Home School	None	School	Report Test
7	Ohio	11,353,140	Home School	High School	Annual	Alternatives
8	Michigan *	9,938,444	Home School	None	None	None
9	New Jersey	8,414,350	Home School	None	None	None
10	Georgia	8,186,453	Home School	High School	Annual	Each 3 Years
11	North Carolina	8,049,313	Home School	High School	?Annual	Retain Test
12	Virginia *	7,078,515	Home School	None	One Time	None
13	Massachusetts	6,349,097	Home School	None	Annual	Report Test
14	Indiana	6,080,485	Home Private	None	If Requested	None
15	Washington	5,894,121	Home School	Qualified	Annual	Retain Test
16	Tennessee *	5,689,283	Home School	Exemption	Annual	Report Test
17	Missouri	5,595,211	Home Private	None	None	None
18	Wisconsin	5,363,675	Home School	None	Annual	None
19	Maryland	5,296,486	Home School	None	?Annual	None
20	Arizona	5,130,632	Home School	None	?Annual	None
21	Minnesota	4,919,479	Home School	None	Annual	Report Test
22	Louisiana	4,468,976	Home School	None	?Annual	None
23	Alabama	4,447,100	Private School	None	One Time	None
24	Colorado	4,301,261	Home School	None	Annual	Alternative
25	Kentucky	4,041,769	Home School	None	Annual	None
26	South Carolina	4,012,012	Home School	High School	None	Report Test
27	Oklahoma	3,450,654	Home School	None	None	None
28	Oregon	3,421,399	Home School	None	Annual	Report Test
29	Connecticut	3,405,565	Home School	None	Annual	None
30	Iowa	2,926,324	Home School	None	Annual	Alternative
31	Mississippi	2,844,658	Home School	None	Annual	None
32	Kansas	2,688,418	Home Private	Competent	?Annual	None
33	Arkansas	2,673,400	Home School	None	Annual	None
34	Utah	2,233,169	Home Private	None	None	None
35	Nevada	1,998,257	Home School	Waver	Annual	None
36	New Mexico	1,819,046	Home School	High School	Annual	None
37	West Virginia	1,808,344	Home School	High School	?Annual	Alternative
38	Nebraska	1,711,263	Home Private	None	Annual	None
39	Idaho	1,293,953	Home School	None	None	None
40	Maine	1,274,923	Home School	None	Annual	Alternative
41	New Hampshire	1,235,786	Home School	None	One Time	Alternative
42	Hawaii	1,211,537	Home School	None	One Time	Alternative
43	Rhode Island	1,048,319	*Home School	None	?Annual	Test
44	Montana	902,195	Home School	None	Annual	None
45	Delaware	783,600	*Home School	None	None	Test
46	South Dakota	754,844	Home School	None	?Annual	Test
47	North Dakota	642,200	Home School	High School	Annual	Test
48	Alaska	626,932	Home School	None	None	None
49	Vermont	608,827	Home School	None	Annual	Alternative
50	District of Columbia	572,059	Home Private	None	None	None
51	Wyoming *	493,782	Home School	None	Annual	None