Homeschooling is legal in every US state. What varies is what your state asks of you: some states require an affidavit or notice of intent, some require annual filings and evaluations, and some ask for almost nothing. In your family's Growbook, the documents your state requires come prepared from the current statute, with every deadline on the calendar. You file directly with your district, and the relationship with your district stays yours.
If your child is currently enrolled in public school, yes. Formal withdrawal is the first step, and skipping it is how families end up with truancy letters. The Pennsylvania withdrawal letter is free: share a few details and a finished, filing-ready letter comes out the same day. You print it, sign it, and mail it to your district.
No. Growbook does the office work that homeschooling requires: filings prepared from your state's statutes, deadlines kept, and your child's record organized in one place. Your family stays independent. The filings carry your name, your relationship with your district stays direct, and the record belongs to you. And if you run or want to start an umbrella program or co-op, Growbook is being built to support that too.
No. Growbook never enrolls your family, never issues diplomas, and never becomes the entity your state relates to. Every document is prepared for your review and signature, and you file it yourself. The record is yours.
In Pennsylvania, the documents the state requires come prepared and ready to sign. More states are coming, New York first. In every state, the record itself works the same way: the learning, the work samples, and the portfolio all have a place, and state-specific document preparation is expanding.
One price: $149 a year for the whole family. No per-student pricing, everything included. The withdrawal letter is free before you ever pay anything.
The Pennsylvania withdrawal letter, the open shelf of the resource library, and a preview of what your family's Growbook will hold. Nothing about your child is asked for until you choose to start. A free account shows you the shape of the record, not a gated file built from information that was collected too early.
Whatever your state requires. In Pennsylvania: the affidavit, education objectives by grade level, and the withdrawal letter, prepared under 24 P.S. § 13-1327.1. The affidavit comes as an unsworn declaration signed under penalty of perjury, which Pennsylvania accepts in place of a notarized one, so there's no notary to visit. Each document is prepared from the current statute and tells you where it goes, to whom, and by when, so there is no statute research and no wondering whether a guide is out of date.
You file directly, and that's deliberate. Your legal standing stays yours, and your district knows your family rather than a company. Every document arrives filing-ready, with the address and your district deadline on it, and the record keeps track of what's been filed.
Use any curriculum or none. A Growbook works the same for the classical family, the Charlotte Mason family, and the unschooler. The library is full of ideas you can use or ignore, nothing in it is assigned, and the compliance documents are built to honestly reflect how your child actually learns.
No. Nothing in Growbook needs upkeep, and nothing falls behind. When something feels worth keeping, send it in whatever form it takes: a photo, a forwarded email, a line of text. The record stays organized around the documents your state requires.
In states that ask for a year-end evaluation, your evaluator sees an organized record: dated entries, work samples, and the year's documents in one read-only view that you grant and can end. You arrive at evaluation season already organized. An evaluator network to help you find one is on the way.
Your family, and only the people you choose. Adults you invite (a co-parent, a tutor, a grandparent) see what their role allows. An evaluator sees only the child you've granted, read-only. Documents live in private storage behind expiring links, and the record belongs to your family, full stop.
No. It's an optional way for parents to keep a record of how their child is doing as a whole person, alongside the academic record. It's off unless you turn it on, it belongs to your family, and it is never part of compliance.
Update your state in settings. Old documents are archived rather than deleted, your new state's requirements appear with their deadlines, and the record carries over untouched.
Every document cites the statute it was prepared under, so you can answer your district with the law in hand rather than a guess.
That's coming. Group leaders will be able to keep the records side of their community organized, with every family keeping a record of its own, consolidated filing support, and evaluator coordination. Early access opens soon; join the interest list to hear when it does.
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