Choose your state to see whether homeschoolers can join public-school teams, which enrollment rules apply, and what to do before tryouts.
Whether a homeschooler can play on a public-school team depends on state law and the athletic association’s rules. Some states guarantee access by law, some leave it to each district, and some require enrolling in the school part time. Where access exists, the student usually meets the same age, residence, and academic rules as enrolled students.
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Only by enrolling in some classes. Alabama has no law opening public school teams to homeschoolers, but state athletic association rules let a homeschooler play for the public school serving the family's address after enrolling in its electives.
Alaska homeschoolers can play public school sports through an alternative education program: a statewide correspondence school, a charter school, or an accredited home school program.
Yes. Arizona law lets a homeschooled child try out for interscholastic sports at the public school whose attendance area the family lives in, in the same manner as an enrolled student.
Yes. Arkansas Code 6-15-509 lets a homeschooled student try out for interscholastic activities, sports included, at the public school district where the family lives, and at another district if both superintendents agree.
Not while your child is in a home-based private school. California's athletic federation makes students taught at home by parents ineligible, but a student in a public independent study program can compete for the school in the family's attendance area.
Yes. Colorado law gives homeschooled children equal access to public school activities, sports included, at a school the district picks in the district that received your notice or the district where you live.
Generally no. Connecticut law gives homeschoolers no right to public school sports, and the eligibility rules of the Connecticut Interscholastic Athletic Conference (CIAC) bar homeschooled students from their neighborhood public school's teams.
No. A Delaware homeschooler cannot play for the public school in the family's attendance zone, because athletic association rules require a student to be legally enrolled at the member school the student represents.
Yes. A Florida home education student can play interscholastic sports at the zoned public school or at another public school in the district where the family lives, under the same standards as enrolled athletes.
Yes. Under the Dexter Mosely Act, a Georgia home study student in grades 6 through 12 can try out for sports and other activities at the resident public school, if the family meets the Act's notice and course conditions.
No. A Hawaii homeschooler cannot play for the home public school, because Hawaii High School Athletic Association rules make enrollment at the school a condition of eligibility, and no state law or rule makes an exception.
Yes. Idaho's dual enrollment law lets a homeschooled student take part in any public school program, sports included, at the school whose attendance area includes the family's home.
Usually no. Illinois has no law giving homeschoolers a right to public school sports, and the state athletic association lets a homeschooler play only by enrolling part time at the member high school, if that school agrees.
Sometimes. Indiana High School Athletic Association (IHSAA) Rule 12-5 lets a homeschooled student play for the public school serving the family's residence, but only if that school agrees and the student meets the rule's conditions.
Yes, through the resident school district. An Iowa homeschooler under competent private instruction can dual enroll in the district and compete on its teams under the same eligibility rules as enrolled students.
Yes. Kansas law says a student in a nonpublic school, homeschools included, shall be permitted to take part in any activity a district offers under the state activities association, at the school whose attendance area covers the student's home.
No. Kentucky homeschoolers cannot play on public school teams in grades 9 through 12, because the state athletic association requires full-time enrollment in a member school.
Yes. Louisiana law bars a public school from disqualifying a student in approved home study from sports only because of that enrollment, if the family lives in the school's attendance zone.
Yes, through the local school unit. Maine law lets a home instruction student try out for extracurricular activities, sports included, that the local school unit sponsors, under the same participation rules as enrolled students.
No. Maryland's public school athletics rules require a student to be officially registered at and attending the member school, and no county may loosen that rule, so home-instructed students cannot play on public school teams.
Only where the district allows it. Massachusetts gives homeschoolers no statewide right to public school sports; a homeschooler can play only if the local school committee has adopted a policy allowing it.
Only if your district allows it. Michigan has no law giving homeschoolers a right to public school sports, and the Michigan High School Athletic Association (MHSAA) ties eligibility to taking most of a full course load at the school.
Yes, through the resident district. Minnesota law requires the school board to let resident homeschooled students fully participate in extracurricular activities, sports included, on the same basis as public school students.
No. Mississippi has no law opening public school teams to homeschoolers, and the state activities association counts only a student legally enrolled in a member school as eligible.
Yes. Since a 2025 law, Missouri school districts and charter schools must let home school students try out for and join their athletics and other activities, at the district or charter school that serves the family's address.
Yes. Montana law bars a school district or athletic association from keeping a home school student out of activities at a school in the resident district because the student is not enrolled or does not attend enough hours.
Yes, through the resident school district. Nebraska law requires every school board to let a resident exempt school student take part in extracurricular activities, interschool sports included, under the same requirements as its own students.
Yes. Nevada law lets a homeschooled child play interscholastic sports at the public school the child is zoned to attend, within the district of residence, after the family files a notice of intent to participate.
Yes. New Hampshire law opens a district's athletics and other cocurricular programs to home educated students who live in the district, on terms no more restrictive than the district's policy for other students.
Only with local board approval. New Jersey gives homeschoolers no right to public school sports, but the state athletic association lets a homeschooled student play when the local board of education approves and its homeschool guidelines are met.
Yes, at your zoned public school. New Mexico law lets a home school student take part in up to three school district activities a year, athletics included, under New Mexico Activities Association (NMAA) guidelines.
No. New York's regulations require a student in interscholastic sports to be enrolled in the public school, so a home-instructed student cannot play on public school teams.
Only where the local board allows it. State rules let each local board of education adopt a policy so that home school students in grades 6 through 12 who live in its district can play for one of its schools.
Yes. North Dakota law says a child in home education may take part in extracurricular activities, sports included, through the school district of residence, under the same standards as full-time students.
Yes, through your resident district. Ohio law requires the superintendent to let a home-educated student take part in any extracurricular activity, sports included, offered at the district school the student would otherwise attend.
No. Oklahoma has no law that gives homeschooled students a place on public school teams, and the state activities association's parent guide says independently homeschooled students are not eligible at a member school.
Yes. Oregon law says a school district cannot keep a homeschooled student out of interscholastic activities, athletics included, at the school whose attendance area the family lives in.
Yes. Pennsylvania law requires a school district to let its home education students take part in district extracurricular activities, including interscholastic, varsity, and intramural sports.
Sometimes. Rhode Island Interscholastic League (RIIL) rules let a homeschooled student play for a local school that agrees, keeps the student on its rolls, and records quarterly grades.
Yes. South Carolina's Equal Access to Interscholastic Activities Act bars a district from denying a home school student the chance to play sports and join other interscholastic activities at the school whose attendance area includes the family's home.
Yes. South Dakota law requires your resident school district to let a child in alternative instruction, the state's term for homeschooling, take part in its athletics, fine arts, and other activities.
Yes, to try out. Tennessee law opens public school tryouts to independent home school students who meet the athletic association's eligibility rules, and those rules then decide who plays.
Texas homeschoolers can play sports and join other University Interscholastic League (UIL) activities at their zoned public school, unless that district's school board has voted to opt out.
Yes. Under Utah Code 53G-6-703, a home school student may take part in extracurricular activities, including sports, at the public school whose boundaries the family lives in or the school the student left to homeschool.
Yes. Every Vermont school board must open its schools to home study students, and the Agency of Education lists athletics among the activities they may join, as space permits, at the schools in your home district.
No. The Virginia High School League does not let home-instructed students play for a member school, because they do not meet its rule that a player be a regular, full-time student.
Yes. A Washington student in home-based instruction can play interscholastic sports for the resident public school, under Washington Interscholastic Activities Association (WIAA) Rule 18.6.7 and a Home School Contract filed each year.
Yes. Under section 18-2-25(d) of the West Virginia Code, the West Virginia Secondary School Activities Commission (WVSSAC) must treat a homeschooled student as eligible at the public secondary school serving the family's attendance zone, if the student meets set conditions.
Yes. Wisconsin law requires the school board where you live to let your homeschooled child play interscholastic athletics in the district on the same basis and to the same extent as enrolled students.
Yes. A Wyoming school district must let a school-age child who lives in the district and is not enrolled there full time, a homeschooler included, take part in any district activity, sports included.
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