Questions
Homeschool record keeping questions, answered
Does Homeschool Hero work for New York homeschooling?
Yes. It's set up for New York's home instruction rules: the required subjects for each grade, 900 hours a year for grades 1 to 6 and 990 hours for grades 7 to 12, and 180 days. You enter the four quarterly report dates from your IHIP, and Homeschool Hero reminds you before each one is due.
What goes into a New York quarterly report?
Each quarterly report lists the hours of instruction, the material covered in each subject, and a grade or a short written evaluation for each subject. Homeschool Hero fills in the hours, days and material from your daily log, so you only add the grades or a few sentences, then export a PDF to send to your district.
Does Homeschool Hero write my IHIP?
No. You still write your Individualized Home Instruction Plan (IHIP) and send it to your district. Homeschool Hero uses the subjects, materials and report dates from it, and keeps the daily records your quarterly reports are drawn from.
Can one lesson count for more than one subject?
Yes. If a curriculum covers several subjects, like a language arts book that also teaches spelling and geography, link those subjects once and every lesson you log counts for all of them. You can also add another subject to a single entry, like a math assignment that covered science. Each subject's section of the report shows that time, and your total hours count it only once.
Does Homeschool Hero work for Texas homeschooling?
Yes. Texas asks for a curriculum in visual form, like books and workbooks, covering reading, spelling, grammar, math and good citizenship, with no reports, hours or attendance records to send. Homeschool Hero starts each child with those five subjects and keeps a record of the books you used and the work done, and lets you make a report for any dates you choose, for your own files.
Does Homeschool Hero work for California homeschooling?
Yes, for a home-based private school that files the Private School Affidavit each October. Homeschool Hero starts each child with the subjects California public schools teach for their grade, keeps the attendance register the state asks for, and makes the yearly record of each child's subjects, books and grades. If you homeschool through a charter school or a PSP, follow its requirements.
Does Homeschool Hero work for Florida homeschooling?
Yes, for a home education program. Florida asks you to keep a portfolio with a log of educational activities that names the reading materials you used, and to have your child evaluated once a year. Your daily log in Homeschool Hero is that log, with each book named as you go, and the yearly report pulls it together for the evaluation. Florida sets no required subjects, days or hours, so you keep your own work samples alongside it.
Does Homeschool Hero work for Pennsylvania homeschooling?
Yes. It's set up for Pennsylvania's home education law: the required subjects for grades 1 to 6 and 7 to 12, and 180 days or 900 hours (990 in grades 7 to 12) of instruction. Your daily log names each book as you go, which is the log your portfolio needs, and the yearly report pulls it together for your evaluator before the June 30 deadline.
Does Homeschool Hero work for Ohio homeschooling?
Yes. Since 2023, Ohio asks for a yearly notice to your school district by August 30 and teaching in English language arts, math, science, history, government and social studies, with no hours, tests or portfolio. Homeschool Hero starts each child with those six subjects and keeps a record of what you teach, for your own files.
Does Homeschool Hero work for Illinois homeschooling?
Yes. Illinois treats homeschools as private schools: you teach in English the branches public schools teach (language arts, math, the biological, physical and social sciences, fine arts, and physical development and health), with nothing to register, file or test. Homeschool Hero starts each child with those subjects and keeps a record of what you teach.
Does Homeschool Hero work for Utah homeschooling?
Yes. Since May 2025, Utah asks only for a one-time notification to your local school board, and districts can't require records, tests or credentials. Homeschool Hero is for your own records: log each lesson with the book you used and make a report for any dates you choose.
I don't live in one of those states. Can I still use it?
Yes. Families in other states get a general setup with daily logging, hours and days, subjects and materials, and progress reports. More states are on the way.
How much does it cost?
Homeschool Hero is free for one child, with every feature included. For more children it's $19.99 a year for two or $24.99 a year for unlimited children.
Can I use it on my phone?
Yes. Get the Android app on Google Play, or use it in any web browser on a phone, tablet or computer. Your records stay in sync between them. The iPhone and iPad app is coming soon.
Is my family's information private?
Yes. There are no ads, and your family's information is never sold or shared. You can download all your records, or delete your account, at any time.