PARENTS ASSOCIATION
WPA (Wisconsin Parents Association)
P.O. Box 2502
Madison, WI 53701
Voice Mail: 608.283.3131
Www.homeschooling-wpa.org

STATE & FEDERAL PROGRAMS
HSLDA (Home School Legal Defense Association)
P.O. Box 3000
Purcellville, VA 20132
Questions? To request an application, call: 540-338-5600
To apply online, go to www.hslda.org

HOME-BASED PRIVATE EDUCATION PROGRAM
Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction
School Management Services / Home-Based
125 South Webster Street • P.O. Box 7841
Madison, WI 53707-7841

You will need to call the state Home-Based Private Educational Program to request a PI-1206 application form. New forms are sent out each August for the upcoming school year. As soon as you fill out your form and return it to the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction, you can begin home schooling.

Wisconsin Statute 118.15(4), states that "instruction in a home-based private educational program that meets all of the criteria under s. 118.165(1) may be substituted for attendance at a public or private school." Section 118.165(1), Wis. Stats., requires that a program of at least 875 hours of instruction which includes a sequentially progressive curriculum of fundamental instruction in six subject areas (reading, language arts, mathematics, social studies, science and health) be provided each school year. The Department recommends that the parent or guardian maintain a school calendar verifying a minimum of 875 hours of instruction and course outlines verifying that there exists a sequentially progressive curriculum of fundamental instruction.

NOTE: You do not need to fill out a PI-1206 application form if your child will be enrolled in a virtual charter school. These schools are public schools. However, if your child will be enrolled in a privately operated correspondence/virtual school, then he/she is considered enrolled in a home-based private education program. You must then fill out form PI-1206 form and mail it to the Department of Public Instruction, Home-Based Private Educational Program or Call: (608) 266-5761 or toll free 1-888-245-2732, Ext. 1