Home School

Program Overview

Willamette Education Service District (WESD) is responsible for registering students in the twenty-one school districts throughout Marion, Polk, and Yamhill Counties whose parents or guardians intend to educate their children at home.  Currently, approximately thirty-eight hundred home school students are registered.  In addition, WESD provides information to families such as home schooling state guidelines, curriculum and program resources, local networking opportunities, national resources, and testing information.

As identified by OAR 581-021-0026, our responsibility as ESD for Marion, Polk, and Yamhill Counties, is to register home school students.  The Oregon Legislature passed House Bill 3013 in 1999, stating the parent or legal guardian is only required to notify the ESD of their intent to home school their child with one initial registration.  We do not provide any services or maintain any kind of regular contact with students, parents, or legal guardians.  Parents or legal guardians must meet the following requirements to home school in Oregon:

Requirements regarding notification, content standards, laws, special education evaluations, and testing.

Additional Information regarding accreditation, completion, correspondence schools, curriculum and materials, driver permit/license, extracurricular activities, immunizations, interscholastic activities, and withdrawal.

Useful Websites:

• Community Colleges
  • Chemeketa Community College (CCC)
• Online Schools
  • Oregon Connections Academy (ORCA)
  • Oregon Virtual Academy (ORVA)
  • Salem-Keizer (SK) Online
• School Districts
  • Amity School District
  • Cascade School District
  • Central School District
  • Dallas School District
  • Dayton School District
  • Falls City School District
  • Gervais School District
  • Jefferson School District
  • McMinnville School District
  • Mt. Angel School District
  • Newberg School District
  • North Marion School District
  • North Sanitam School District
  • Perrydale School District
  • Salem-Keizer School District
  • Sheridan School District
  • Silver Falls School District
  • St. Paul School District
  • Willamina School District
  • Woodburn School District
  • Yamhill-Carlton School District
• State Agencies
  • Oregon Department of Education (ODE)
  • Oregon School Activities Association (OSAA)
  • Oregon State Legislature