# Eformogi

> Eformogi is a record of learning the student owns, witnessed by the adults who were there, verifiable at one link with no login, and issued by the schools and counselors who hold the learners. When it is time to share that record with a receiver, the family issues it as a Witness Transcript™. The record is free for the learner, forever: capturing, witnessing, issuing, exporting, and verifying never cost the family anything. Schools, microschools, and counselors who issue on the record get a free founding year through June 30, 2027, then pay $49 per learner per year, billed to the issuer and never to the family; founding issuers keep that price for as long as they issue, and if an issuer stops paying, its learners keep the record and its export. Receivers verify a single link free, forever; an office that wants a hosted verification service at volume can ask us. In New York, each student's first IHIP of the season is free, rendered from the record the family already entered. Families who want the rest of the season's filed paperwork, the four quarterly reports and the annual assessment, and every other state document rendered and filed can add Family Pro for $119 per year, or $14.99 a month, which is included for every learner an issuer enrolls; the enrollment and service-hours letters cost $12 each, the good-student letter is free while insurers are new to family-issued records, and the record itself is never behind any of it.

Key facts:
- A family issues its own Witness Transcript at https://eformogi.com/app/transcript and seals it with a SHA-256 hash.
- Anyone can check a record at https://eformogi.com/verify/<receipt-id> at one link, with no account and no login.
- Witnesses who were there, such as teachers, coaches, and evaluators, co-sign a course or a work sample from an emailed link and are never charged.
- Schools and counselors can issue course rows on the same open standard, and the learner still holds the record and its export.
- State paperwork, such as the New York IHIP and quarterly reports and Arizona or Texas ESA documentation, is rendered from the same record.
- The record format is an open standard published in full at https://eformogi.com/spec, and the reference verifier is Apache-2.0.

## Start here

- [The front door](https://eformogi.com/): what the record is, how a course gets co-signed, and how a receiver checks it at one link.
- [For families](https://eformogi.com/homeschool): the family door, for a parent building a transcript for learning that happened outside a school, free for the learner, forever.
- [For schools and learning centers](https://eformogi.com/issuers): the issuer door, for a school that holds learners and has no records office, free through June 30, 2027 and then $49 per learner per year billed to the issuer and never to the family, a price a founding issuer keeps for as long as it issues.
- [For counselors](https://eformogi.com/counselors): the counselor door, a free caseload surface for a counselor who supports nontraditional students and is never charged to witness a record.
- [For receivers](https://eformogi.com/receivers): the receiver door, where one link is free to check, forever, and an office that wants a hosted verification service at volume can ask us at hello@eformogi.com.
- [The record protocol](https://eformogi.com/spec): the open standard the whole thing runs on, published in full in eleven chapters with an Apache-2.0 reference verifier.

## For families

- [How to build a homeschool transcript](https://eformogi.com/transcripts/homeschool): the step-by-step method, plus a free builder that seals the result so a receiver can check it at one link.
- [Portrait of a Graduate records](https://eformogi.com/portrait): how a competency portrait becomes a record a receiver can read without a rubric.
- [Mastery-based transcripts](https://eformogi.com/transcripts/mastery): a transcript for learning measured by mastery rather than seat time.
- [Portrait of a Graduate transcripts](https://eformogi.com/transcripts/portrait): turning a district or school portrait into course rows and evidence.
- [Project-based learning transcripts](https://eformogi.com/transcripts/pbl): turning projects into credit-bearing course rows with evidence attached.
- [Unschooling transcripts](https://eformogi.com/transcripts/unschool): composing a transcript from self-directed learning without inventing coursework.
- [Twice-exceptional transcripts](https://eformogi.com/transcripts/2e): documenting an asynchronous learner honestly, strengths and supports together.
- [How to write course descriptions](https://eformogi.com/course-descriptions): the format, a worked example, and the mistakes that cost a family a second request.
- [Microschool records](https://eformogi.com/microschools): the school issues the course row, the family holds the record, and the record survives the school.
- [Homeschool dual enrollment documents](https://eformogi.com/transcripts/dual-enrollment): what a community college asks a homeschool applicant for, and the notarization carve-out a third-party-witnessed transcript satisfies.
- [Proof of enrollment for a driver's permit](https://eformogi.com/transcripts/drivers-permit): the under-18 enrollment-proof forms by state and the record behind them.
- [Social Security student benefits](https://eformogi.com/transcripts/ssa-student-benefits): Form SSA-1372, the parent as certifying official, and the evidence the agency asks for.
- [Online classes on a transcript](https://eformogi.com/transcripts/outschool): recording marketplace classes as course entries with dates, work samples, and a witness signature.
- [NCAA eligibility documentation](https://eformogi.com/transcripts/ncaa): the core-course worksheets, the administrator statement, and the record that fills them.
- [529 plans for homeschool expenses](https://eformogi.com/529-homeschool): the 2025 expansion, the annual limit from 2026, the state-law catches, and the expense file the IRS expects.
- [The federal scholarship tax credit and homeschoolers](https://eformogi.com/ecca-homeschool): ECCA eligibility, updated for Treasury's October 2, 2026 proposed regulations, which define "school" by state law, so it turns on whether your state treats a homeschool as a school.
- [A transcript without prior records](https://eformogi.com/transcripts/refugee): for newcomer students, homeschoolers enrolling in a classroom school, and closed-school records, the evidence and named co-signers a receiving school can act on.
- [En español](https://eformogi.com/es): el expediente de aprendizaje que tu familia conserva y cualquiera puede verificar en un enlace.

## State paperwork

- [New York homeschool records and IHIP](https://eformogi.com/transcripts/new-york): the letter of intent, the IHIP, the quarterlies, and the annual assessment, all rendered from one record.
- [New York letter of intent](https://eformogi.com/transcripts/new-york-letter-of-intent): the July 1 first step, who to send it to, and what it starts.
- [New York quarterly reports](https://eformogi.com/transcripts/new-york-quarterly-report): the four section 100.10 reports, the hours, and the 80 percent rule.
- [The New York quarterly report, answered](https://eformogi.com/transcripts/new-york-quarterly-report-answered): direct question-and-answer format for what goes in each of the four reports, the hours, and the 80 percent rule.
- [From record to quarterly in ten minutes](https://eformogi.com/transcripts/new-york-quarterly-workflow): how a family who keeps a running record gets from that record to a filed quarterly report, and what the tool never does on its own.
- [Starting home instruction mid-year in New York](https://eformogi.com/transcripts/new-york-ihip-mid-year-start): a family that begins home instruction after the school year has started has its own 14-day IHIP deadline, counted from the day instruction began, not from August 15.
- [New York annual assessment](https://eformogi.com/transcripts/new-york-annual-assessment): standardized test or written narrative by grade, and the 33rd-percentile progress bar.
- [Homeschooling in New York City](https://eformogi.com/transcripts/new-york-city): the central Office of Home Schooling, the 28-day IHIP clock, and where to file.
- [New York TAP for homeschool graduates](https://eformogi.com/transcripts/new-york-tap): the superintendent substantial-equivalency letter, the alternatives, and the file the request rests on.
- [Free New York IHIP template](https://eformogi.com/templates/new-york-ihip): a blank printable IHIP, free for the family, with no account needed.
- [Free New York quarterly report template](https://eformogi.com/templates/new-york-quarterly-report): a blank printable quarterly report, free for the family, with no account needed.
- [Filled IHIP sample, grades K to 6](https://eformogi.com/templates/new-york-ihip-samples/grades-k-6): a complete worked IHIP for the elementary band, showing the level of detail a district expects.
- [Sample New York quarterly reports](https://eformogi.com/templates/new-york-quarterly-samples/grades-k-6): completed example quarterly reports by grade band (also grades-7-8 and grades-9-12), hours, material covered, and a grade or narrative per subject, free and printable.
- [Filled IHIP sample, grades 7 to 8](https://eformogi.com/templates/new-york-ihip-samples/grades-7-8): a complete worked IHIP for the middle band, including the required courses.
- [Filled IHIP sample, grades 9 to 12](https://eformogi.com/templates/new-york-ihip-samples/grades-9-12): a complete worked IHIP for the high school band, with units of credit.
- [Arizona ESA documentation](https://eformogi.com/transcripts/arizona): the expense and learning records an ESA quarterly report needs.
- [Texas ESA documentation](https://eformogi.com/transcripts/texas): the records a Texas education savings account asks a family to keep.
- [Florida homeschool and PEP records](https://eformogi.com/transcripts/florida): the district, PEP, and umbrella paths, and what each one files.
- [Pennsylvania portfolio and evaluation](https://eformogi.com/transcripts/pennsylvania): the year-long portfolio and the June 30 evaluation.
- [West Virginia Hope Scholarship records](https://eformogi.com/transcripts/west-virginia): Hope receipts on the 90-day reimbursement clock and the June 30 assessment filing.
- [Utah Fits All documentation](https://eformogi.com/transcripts/utah): itemized receipts and the May 31 annual portfolio.
- [Indiana ESA and homeschool records](https://eformogi.com/transcripts/indiana): the daily attendance log and the ClassWallet invoices.
- [Iowa CPI paperwork](https://eformogi.com/transcripts/iowa): Form A by September 1 and the annual assessment.
- [Arkansas EFA and notice of intent](https://eformogi.com/transcripts/arkansas): the August 15 notice of intent and the EFA receipt rules.
- [South Carolina homeschool records](https://eformogi.com/transcripts/south-carolina): the plan book, the portfolio, and the semiannual progress reports.
- [Oklahoma homeschool tax credit](https://eformogi.com/transcripts/oklahoma): receipts all year and Form 591-D at tax filing.
- [Missouri homeschool hours](https://eformogi.com/transcripts/missouri): the 1,000-hour log, the plan book, and the portfolio.
- [Louisiana home study renewal](https://eformogi.com/transcripts/louisiana): the October 1 renewal packet.
- [Massachusetts education plan and progress](https://eformogi.com/transcripts/massachusetts): district approval and the agreed method of showing progress.
- [Virginia notice of intent and evidence of progress](https://eformogi.com/transcripts/virginia): the August 1 and August 15 filings from one record.

## State evaluations

- [Every state's evaluation rule](https://eformogi.com/evaluators): twelve states where an outside evaluator reviews a homeschooled student's year and signs for it, who can sign, what they review, and when it is due, state by state.
- [Pennsylvania homeschool evaluation](https://eformogi.com/evaluators/pennsylvania): who may sign, the portfolio and interview the evaluator reviews, and the June 30 certification.
- [Florida homeschool evaluation](https://eformogi.com/evaluators/florida): the parent-selected certified teacher, the portfolio and discussion, and the alternatives a parent may choose instead.
- [Virginia homeschool evaluation](https://eformogi.com/evaluators/virginia): the licensed teacher or the master's-degree evaluator, and the August 1 evaluation letter.
- [New York homeschool evaluation](https://eformogi.com/evaluators/new-york): the written narrative option by grade, who may prepare it, and when it travels with the fourth quarterly report.
- [West Virginia homeschool evaluation](https://eformogi.com/evaluators/west-virginia): the certified teacher's written narrative, filed at grades 3, 5, 8, and 11 by June 30.
- [Washington homeschool evaluation](https://eformogi.com/evaluators/washington): the certificated educator's written annual assessment, kept in the student's own permanent record.
- [Colorado homeschool evaluation](https://eformogi.com/evaluators/colorado): the qualified person the parent selects, evaluating at grades 3, 5, 7, 9, and 11.
- [Maine homeschool evaluation](https://eformogi.com/evaluators/maine): the certified-teacher review and acceptance, due with the September 1 continuation letter.
- [Vermont homeschool evaluation](https://eformogi.com/evaluators/vermont): the certified teacher's review, kept in the family's own records.
- [Hawaii homeschool evaluation](https://eformogi.com/evaluators/hawaii): the certified teacher's written evaluation, filed with the yearly progress report.
- [Iowa homeschool evaluation](https://eformogi.com/evaluators/iowa): the district-approved evaluator's report, due August 1 to the parent, the district, and the state.
- [Louisiana homeschool evaluation](https://eformogi.com/evaluators/louisiana): the certified teacher's statement that the curriculum is equal in quality, due with the October 1 renewal.

## For students

- [Your activities list, before the application asks](https://eformogi.com/students/activities-list-for-college-applications): the application wants ten things you did in a hundred and fifty characters each, and by senior fall you cannot remember freshman year; build the list as you go, with the adult who saw it named, so filling out the form is copying, not remembering.
- [Your first job application, with no experience yet](https://eformogi.com/students/first-job-at-15): the application asks for work experience and you have never had a job; what to put in that box instead, the things an adult already watched you show up and do, in jobs-first order.
- [Working papers and references for your first New York job](https://eformogi.com/students/working-papers-and-references): the legal employment certificate every 14 to 17 year old needs before being hired in New York, and the separate letters of reference a real application asks for, and where a page with named adults answers the second one.
- [The brag sheet, without the remembering](https://eformogi.com/students/brag-sheet): what counselors actually ask for before writing a recommendation letter, what belongs in it, and how a list kept as you go, with the adults who saw each thing named on it, turns the brag sheet into copying instead of remembering.
- [The Common App homeschool packet, in one document](https://eformogi.com/transcripts/common-app-homeschool-packet): the School Report asks the homeschool parent, as counselor, for a transcript, course descriptions, and a school profile; one packet renders all three from the record, free, with a live verify link in the footer.
- [Arizona ESA quarterly report, the October 31 date](https://eformogi.com/transcripts/arizona-esa-quarterly-deadline): R7-2-1508(D) sets each report due the end of the month after the quarter ends; log expenses once and any quarter renders itemized in minutes.
- [Built for minors, on purpose](https://eformogi.com/safety): the design facts a parent or school checks before a teenager uses anything: no ads, no sale of data, no feeds, no streaks, private by default, pictures reviewed before they can be public, no location tracking, and a record the family owns.
- [Real doors near you](https://eformogi.com/doors): real jobs from real towns nearby, with what each one actually asks for, in its own words.
- [Post a door](https://eformogi.com/doors/post): where a camp, program, or scholarship submits an opportunity for verification. Nothing publishes from the form, and payment never buys position.
- [Door listing terms](https://eformogi.com/doors/terms): the plain-language terms a listing accepts. $199 a year flat, verified against the organization's own posting, and payment never buys position.
- [The evaluator's form, filled in free](https://eformogi.com/evaluators/form): twelve states let or require an outside evaluator to review a homeschooled student's year and sign a document for the district or the state; pick the state, fill in a few fields, and the document previews live and prints, free, with no account.
- [Evaluator listings](https://eformogi.com/evaluators/post): where a person who writes New York narrative evaluations lists themselves for the seeding directory. Nothing publishes from the form, listings are verified by hand, and payment never buys position.

## For schools and learning centers (issuers)

- [Start as a founding issuer](https://eformogi.com/issuers/start): the three steps for a school that has decided, from creating the organization account to importing the roster and declaring the first course.
- [Founding issuer terms](https://eformogi.com/issuers/terms): the plain-language terms, including the promise that learners keep the record and its export if the issuer stops paying.
- [How a microschool issues a transcript](https://eformogi.com/issuers/how-a-microschool-issues-a-transcript): a family asks for a transcript and gets a PDF nobody can check; the other way is to declare each course once, have the teacher co-sign from a link, let any receiver verify at one public link, and leave the family holding the record.
- [A school profile for a microschool](https://eformogi.com/issuers/school-profile-for-a-microschool): what a school profile is, what an admissions reader looks for in it, how a small school writes one honestly, and how it travels alongside a Witness Transcript the reader can verify.
- [How a camp issues a transcript](https://eformogi.com/issuers/how-a-camp-issues-a-transcript): a family asks for proof of what their kid finished and gets a certificate nobody can check; the other way is to declare the course once, have the instructor co-sign from a link, let any receiver verify at one public link, and leave the family holding the record.
- [Homeschool co-op records](https://eformogi.com/issuers/homeschool-co-op-records): how a co-op or umbrella group enrolls as a founding issuer, declares its classes once, teachers co-sign by link, and every member family holds a record its state filings render from.

## For New York districts and Consortium schools

- [What the Regents change requires](https://eformogi.com/districts/what-the-regents-change-requires): the Regents exams stop being a separate diploma requirement with the class graduating in 2028, the regulations are due before the Board by February 2027, the rubrics are not published, and the first cohort under new credit rules is in middle school; the timeline by cohort with sources, what the state will publish, what a district decides, and the evidence to record this year.
- [Documenting Portrait of a Graduate evidence](https://eformogi.com/districts/documenting-portrait-evidence): how a school records evidence for each of the six attributes today, as a capstone, a work sample, an oral defense, a project, or a witnessed observation; what a witness signs, what a college or employer sees at one link, and why the student holds the copy.
- [What a universal transcript must hold](https://eformogi.com/districts/what-a-universal-transcript-must-hold): the state's words as attributed, the three properties a transcript of evidence needs (held by the student, every entry names its witness, verifiable with no login and no vendor), how the open standard does each today, and how a state-hosted transcript and a student-held copy coexist.

## For career and technical education and the trades

- [A record for the trades](https://eformogi.com/cte/a-record-for-the-trades): a learner in the trades proves what they know with hours on a job site, a supervisor's word, and a certification exam result, none of which fits a seat-time transcript; what the record holds for that evidence today, the trades evidence kinds arriving on it, and the federal direction (the Workforce Pell final rule, America's Talent Strategy) now funding this problem.
- [Workforce Pell and the learner record](https://eformogi.com/cte/workforce-pell-and-the-learner-record): Workforce Pell requires a short-term program to prove completion, employment, and a return on investment as shown by data, every year it stays approved; what a learner-held record adds to producing that data, the interoperability path (Open Badges 3.0, the Comprehensive Learner Record 2.0) a provider can read it through, and how a Perkins Innovation and Modernization grant now names learning and employment records.

## For counselors

- [Counselor data processing agreement](https://eformogi.com/counselors/dpa): the draft agreement a counseling practice can take to its own counsel before signing up, stating what Eformogi holds and who holds the record.

## For witnesses

- [What co-signing a record means](https://eformogi.com/witness): what a teacher, coach, employer, or evaluator is being asked to attest to, what appears publicly, and why a witness never needs an account.
- [A page for your students](https://eformogi.com/your-students): for a teacher, coach, or supervisor who signed something a student did: the one line to hand the page to their students, what signing asks, and where a school or program that keeps its own records goes.
- [For the adult who runs the program](https://eformogi.com/your-students/program): the one screen a program director or principal can read, print, and forward: what the page is, what a student enters, what is collected and who holds it, the cost, the age lines, what the adult is asked to do, and who built it.
- [Signing a student's service hours from a link, not a form](https://eformogi.com/signers/service-hours-signed): every fall a National Honor Society student hands a supervisor a paper log that gets lost before the chapter ever sees it; the other way is a link the supervisor signs in one tap, leading to a public page for what they said that never expires, even once the original link does.

## For receivers (colleges, employers, insurers, scholarship programs)

- [Check a record](https://eformogi.com/verify): paste any receipt id and see what was issued, who witnessed it, and when, with no account and no login.
- [What verification does and does not prove](https://eformogi.com/for-receivers): what the seal establishes, what it cannot establish, and how to read a witness signature.
- [Reading a Witness Transcript](https://eformogi.com/receivers/reading-a-witness-transcript): for an admissions or HR reader, what each chip and signature means, how to verify one link free with no login, how to run the published offline verifier, and what a row declared by a school means.
- [Receiver policy directory](https://eformogi.com/receivers/directory): per-college guides mapping each college's own published homeschool admissions policy to what a family-issued record provides.
- [Fordham's homeschool policy, mapped](https://eformogi.com/receivers/fordham): their published guidance says the transcript may be prepared by a parent, and this page maps what they ask for.
- [SUNY New Paltz's homeschool policy, mapped](https://eformogi.com/receivers/suny-new-paltz): their published policy takes a transcript or IHIP copies, a portfolio, or quarterly reports, so the state paperwork doubles as admissions evidence.
- [Binghamton's homeschool policy, mapped](https://eformogi.com/receivers/binghamton): their published policy names the IHIP, portfolio, or quarterly reports as the required evidence for New York residents.
- [Pace's homeschool policy, mapped](https://eformogi.com/receivers/pace): the same documents as all first-years plus Pace's own homeschool information form, with testing explicitly optional.
- [Mercy's homeschool policy, mapped](https://eformogi.com/receivers/mercy): existing transcripts are taken to apply, and their published policy asks for a GED or equivalent to enroll.
- [SUNY Purchase's homeschool policy, mapped](https://eformogi.com/receivers/suny-purchase): their published policy asks for a transcript plus a curriculum outline, a non-family letter, equivalency documentation, and test scores.
- [Auto insurers' good-student policies, mapped](https://eformogi.com/receivers/good-student-discount): what five carriers publish for homeschooled students, quoted from their own pages, and the verifiable letter a family hands their agent.

## The open standard

- [Record model](https://eformogi.com/spec/record-model): what a record, a course row, and a piece of evidence are.
- [Receipts and canonicalization](https://eformogi.com/spec/receipts-and-canonicalization): the receipt grammar and the canonical hashing rules.
- [Witness attestation](https://eformogi.com/spec/witness-attestation): how a witness signature is made, bound to a person, and read.
- [Keys and custody](https://eformogi.com/spec/keys-and-custody): who holds the signing keys and what happens when one is lost.
- [Transparency log](https://eformogi.com/spec/transparency-log): the append-only log and its published tree heads.
- [Verification](https://eformogi.com/spec/verification): the algorithm a verifier runs, step by step.
- [Exports](https://eformogi.com/spec/exports): the mapping to W3C Verifiable Credentials, Open Badges 3.0, and CLR 2.0.
- [Jurisdiction plugins](https://eformogi.com/spec/jurisdiction-plugins): how a state's rules attach to a record without owning it.
- [Threat model](https://eformogi.com/spec/threat-model): what the format defends against and what it does not.
- [Conformance](https://eformogi.com/spec/conformance): the vectors an implementation has to pass.
- [Interoperability](https://eformogi.com/spec/interop): the record and its receipts mapped field by field onto W3C Verifiable Credentials 2.0, Open Badges 3.0, and CLR 2.0, with what has no counterpart.
- [Reference verifier](https://eformogi.com/spec/verifier): the Apache-2.0 verifier anyone can run against the conformance vectors.
- [Issuing on the standard](https://eformogi.com/spec/issuing): the walk-through for another platform, with every endpoint, field, cap, and status code the issuer rail has today, what the family must hold, and how to verify the result offline.
- [Licensing](https://eformogi.com/spec/licensing): the chapters are CC BY 4.0 and the reference verifier is Apache-2.0.
- [Trust report](https://eformogi.com/spec/trust-report): what is actually true today about custody, signatures, and the log, stated without marketing.

## For AI agents and developers

- [OpenAPI 3.1 spec](https://eformogi.com/.well-known/openapi.json): the machine-readable API surface.
- [Agent discovery manifest](https://eformogi.com/.well-known/ai-plugin.json): the MCP server endpoint and its tool descriptions.
- [MCP verification](https://eformogi.com/api/mcp): an AI assistant can verify a receipt id, read the pricing paragraph, and read the open protocol by calling the verify_record, how_eformogi_works, and read_spec tools, with no login and no API key. Verifying one link is free.
- [DID document](https://eformogi.com/.well-known/did.json): the did:web:eformogi.com issuer identity.

## Company, trust, and policies

- [The sovereignty contract](https://eformogi.com/sovereignty): the promises the product is built on, starting with the learner holding the record.
- [Pricing](https://eformogi.com/pricing): the whole price list in one place, including what is free for the learner, forever.
- [Help](https://eformogi.com/help): how capturing, witnessing, issuing, exporting, and verifying actually work.
- [Story](https://eformogi.com/story): why a school counselor started building this in 2016 and is still building it.
- [Principles](https://eformogi.com/principles): the rules Eformogi holds itself to, and the things it will not do.
- [Security](https://eformogi.com/security): how a record is protected in transit and at rest, and who can read it.
- [Security posture](https://eformogi.com/security/posture): the architecture, the named subprocessors, retention, and breach response.
- [Privacy](https://eformogi.com/privacy): what is held, what is never sold, and how a family deletes it.
- [Terms](https://eformogi.com/terms): who holds the record, what an issuer pays, and how either side ends the arrangement.
- [Status](https://eformogi.com/status): live operational status, refreshed every minute.
- [Changelog](https://eformogi.com/changelog): what shipped and when.