Free New York IHIP template (2026–2027)
Homeschooling in New York comes with paperwork: an Individualized Home Instruction Plan filed with your district by August 15 (or within four weeks of receiving the district's materials when you start mid-year), then four quarterly reports on the dates your IHIP sets, and an annual assessment with the fourth (8 NYCRR §100.10). Below is a free, printable, blank IHIP template with the required subjects for your child's grade already listed. Pick a grade, print it, fill it in. No account needed for the printable template. Starting mid-year? You send the notice of intent within 14 days of beginning, the district sends its materials within ten business days, and the IHIP is due four weeks after that.
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Checked against 8 NYCRR §100.10. Requirements on this page last reviewed October 12, 2026. The regulation text is always the source of truth.
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Both paths are free: print the blank form, or fill it in online, see your completed IHIP as a free preview, and download each student's first IHIP of the season at no charge once you sign in. Not sure what to write? See a completed example for grade 1 →
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One email with this template's link and New York's filing dates: the IHIP, the four quarterly reports, the annual assessment. That's the whole email, and it's the only one; the print button above never needs an account either way.
How to fill it in, step by step
An IHIP has five parts. The regulation text (8 NYCRR §100.10) is always the source of truth; this is the plain-language version of what each part asks for.
1. Student information
Name, age, and grade level. Grade matters twice: it selects the required subject list New York expects for the year, and it sets the annual hour equivalent (900 hours for grades 1–6, 990 for grades 7–12) that your quarterly reports will aggregate toward.
2. Who is providing instruction
List the parent(s) or other person(s) who will provide instruction. New York does not require the instructor to hold teaching certification for home instruction.
3. Your four quarterly report dates
You choose them. The regulation leaves the four dates to the family, and the dates you write here govern when each quarterly report is due for the rest of the year. Many families use July–September, October–December, January–March, and April–June; the template pre-prints those as editable defaults.
4. A plan of instruction for each required subject
For each subject on the grade’s list: the syllabus, the curriculum materials, or a plan of instruction (any one of the three). A few plain sentences per subject is normal ("Saxon Math 5/4, four lessons a week, tested per chapter"). The recurring topics (patriotism and citizenship, substance abuse, traffic safety, fire prevention) need to appear somewhere across K–12, and the template lists them so nothing is missed.
5. File it with your district
By August 15, or within four weeks of receiving the district's materials when you start mid-year, whichever is later. (The notice of intent is the step due within 14 days of starting; the IHIP follows it.) Within ten business days the district writes back: the plan complies, or here is what is missing, and you have fifteen days to send the revision (8 NYCRR §100.10). Keep a copy. The quarterly reports that follow are written against this document.
The quarterly reports that follow
The IHIP is the first of five filings in a New York home-instruction year: after it come four quarterly reports, each due on a date your IHIP set. A quarterly report states the hours of instruction for the quarter, describes the material covered in each subject, and gives a grade or a short written narrative per subject, with a written explanation if less than 80 percent of the planned material was covered. The annual assessment is filed with the fourth report.
The hours and per-subject descriptions are exactly the things a running record already contains. Families who keep their student's record on Eformogi have hours aggregate by subject on their own, and each quarterly report drafts itself from the record. See the quarterly builder, or a completed sample quarterly report. Capturing the record is free for the learner, forever, and each student's first IHIP of the season renders free from it; the rest of the season's filed paperwork, the four quarterly reports and the annual assessment, is Family Pro at $119 per year.
Filling the quarterlies in by hand instead? There is a free printable blank quarterly report template too, with the same required subjects pre-printed by grade.
Frequently asked questions
When is the New York IHIP due?
By August 15, or within four weeks of receiving the district's materials when you start during the year, whichever is later (8 NYCRR §100.10). The notice of intent is the earlier step: by July 1, or within 14 days of starting home instruction mid-year; the district then has ten business days to send its materials. Four quarterly reports follow on the dates set in the IHIP, and an annual assessment is filed with the fourth quarterly report.
What goes in an IHIP?
The student's name, age, and grade level; the name of the person(s) providing instruction; the syllabus, curriculum materials, or plan of instruction for each required subject for that grade; and the dates for submitting the four quarterly reports. This template pre-prints the required subject list for the grade you choose, with ruled space for each plan.
Is this template really free? Do I need an account?
Yes, and no account. Pick a grade, print it, fill it in by hand or on a typewriter of your choosing. It is a blank form built from the subject lists and hour minimums in New York's home-instruction regulation (8 NYCRR §100.10). The regulation text is always the source of truth.
Which subjects does New York require for my child's grade?
The required subjects differ by grade band: grades 1–6 include arithmetic, reading, spelling, writing, English language, geography, United States history, science, health education, music, visual arts, and physical education; grades 7–8 and 9–12 have their own lists. The template shows the list for the grade you select, plus the recurring topics (patriotism and citizenship, substance abuse, traffic safety, fire prevention) taught at least once across K–12.
How many hours of instruction does New York require?
The regulation sets the annual equivalent at 900 hours for grades 1–6 and 990 hours for grades 7–12 (8 NYCRR §100.10). The IHIP itself does not report hours. The four quarterly reports do, and they aggregate to the annual figure.
What goes in each New York quarterly report?
On each of the four dates your IHIP sets, the quarterly report states the hours of instruction during that quarter, a description of the material covered in each subject, and either a grade or a written narrative evaluation in each subject, plus a written explanation if less than 80 percent of the planned material was covered (8 NYCRR §100.10). The annual assessment is filed with the fourth report.
What does the district send back?
Within ten business days of receiving your IHIP (or by August 31, whichever is later) the district must tell you in writing either that it complies or what is missing, and you then have fifteen days (or until September 15, whichever is later) to send the revised plan (8 NYCRR §100.10). A deficiency notice can only name what the regulation requires, and these are the lines most often left blank: the child's name, age, and grade; a required subject for the grade with nothing written beside it; no dates for the four quarterly reports; the person providing instruction; and the recurring topics (patriotism and citizenship, substance abuse, traffic safety, fire prevention) appearing nowhere across the grades. This template prints a line for each of them so the plan goes in complete. Whether a plan complies is the district's determination to make; this page states the regulation and never speaks for any district.
Can Eformogi fill this in for me?
Eformogi families keep a living record of what their student reads, makes, and completes, and that record can fill in compliance documents like this one. Capturing the record is free for the learner, forever, and each student's first IHIP of the season renders free from it once you sign in. The rest of the season's filed paperwork, the four quarterly reports and the annual assessment, is Family Pro at $119 per year.
The record behind the paperwork
The IHIP asks what you plan to teach. The quarterlies ask what happened. The thing that answers both, and outlives both, is your student's own page: what they actually did, with the adults who saw it named on each item. A co-op teacher, a coach, or an employer signs from a link in one tap, and anyone you share the page with can check any item themselves, no account needed.
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