Maine homeschool requirements

Homeschooling is legal in Maine, and families can usually comply either through the home instruction law or by using a private school recognized as providing equivalent instruction.

Medium: Maine has more paperwork than the least regulated states. Under the home instruction option, parents send a notice of intent when they begin, teach at least 175 days, cover listed subjects, and submit a continuation letter with an annual assessment by September 1 each following year. Maine also allows a private-school pathway, but the raw sources reviewed here give fewer details about how that option works in practice.

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Yes. Under the home instruction option, parents send an initial notice of intent and then send a yearly continuation letter with an annual assessment. Notify: Both the school officials of the local administrative unit and the Maine commissioner of education.. Deadline: Send the initial notice within 10 calendar days of beginning home instruction. In each later year, send the continuation letter and annual assessment on or before September 1.

English and language arts, Math, Science, Social studies, Physical education, Health education, Library skills, Fine arts, Maine studies in at least one grade from grades 6 to 12, Computer proficiency in at least one grade from grades 7 to 12

Maine's home instruction law requires at least 175 days of instruction each year.

Yes. Maine requires an annual assessment of academic progress for students using the home instruction option. Frequency: Annually, with the assessment submitted by September 1 each following year.

Keep copies of the notice of intent, each annual continuation letter, and each annual assessment until the home instruction program ends. The statute says these records must be available to the commissioner on request.

The home instruction statute does not say the parent must hold a teaching license. Some assessment options do require review by a currently certified Maine teacher or administrator.

Moderate. Parents choose their curriculum and teaching approach, but they must provide at least 175 days of instruction, cover the listed subject areas, and complete the annual assessment process.