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Maryland Homeschooling Laws

Overview

Students to attend between ages 6 through 16.
Portfolio review from a school system representative.
Curriculum to include English, math, science, social studies, art, music, health, and physical education.
Request a homeschool info packet from DOE, submit forms, and approval required.
A parent or guardian who chooses to provide a home instruction program for his or her child must sign a statement on a form prescribed by the Maryland State Department of Education, indicating consent to home instruction requirements.
The home instruction regulations specify that the form must be submitted to the local superintendent or designee at least 15 calendar days prior to beginning home instruction.
The parent or guardian should contact his or her local school system for a copy of the applicable form and COMAR 13A.10.01 (the home instruction regulations)
Once a home instruction program has begun, the parent or guardian must annually verify its continuation with the local school system or nonpublic school or institution that is supervising the program. In addition, the parent or guardian must notify the local school system or supervising entity if any change in status occurs during the school year.
The home instruction regulations do not require the parent, guardian, or other instructor to have teacher certification to deliver home instruction.
A child receiving home instruction may participate in the regularly scheduled standardized testing programs that are administered in the public school the child is eligible to attend. It is the responsibility of the parent or guardian to contact the public school that the child is eligible to attend to find out the testing schedule and to make arrangements for participation prior to the testing date.