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How to Start Homeschooling in Maine (2026)

Maine requires written notice of intent to the school officials of the administrative unit and to the commissioner, followed each year by an annual assessment of the student's academic progress.

Legal framework

Maine Revised Statutes Title 20-A Section 5001-A requires the parent or guardian to give a written notice of intent to provide home instruction to the school officials of the administrative unit in which the student resides and to the commissioner within 10 calendar days of the beginning of home instruction. The notice must include a statement of assurance that the program will provide at least 175 days annually of instruction in English and language arts, math, science, social studies, physical education, health education, library skills, fine arts and, in at least one grade from grade 6 to 12, Maine studies, that at one grade level from grade 7 to 12 the student will demonstrate proficiency in the use of computers, and that the program will include an annual assessment of the student's academic progress that includes at least one of the forms of assessment described in the statute. On or before September 1 of each subsequent year of home instruction, the parent or guardian files a letter stating the intention to continue home instruction and encloses a copy of one of those assessments.