Homeschooling in Vermont.

Compulsory attendance age

Between ages 6 and 16, unless your child has completed 10th grade. (16 Vermont Statutes Annotated (V.S.A.) § 1121)

Law

16 V.S.A. § 166b (home study), as changed by Act 66 of 2023, effective July 1, 2023, and 16 V.S.A. § 906 (minimum course of study).

Who you notify

The Home Study Office at the Vermont Agency of Education (AOE). You do not file with your local school district.

First-year enrollment

Send a Notice of Intent at least 10 business days before you begin. If your child is new to Vermont schools and home study, include Independent Professional Evidence (IPE) about any disability, or an accepted alternative such as a Vermont report card.

Confirmation

AOE sends a written acknowledgment within 10 business days of a complete notice. That letter is your proof of enrollment. AOE asks that your child keep attending school until you receive it.

Each later year

Send an Annual Notice at least 10 business days before each new home study year. You confirm that you completed the year before and kept your assessment records.

Leaving home study

Tell the Home Study Office in writing within 10 business days after your child leaves home study, for example to return to school.

Required subjects

Under age 13: reading, writing, and math skills; citizenship, history, and government; physical and health education; literature; natural sciences; and fine arts. Age 13 and older: the same, without physical and health education and fine arts.

Teaching days and hours

The equivalent of at least 175 days of instruction a year in the required subjects. There is no hourly requirement. You write your own course plan and do not send it in.

End-of-year assessment

At the end of each school year, choose one: a standardized test; review by a teacher with a current Vermont teaching certificate; a parent report with at least four work samples; grades from an online academy or school; or passing the GED.

Records

Keep your assessment results, course plan, and any adaptations plan at home. You do not send them to AOE.

Children with disabilities

If your child has a documented disability, you promise to adapt your teaching. AOE posts a sample adaptations document you can use.

Parent qualifications

The law sets none.

Public school classes

AOE says your child may take up to two core courses, plus electives and activities, at your local public school when space allows. Arrange this with the school.