Homeschool laws in Vermont
Checked Oct 12, 2026 against 4 sources · General information, not legal advice.
Your Vermont to-do
- Send the home study notice of intent First year
At least 10 business days before you start home study. The Agency confirms within 10 business days; stay enrolled in school until you receive the confirmation. - Send the annual notice Every year after
On or before the start of each following year, at least 10 business days before your intended start date. - Do the end-of-year assessment and keep the record Every year
At the end of each school year; keep the record (do not send it to the Agency). - Withdraw from school after the Agency confirms enrollment If leaving a school
Once the Agency of Education confirms the home study enrollment, you may withdraw your child from their school and begin home study. - Tell the Agency if you end home study Every year
In writing, within 10 business days after the child is withdrawn from the home study program.
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What Vermont asks
Vermont families enroll in a home study program by sending a notice of intent to the Agency of Education at least 10 business days before they start, and an annual notice before each following year, attesting to 175 days of instruction in the minimum course of study. Since July 2023 the yearly end-of-year assessment is kept by the family and is no longer sent to the Agency.
School age: Ages 6–15. Children between 6 and 16 must attend a public or approved/recognized independent school, an approved education program, or a home study program, unless they have completed tenth grade, attend an approved or accredited postsecondary school, are unable to attend, or are excused.
Home study program
16 V.S.A. § 166b; § 906; § 1121 · Level 4: More involved
- Notice: enrollment notice to the Agency of Education, renewed yearly
- Time: the equivalent of at least 175 days of instruction a year
- Subjects: Vermont's minimum course of study (fewer areas from age 13)
- Assessment: an end-of-year assessment every year (5 ways allowed)
- Records: keep the record of each year's assessment
All the details, deadlines and notes
- Notice
- Every year: First year: a notice of intent on the Agency of Education form at least 10 business days before home study starts (children new to Vermont public school or home study also send independent professional evidence about any documented disability, or an accepted alternative such as a Vermont public school report card). Every following year: an annual notice on or before the start of the year, at least 10 business days before the start date.
The state's form - Time
- 175 days a year
The parent attests to the equivalent of at least 175 days of instruction in the minimum course of study each year; the law sets no hours. - Subjects
- basic communication skills: reading, writing and the use of numbers
- citizenship, history and government in Vermont and the United States
- physical education and comprehensive health education (under age 13)
- English, American and other literature
- the natural sciences
- the fine arts (under age 13)
- Assessment
- An assessment you choose from the allowed options: Every year, all grades: a standardized assessment, a review by a Vermont-licensed teacher, a parent report and portfolio (summary of what was learned plus at least four work samples), grades from an online academy or school, or passing the GED.
At the end of each school year. The family keeps the record; it is no longer sent to the Agency of Education. - Portfolio
- Not required
- Reports
- No reports to send
- Records to keep
- the record of each year's end-of-year assessment
- Teacher
- No qualification required
Deadlines
- Send the home study notice of intent: At least 10 business days before you start home study. The Agency confirms within 10 business days; stay enrolled in school until you receive the confirmation.
- Send the annual notice: On or before the start of each following year, at least 10 business days before your intended start date.
- Do the end-of-year assessment and keep the record: At the end of each school year; keep the record (do not send it to the Agency).
- Withdraw from school after the Agency confirms enrollment: Once the Agency of Education confirms the home study enrollment, you may withdraw your child from their school and begin home study.
- Tell the Agency if you end home study: In writing, within 10 business days after the child is withdrawn from the home study program.
Home study students do not receive grades or diplomas from the State.
How Homepen helps
Homepen counts your days and hours as you tick lessons toward this goal, and makes: Notice-of-intent letter, filled in, Attendance & hours report, Portfolio and evaluator packet, Year-end summary, Reading list, High-school transcript.
Sources
- 16 V.S.A. § 166b Home study program (amended 2023, No. 66, eff. July 1, 2023) · Statute · checked Oct 12, 2026
- 16 V.S.A. § 906 Course of study · Statute · checked Oct 12, 2026
- 16 V.S.A. § 1121 Attendance by children of school age required · Statute · checked Oct 12, 2026
- Vermont Agency of Education: Home Study (timeline for 2026-2027) · State education agency · checked Oct 12, 2026
General information, not legal advice. Laws change: we check every source at least every 6 months and before each school year. If something looks wrong, tell us. The state agency for homeschooling questions is the Vermont Agency of Education.
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