Massachusetts homeschool laws
How to homeschool in Massachusetts
Submit an education plan to the superintendent or school committee before starting. Most districts want it every year. The district may look at the curriculum and hours, your competency (no degree is required), the materials, and how you assess progress. It cannot require home visits. To deny approval it must show the plan lacks thoroughness and efficiency.
- Requirements:
- Detailed requirements
- How you file:
- Letter
- Law:
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 76 § 1; ch. 71 § 1
- More:
- HSLDA Massachusetts
Massachusetts homeschool requirements
- Who can teach
- Any parent. Districts may ask about your qualifications.
- Days and hours
- Districts may require the public school equivalent: 180 days, 900 hours elementary, 990 hours secondary.
- Subjects
- Spelling, reading, writing, English language and grammar, geography, arithmetic, drawing, music, U.S. history and Constitution, duties of citizenship, health (including CPR), physical education and good behavior.
- Testing
- As agreed with the district: periodic standardized tests, or progress reports or dated work samples instead.
- Records
- No records by statute. Keep work samples for the agreed assessment.
Massachusetts homeschool forms and letters, filled out
The notice of intent, renewals, reports and letters Massachusetts asks for, in the state's own form where one exists.
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- 3Answers
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Where it goes
Send the notice and education plan to your resident district's superintendent's office before starting. Most districts want it annually. DESE does not approve plans.