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Vermont Homeschool Laws

Below is a brief summary of the homeschooling law in Vermont.

Compulsory School Age
“Between the ages of six and sixteen years, unless…the child has completed 10th grade.”

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Vermont Assessments

Homeschool help for Vermont Homeschoolers

Vermont Legal Home Schooling Options:
	Option: 1
Legal Option:	Establish a home study program: homeschool. A home study program is defined as “an educational program offered through home study which provides a minimum course of study” and which is offered to not more than: a) children residing in that home ; and b) children not residing in that home who either are two or fewer in number or who are from one family.
Attendance:	None
Subjects:	Minimum course of study, including: basic communication skills, including reading, writing, and the use of numbers; citizenship, history, and government in Vermont and the United States; physical education and comprehensive health education including the effects of tobacco, alcoholic drinks, and drugs on the human system and on society; English, American and other literature; the natural sciences; and the fine arts.
Qualifications:	None
Notice:	Submit “a written enrollment notice to the commissioner” for each child. A new notice must be submitted any time after March 1 for each subsequent year.
Recordkeeping:	Submit a “detailed outline or narrative which describes the content to be provided in each subject area of the minimum course of study.” *Families who successfully complete two consecutive school years of home study are not required to provide a detailed outline for every child of compulsory attendance age, except that all families must submit a detailed outline for each child who is 12 years old at the time the enrollment is filed.
Testing:	Each home study program shall assess annually the progress of each of its students by one of the following methods: a) a report in a form designated by the commissioner, by a Vermont certified teacher; or b) “a report prepared by the parents, the student’s instructor, or a teacher advisory service report from a publisher of a commercial curriculum together with a portfolio of the student’s work that includes work samples to demonstrate progress in each subject area in the minimum course of study” (not including physical education, health, or fine arts for children over 12); or c) the complete results of a standardized achievement test approved by the commissioner, administered in a manner approved by the testing company, and scored in accordance with the law.

Additional Home School Information Provided by Home School Legal Defense Association.

© 2010 NOTE: This summary is not intended to be, and does not constitute, the giving of legal advice. Many states have unclear compulsory attendance statutes, and the courts of those states vary in their interpretation of the statutes. Therefore, there is no guarantee any state will accept all of the options for compliance listed under each state. This summary is not intended to be a substitute for individual reliance on privately retained legal counsel such as that provided by Home School Legal Defense Association. Bridgeway’s advisors will talk to you about your homeschool concerns.

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