Please visit the Home Instruction Requirements Forms & Law page provided by the Maine DOE if you have questions regarding homeschooling your child.

Parents/Guardians must complete the Notice of Intent to Provide Home Instruction via the  Home Instruction Portal. 

Parents who do not submit all of the required information will be notified by the school administrative unit of residence according to local policies. One submission of a home instruction Notice serves as notification to both the Maine Department of Education and the resident Superintendent, as required by law, and will prompt an acknowledgment to parents who supply a valid email address. A school year begins on July 1 and ends on June 30.

The parent/guardian who is beginning home instruction for a student for the first time in Maine must file a Notice of Intent to Provide Home Instruction within 10 days of withdrawal from school or by September 1 if beginning in the fall for the first time in Maine.

Each year thereafter, a Notice of Intent to Provide Home Instruction with prior year assessment results attached must be filed by September 1.