Homeschooling in Maine
The rules Maine sets out for home education, what they mean for the records you keep, and where to check them yourself.
Verify this with Maine before you rely on it
Always verify this with your state before you rely on it. This is our summary of what your state publishes, with links to the source and the date we last checked. It is not legal advice, requirements change, and some districts add their own. Your state's department of education, or a homeschool legal organisation, is the authority — we are not.
What Maine publishes
moderate regulation- Do you have to tell anyone?
- Yes. Within 10 days of starting; then annually with the assessment by 1 September, to both your local school unit and the maine commissioner of education. The notice goes to two places at once. For continuing students the annual assessment is submitted together with it — they cannot be sent separately.
- Subjects named
- English and language arts · Mathematics · Science · Social studies · Physical education · Health education · Library skills · Fine arts · Maine studies · Computer proficiency
- Days and hours
- 175 days a year.
- Testing or assessment
- Required. An annual assessment: a standardised test, a locally agreed test, or a review by someone holding a current Maine teaching certificate.
- Records to keep
- Nothing specified by the state.
- Annual assessment, filed with the notice
- Who may teach
- None.
- High school diploma
- The parent.
Sources · last checked 2026-08-24
What that means day to day
- Attendance or days of instruction→your attendance register
- Standardised test results→test results you add
- A course of study in the required subjects→your course list
- Evidence of progress→your report cards
Each of those builds itself here as your child works. That does not make you compliant — only Maine decides that — but it means the paperwork exists when you need it.
The records you will have either way
Whatever Maine asks for, these are the things homeschool families are commonly asked to produce — and here they build themselves as your child works, rather than being assembled in a panic in June.
Attendance
Days and instructional hours, derived from work actually finished.
Report cards
One a quarter, per subject, with the level each strand started and ended at.
Portfolio
Projects, writing and strong work, collected automatically.
Reading log
In the app and off it.
Transcript
Grades 9–10, parent-issued, with credits and GPA.
Export
Everything, one button, any time.
Everything on this page, and the records that satisfy it, are free with no account. Homeschool Year keeps those records for every child across devices and school years, and adds the print library — one payment, twelve months, no renewal.