Homeschooling in Vermont
The rules Vermont sets out for home education, what they mean for the records you keep, and where to check them yourself.
Verify this with Vermont 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 Vermont publishes
moderate regulation- Do you have to tell anyone?
- Yes. At least 10 business days before starting; then before the start of each year, to the secretary of education. Enrolment notice, with an attestation that you will provide the minimum course of study.
- Subjects named
- Basic communication skills · Citizenship, history and government · Physical education and health · English, American and other literature · Natural sciences · Mathematics · Fine arts
- Days and hours
- The equivalent of at least 175 days of instruction in the minimum course of study.
- Testing or assessment
- Required. Recent changes removed the requirement to submit an assessment to the state, but you still choose an assessment method and keep the result.
- Records to keep
- A portfolio
- Your assessment, retained rather than filed
- 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
- A portfolio of the child's work→your portfolio
- A log of reading materials and activities→your reading log
- Evidence of progress→your report cards
Each of those builds itself here as your child works. That does not make you compliant — only Vermont decides that — but it means the paperwork exists when you need it.
The records you will have either way
Whatever Vermont 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
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