Homeschool requirements · Vermont
Homeschooling in Vermont
Moderate paperwork · A notice and a yearly assessment or records check.
Submit an enrollment notice with a minimum course of study each year and an end-of-year assessment.
What Vermont asks
| Notice | Annual enrollment notice to the Agency of Education. |
|---|---|
| Days and hours | 175 days |
| Subjects | Reading, Writing, Math, Citizenship, History, U.S. & Vermont Government, Physical Education, Health, English, Literature, Science, Fine Arts |
| Assessment | Year-end assessment (portfolio review, standardized test, or teacher report) submitted to the state. |
| Records to keep | Portfolio and assessment results. |
| Parent qualification | None. |
Deadlines
These are the dates the app tracks for Vermont. Districts vary; the app lets you edit any of them.
| What | When | To whom | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Home study enrollment notice Notice · File online | Within -14 days of starting | Vermont Agency of Education, Home Study Office | Vermont enrolls home study through the Agency of Education, and the notice goes in every year. A family enrolling a child for the first time files the Notice of Intent; the same family files the Annual Notice in later years. Either way the notice carries an attestation that the child's progress is assessed each year, that the record of those assessments is kept, and that the child gets the equivalent of at least 175 days of instruction in the minimum course of study. The statute asks for the notice at least 10 business days before the program starts, so this reminder sits two weeks ahead of your school year start. Enrollment is not finished until the Agency sends written acknowledgment, which it aims to do within 10 business days of a complete form; the Agency says a student already at a public or independent school keeps attending until that enrollment is complete. Paper versions can be emailed to aoe.homestudy@vermont.gov, faxed to (802) 828-6433, or mailed to Home Study Office, 1 National Life Drive, Davis 5, Montpelier, VT 05620-2501. Leaving home study has its own written notice to the Agency, and the two sources word it differently: the Agency's page describes notice 10 days before a child returns to public or independent school, while the statute describes written notice within 10 business days after a child is withdrawn. This calendar cannot schedule that one for you. |
| Independent Professional Evidence Notice · File online | Once, when you begin | Vermont Agency of Education, Home Study Office | Goes with the first Notice of Intent for a child not previously enrolled in a Vermont public school or a Vermont home study program. The Agency's page says a licensed professional who is not related to the student fills it out, and the form addresses whether the student has a disability. The Agency also accepts a Vermont public school report card, an IEP or 504 plan, or other documentation of a disability in its place. Filed once for that child and not repeated in later years. There is a paper version as well, which goes to the Home Study Office by email, fax or mail like the rest of the enrollment paperwork. There is no document for the app to prepare here: a professional or a former school produces it. |
| Minimum course of study on file Records · Keep in your files | When you start the school year | Keep in your own file; the Agency does not collect it | Your district sets this date, not the state. HomeSchool Scribe has deliberately left the reminder off, because any date it picked would be invented. Confirm the date with your district or in your approved plan, then add your own reminder. The enrollment form asks for an attestation that a minimum course of study has been developed. Since Vermont's 2023 change the Agency no longer takes a copy, so the only copy is the one you keep. For a child under 13 the statute's fields are 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; English, American and other literature; the natural sciences; and the fine arts. For a child 13 or older the list narrows to the first, second, fourth and fifth of those, so physical education and health and the fine arts are not on the older-student list. Vermont sets no date for having this written down; the app puts it at the start of your school year because that is when the attestation is made. The app can print a course of study from your courses whenever someone asks to see it. |
| 175 days of instruction Records · Keep in your files | By the end of the school year | Keep in your own file; the Agency does not collect it | Vermont asks for the equivalent of at least 175 days of instruction in the minimum course of study each year. The statute sets no hours-per-day figure and no calendar date for the count; the app checks in at the end of your school year. Nothing is sent in, but the attendance record is what stands behind the attestation on the next enrollment notice. Checking lessons off keeps the day count current, so the report is ready if the Agency or a district ever asks. |
| End-of-year assessment Assessment · Keep in your files | By the end of the school year | Keep in your own file; the Agency does not collect it | Each child's progress is assessed at the end of the school year and the record stays with the family. The statute lists five permitted ways: a standardized assessment; a review of progress by someone holding a current Vermont teacher's certificate; a parent report and portfolio with a summary of what the child learned plus at least four samples of the child's work; grades from an online academy or school; or evidence of passing the GED. Since Vermont's 2023 change the Agency no longer requires this to be sent in. The next enrollment notice asks for an attestation that this record was kept, so a missing assessment shows up a year later. |
| Keep the home study file Records · Keep in your files | By the end of the school year | Keep in your own file | The statute says the parent or guardian maintains the record of each year's assessments and names no number of years. This file is set to three years because Vermont is silent, which also covers the attestation each enrollment notice asks for. Worth keeping alongside it: the Agency's acknowledgment letters, the attendance record behind the 175 days, and the course of study. Confirm the Agency's current practice if a firm retention period matters to you. |
What HomeSchool Scribe does in Vermont
- Home study enrollment notice: Prepares the notice letter; reminds you 14 days and 2 days before; opens the portal and keeps your confirmation.
- Independent Professional Evidence: Reminds you 14 days and 2 days before; opens the portal and keeps your confirmation.
- Minimum course of study on file: Prepares the course of study; keeps it in records.
- 175 days of instruction: Prepares the attendance and hours report; reminds you 14 days and 2 days before; keeps it in records.
- End-of-year assessment: Prepares the portfolio and the report card; reminds you 14 days and 2 days before; keeps it in records.
- Keep the home study file: Prepares the portfolio, the attendance and hours report and the course of study; keeps it in records.
Attendance and hours fill in from the lessons you check off, so the documents above come from records you already have.
Read the law yourself
Vermont Agency of Education · HSLDA’s Vermont summary · Home study enrollment notice portal · Independent Professional Evidence portal
Not legal advicePlanning summaries in plain language, reviewed 2026-09-29. Deadlines and recipients vary by district; confirm with Vermont’s current law or a homeschool legal organization before you file anything. If something here is out of date, tell us and we’ll fix it for every family in Vermont.