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Maryland Homeschool Documents & Templates

Every document you need to homeschool legally in Maryland, based on COMAR 13A.10.01.

These are general templates for Home Instruction Supervised by the Local School System, the most common of Maryland's 2 pathways. Our free wizard generates personalized documents with your name, address, and district filled in.

What documents do you need?

Notice of Intent

Required. Send to local school superintendent by at least 15 days before the start of home instruction

Annual Renewal

Required by Before the beginning of each school year (annual verification)

Notice of Intent

What to file
simple notice
Send to
local school superintendent
Deadline
at least 15 days before the start of home instruction
How often
annual

Your notice must include:

  • •signed statement agreeing to the home instruction requirements
Practical tip: The Notice of Consent form is prescribed by the State Department of Education. Submit it to the local superintendent at least 15 days before you begin. Each year after that, before the school year begins, you verify that home instruction is continuing. Local school systems may not impose additional requirements beyond COMAR 13A.10.01.

COMAR 13A.10.01.01(B) (notification to local superintendent at least 15 days before instruction begins)

First-time vs. renewal

First-time filing

Deadline: At least 15 days before beginning instruction

Annual renewal

Deadline: Before the beginning of each school year (annual verification)

Annual Renewal

Deadline
Before the beginning of each school year (annual verification)

COMAR 13A.10.01.01(D) (portfolio review as primary reporting mechanism)

Recordkeeping requirements

Varies by pathway. Home Instruction Supervised by the Local School System: []; Umbrella Program or Church-Exempt School: undefined

  • ✓Student portfolio

Records may be reviewed by the district.

Practical tip: Portfolio must demonstrate regular, thorough instruction in all eight required subjects. There is no fixed list of required items. COMAR gives examples such as instructional materials, reading materials, writing examples, worksheets, workbooks, creative materials, and tests, and MSDE says the list is not exhaustive. Must be available for the school system reviewer at scheduled intervals.

COMAR 13A.10.01.01(D) (portfolio with work samples, materials evidence, and instructional log)

Other ways to homeschool in Maryland

This page covers Home Instruction Supervised by the Local School System. Maryland offers 2 different ways to homeschool, and each may require different documents:

  • •
    Home Instruction Supervised by the Local School System(this page): You notify your local school superintendent at least 15 days before starting and teach eight required subjects including art, music, and PE. Each year before the school year begins, you verify that home instruction is continuing. You keep a portfolio, which the local school system reviews at the end of each semester, at a mutually agreeable time and place, with no more than three reviews in a school year (COMAR 13A.10.01.01D and E). No standardized testing is required.
  • •
    Umbrella Program or Church-Exempt School: Your home instruction program is supervised by a school or institution operated by a bona fide church organization, or by a nonpublic school that holds a State Board certificate of approval (COMAR 13A.10.01.05). You still notify your local school superintendent at least 15 days before starting. After that, the supervising school verifies your child's enrollment with the superintendent each year. The local school system's portfolio reviews do not apply, but your program must still offer regular, thorough instruction in the studies usually taught in public schools to children of the same age.

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Requirements sourced from COMAR 13A.10.01. Last reviewed October 2026