VERMONT
Homeschooling in Vermont: Requirements, Paperwork, and How to Start
A notice ten business days before you start, an attestation rather than a plan submitted for approval, and an end-of-year assessment that since 2023 you keep rather than send.
Homeschooling in Vermont, Summarized
The Six Things Vermont Asks of You
Legal in Vermont
Yes
as home study
Compulsory ages
6 to 16
Do I notify anyone?
Yes — every year
10 business days ahead
Paperwork load
Low to Medium
kept, not submitted
Parent qualification
None required
Standardized testing
An end-of-year assessment
no longer submitted
Legal requirements last reviewed: August 2026 · Plain English · Not legal advice
Homeschooling is legal in Vermont
What You Need to Know
Vermont's home study runs on attestation. Send the Agency a notice at least ten business days before starting, attesting that you will cover the minimum course of study across roughly 175 days and conduct an end-of-year assessment. You develop and keep both; since July 2023 the assessment is no longer submitted.
What Vermont Asks of You
Attest, teach, assess — and keep it all yourself.
Must do
Send a notice of intent, or an annual notice if continuing, to the Agency of Education
Attest to covering the minimum course of study across roughly 175 days
Develop and keep a minimum-course-of-study plan
Conduct an end-of-year assessment each year and keep it
For a first-time enrollment, submit independent professional evidence for each child
Dates that matter
At least 10 business days before you start
Re-enrollment opens on 1 March each year
Within 10 business days of withdrawing a student from home study
Good practice — not required
Re-enroll early: the window opens in March, well before most families think about it
Keep the assessment even though it is not submitted — it is the record the attestation rests on
Since July 2023 the end-of-year assessment is no longer sent to the Agency. It must still be conducted and kept, which puts the responsibility for the record entirely on the parent.
Vermont takes your attestation and asks for nothing back. StudyPug keeps the evidence behind it, while your child works.
Funding for Vermont Home Education
The short answer, before the detail.
Vermont provides no direct funding to home study families.
There is no education savings account, homeschool voucher or state tax credit. The Agency's own framing is that families enrolling in home study choose not to access a publicly funded program, which is the trade-off stated plainly.
To your family
$0 — no state funding
To apply for
Nothing — the notice is an attestation
The trade
Home study means opting out of the public program
What StudyPug Handles for You
Not templates you fill in — records that fill themselves in.
Work-samples portfolio that assembles itself
Hours & attendance log that fills itself in
Progress reports you can download and share
Scope & Sequence export to seed your minimum course of study
One-click package to seed your end-of-year assessment
Every child in one account — up to 5
Questions About Homeschooling in Vermont
Quick answers for homeschooling families.
Is homeschooling legal in Vermont?
Yes, as home study. You notify the Agency of Education at least ten business days before starting, attesting to what you will cover. It is an attestation regime rather than an approval one, which makes it lighter than it first appears.
Do parents need a teaching certificate?
No. Vermont sets no parent qualification requirement — no certificate, no degree and no approval of your suitability to teach. The attestation you sign is about the program you will run, not about you.
Does Vermont fund homeschooling?
No. There is no education savings account, homeschool voucher or state tax credit. The Agency puts it directly: families enrolling in home study are choosing not to access a publicly funded program.
What changed with the end-of-year assessment?
Since July 2023 it is no longer submitted to the Agency. You still conduct it every year and you still keep it — what changed is that nobody collects it, which places the whole responsibility for the record on you.
What is independent professional evidence?
A first-year requirement. For each child enrolling in home study for the first time, you submit documentation from an independent professional. It applies once, with your first notice of intent, rather than annually.
What records should I keep, and for how long?
The minimum-course-of-study plan and the end-of-year assessment, both developed and retained rather than filed. No retention period is set, but since these are the only evidence behind your attestation, keeping them for as long as you homeschool is sensible.
When does re-enrollment open?
1 March each year, which is earlier than most families expect. Combined with the ten-business-day lead time before starting, it gives a comfortable window if you diarise it — and a scramble if you do not.
Official Sources
Confirm the rules and apply directly with your state.
Vermont Home Study
→The Agency's overview — notices, attestation and the annual cycle.
education.vermont.gov — Home Study
End-of-Year Assessment
→What the assessment is, and why it is no longer submitted.
education.vermont.gov — EOYA
16 V.S.A. § 166b
→Home study in the statute: enrollment, reporting and assessment.
legislature.vermont.gov — § 166b
Other States:
Homeschooling in Virginia·Homeschooling in Washington·Homeschooling in West Virginia— each reviewed against its own official sources
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