American Home Schools
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American Home Schools |
Maryland regulations provide flexibility for homeschoolers. To start, parents submit an Assurance of Consent form 15 days before taking their child out of the school system. The law requires that parents provide "regular and thorough instruction" but does not specify what that entails. Thus there are no requirements such as a set number of days per year or hours per day. There are basically three ways to demonstrate compliance with the regulations: submit a portfolio for review, register with an approved satellite program, or register with an umbrella program.
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Summary:
All children between the ages of five and sixteen must attend a public school or receive regular, thorough instruction during the school year in the studies usually taught in the public schools to children of the same age
The home instruction program shall:
(1) Provide regular, thorough instruction during the school year in the
studies usually taught in the public schools to children of the same age;
(2) Include instruction in English, mathematics, science, social studies, art,
music, health, and physical education; and
(3) Take place on a regular basis during the school year program and be of
sufficient duration to implement the instruction program.