Vermont asks for a few specific things. Vermont sets out a handful of real requirements. None of them are difficult, but the deadlines are genuine and worth putting in a calendar. Here is the whole list.

What you file, and by when

Yes. File an enrollment notice with the Secretary of Education (Vermont Agency of Education) on the AOE form at least 10 business days before starting home study. First-time enrollment notice includes the child's name, age, and date of birth and program information. For each subsequent year, the parent must notify the Secretary of intent to CONTINUE, again at least 10 business days before the intended start date, i.e., annual renewal, but a much lighter filing than the initial one. AOE sends a written acknowledgment within 10 business days, which serves as enrollment verification.

Days or hours

The equivalent of at least 175 days of instruction per year in the minimum course of study. No hourly minimum.

Subjects you must cover

The 'minimum course of study' in 16 V.S.A. § 906: basic communication skills (reading, writing, use of numbers); citizenship, history, and government in Vermont and the United States; physical education and comprehensive health education (including effects of tobacco, alcohol, and drugs); English, American, and other literature; the natural sciences; and the fine arts. For students age 13 and older the required set narrows (basic communication, citizenship/history/government, literature, and natural sciences required; remaining areas selected by the home study program).

Records you keep

Since the July 1, 2023 amendments, the End of Year Assessment (EOYA) must still be completed each year but is NO LONGER submitted to the Agency of Education, the family retains it in the student's records. Keep the EOYA, the AOE acknowledgment letters, day counts, and work samples.

Testing or evaluation

An End of Year Assessment (EOYA) is required at the end of every year of enrollment, demonstrating progress. Permitted forms: (1) a standardized achievement test; (2) a review by a person holding a Vermont teaching license; or (3) a parent/guardian report and portfolio including a summary of learning plus at least four samples of student work. Retained by the family, not filed with AOE.

Diplomas and transcripts

Vermont does not issue diplomas or transcripts to home study students and there is no state-recognized homeschool diploma; parents issue their own. No state-mandated high school credit distribution for home study. Vermont's town tuitioning does not extend to home study programs, and there is no ESA program for homeschoolers. Vermont's 2025 education-governance overhaul (district consolidation/funding) did not change 16 V.S.A. § 166b, but AOE enrollment portal timing changes each year, verify the open enrollment window.

Where this comes from

Statute: 16 V.S.A. § 166b (home study program); 16 V.S.A. § 906 (minimum course of study), as amended eff. July 1, 2023

Source: https://legislature.vermont.gov/statutes/section/16/003/00166b

Last reviewed: July 2026 · our confidence in this entry: medium

Homeschool law changes, and a page like this goes stale without announcing it. Check the statute above against your own reading before a filing deadline. If we are out of date, we would rather hear it from you than have you find out at the district office.

Keeping the records is the other half of this. Our Records System has the editable transcript with the GPA already wired, 131 course descriptions, and this same statute-cited summary for all fifty states and DC. Thirty-nine dollars, one household, however many children you have.