Maryland homeschool letters

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Maryland asks for a notice: At least 15 days before starting; then each year before the school year begins., to Local school superintendent, or your supervising nonpublic school or institution.. Below are that notice, the letter to the school your child is leaving, and the letters for when homeschooling ends or you move.

Checked October 27, 2026. Information, not legal advice: Maryland's statute and education department are the final word.

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Which letter? Notice of intent to homeschool Letter to the school your child is leaving Letter when homeschooling ends Change of address

To: Local school superintendent, or your supervising nonpublic school or institution. · When: At least 15 days before starting; then each year before the school year begins.

What Maryland's law asks the notice to give: Sign the home instruction notification form your local school system uses and submit it to the local school superintendent at least 15 days before starting. Each year after, before the school year begins, tell the local superintendent (or your supervising nonpublic school or institution) that you are continuing. Report any change in status during the year. Put each item in the details box, one a line.

Your name Date Starting

Your address (it prints under your name) Children's names, one a line (they print on the letter only) Details the law asks for, one a line

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To: Local school superintendent, or your supervising nonpublic school or institution.

Re: Notice of intent to homeschool, Maryland

I am writing to give notice that I will provide home education for ________________, beginning ________________, under Maryland's homeschool law.

________________

Please confirm that you have received this notice. Thank you.

Sincerely,

Signed ______________________________

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Before you send it

Read what to file in Maryland: the To and By lines there are the ones these letters use, each linked to the law.
Keep a copy, and send it a way you can prove: by hand with a dated receipt, by certified mail, or by email if the office accepts it.
Taking a child out of school mid-year? See the Maryland checklist for the order of steps.