Maryland umbrella and cover schools for homeschoolers
What the route is, what it changes about filing, and what to ask before you join. We name no schools and recommend none.
Supervision by a church school or an approved nonpublic school. A parent may run the home program under the supervision of a school or institution operated by a bona fide church organization, or a nonpublic school with a State Board of Education certificate of approval. That supervisor handles the annual verification with the local superintendent.
Checked October 27, 2026 against Maryland's statute and education department. Information, not legal advice: they are the final word.
What it changes about filing
Homeschooling on your own in Maryland: 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.
Through the route above: the record's words for it are in the box at the top. Where they do not say who files what, ask the school before you join; the rule can differ from one school to the next.
In the law's words
“Shall be submitted to the local superintendent at least 15 days before the beginning of a home instruction program. (2) Annual Verification. Annually thereafter, before the beginning of the school year, a parent or guardian shall verify the continuation of home schooling for his or her child with the local school superintendent”
“School or institution offering an educational program operated by a bona fide church organization”
What it costs
Fees vary; ask. We list none: they differ by school and change from year to year.
Ten questions to ask before you join
- What do you file for us, with whom and by when, and what do we still file ourselves?
- What must we send you (attendance, grades, work samples), and how often?
- Do you require a test or an evaluation, and who gives it?
- Who chooses the curriculum? Do you require or approve any?
- What does a year cost, and what costs extra (testing, transcripts, a diploma)?
- Do you issue report cards, transcripts and a diploma, and will you send records after we leave?
- What happens to our records if you close?
- What do you ask a family to sign when it enrolls?
- How do we leave, and what do you tell the district when we do?
- Does enrolling change our access to sports, dual enrollment or state scholarship money here?
Keep your own records anyway
If the school closes or you leave, your own copies are what you have. The free Record Book keeps attendance, hours, the reading log, grades and work samples on your device, and exports every list.