Home School Instruction

For the most up-to-date information on Home Instruction Requirements, Forms, and Laws, please visit: https://www.maine.gov/doe/schools/schoolops/homeinstruction/requirements

Please note that it is the responsibility of the guardian to submit notice of intent yearly for each year of home school instruction.

How to Submit or Update the Notice of Intent to Provide Home Instruction

• Option 1: Online submission: Home Instruction Portal (one submission process for both first / subsequent year of home instruction)

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• Option 2: Paper form: Notice of Intent to Provide Home Instruction (PDF updated and in current use as of October 2020): This request must be submitted to RSU 2 Superintendent Rick Amero at 7 Reed Street, Hallowell ME, 04347, or electronically to the Superintendent’s Secretary Monique Blake at mblake@kidsrsu.org. Please do not submit duplicate paperwork to the Maine Department of Education. 

If your student is already a Home School student who needs an updated record (for example, if you moved), or to return your student to school from Home School Instruction, please complete the online Request to Update Home Instruction Record.

How to Begin Home Instruction

The Notice of Intent to Provide Home Instruction may be completed via the Home Instruction Portal, or by submitting the Paper Form to the RSU #2 Superintendent's Office. One submission of a home instruction Notice serves as notification to both the Maine Department of Education and the resident Superintendent, as required by law, and will prompt an acknowledgment to parents who supply a valid email address. A school year begins on July 1 and ends on June 30.

The parent/guardian who is beginning home instruction for a student for the first time in Maine must file a Notice of Intent to Provide Home Instruction within 10 days of withdrawal from school, or by September 1 if beginning in the fall for the first time in Maine.

Each year thereafter, a Notice of Intent to Provide Home Instruction (with prior year assessment results attached - please see home portal link or paper form) must be filed by September 1.

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