Fact Sheet Regarding Home Instruction in Maryland Does Maryland
law permit a student of mandatory school age to be home schooled
instead of attending a public or a nonpublic school? Yes.
Maryland law, Education Article, §7-301, Annotated Code of
Maryland, Compulsory Attendance, states that each child who
resides in Maryland and is 5 years old or older and under 16
shall attend a public school regularly during the entire school
year unless the child is otherwise receiving regular, thorough
instruction during the school year in the studies usually taught
in the public school to children of the same age. Maryland
recognizes nonpublic schools and home instruction as
alternatives to public school enrollment as a means for students
to receive regular, thorough instruction. Are there regulations
that govern home instruction in Maryland? Yes. COMAR 13A.10.01
Home Instruction, are the regulations that govern home
instruction in Maryland. The purpose of COMAR 13A.10.01 is to
establish a procedure to be used by the supe