New York vs Vermont: Homeschool Laws Compared

New York and Vermont sit in the same tier: both require notice and a periodic assessment. They still differ on 5 of the 9 rules compared: notice of intent, hours or days per year, required subjects, progress reports, and public school sports access.

Rules compared

9

Differences

5

Same in both

4

The rules, side by side

Rows where the two states differ are marked. Tap a state name for its full guide, deadlines, and sources.

Figures are the same verified compliance data shown on each state's page. Requirements change; confirm with your state before you rely on one.

Moving from New York to Vermont

Once you are a Vermont resident you homeschool under Vermont's rules. These are the ones that change.

1. Notice still applies, but it goes to the state education department in Vermont rather than the local school district.
2. The annual target changes from 900 hours (990 for grades 7-12) a year in New York to 175 days a year in Vermont.
3. Vermont's required list adds reading, writing, citizenship, literature, history, sciences, and fine arts and drops science, english, social studies, music, visual arts, and library skills compared with New York's. Match Vermont's wording in your records.
4. Reports go from four times a year in New York to once a year in Vermont.
5. Can homeschoolers play public school sports? In Vermont the answer is yes, with conditions; in New York it was no.

Moving from Vermont to New York

Once you are a New York resident you homeschool under New York's rules. These are the ones that change.

1. Notice still applies, but it goes to the local school district in New York rather than the state education department.
2. The annual target changes from 175 days a year in Vermont to 900 hours (990 for grades 7-12) a year in New York.
3. New York's required list adds science, english, social studies, music, visual arts, and library skills and drops reading, writing, citizenship, literature, history, sciences, and fine arts compared with Vermont's. Match New York's wording in your records.
4. Reports go from once a year in Vermont to four times a year in New York.
5. Can homeschoolers play public school sports? In New York the answer is no; in Vermont it was yes, with conditions.

What stays the same

New York and Vermont match on testing or evaluation, the portfolio, compulsory school ages, and ESA funding. Your habits on those carry over unchanged.

Do your records transfer?

Neither New York nor Vermont takes homeschool records from another state, and there is no transfer process between them. You keep your own: the hours or attendance log, work samples, and any grades or transcripts. Those are what the new state, and later a college, may ask to see. Homeschool Fox keeps them in one account that moves with your family.

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