What are the laws in Massachusetts for home schooling?

Question

What are the laws in Massachusetts for home schooling?

Answer 1

Here's a list and a link to a .pdf Legal Analysis on Massachussetts:

http://www.hslda.org/laws/default.asp?St...

Answer 2

For a general overview try:

http://www.hslda.org/laws/default.asp?St...

and

http://www.hslda.org/laws/analysis/Massa...

While it looks like Massachusetts has some pretty complex rules, it also appears that a few recent court cases have opened some of those up a bit.

It might be helpful to locate a local homeschool group to find out what their members are doing to comply with the state laws. Try a search for 'Massachusetts homeschooling' in any search engine to locate a few. A search of just yahoogroups yields many results, among them:

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/masshomele...

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/CapeCodHom...

Hope this helps!

Answer 3

Ditto - http://www.hslda.org  You can also google to find a statewide group. They should have more specific info about how to conform to state regs.  HSLDA is helpful, but it is best to consult those who actually homeschool in your state.

Answer 4

hslda.org

has a list of all the laws.

MA is very restrictive, so most people there join hslda to protect  themselves.