What Is Required
Massachusetts requires advance approval from the learner’s local public school district; notification alone is not approval. The parent submits the district’s requested education plan, commonly including proposed content/materials, instructional duration and frequency, teaching methods, and a progress-evaluation method, and waits for approval before withdrawal/start. District policy controls the local process; state law does not impose a homeschool teacher license or statewide structured-learning-time quota. The companion is district-specific and includes an approval-status hold.
Tier 3 State Companion: Editable, parent-reviewable 36-week Curriculum Summary Draft with student and grade/year details, parent and instructor fields, four nine-week review/report dates, and subject-by-subject scope, sequence, objectives, resources, methods, and progress evidence. It also adds local approval proposal fields—content, instructional materials, duration, frequency, teaching methods, and evaluation method. Parent review and submission remain required.
Official Sources & Review
August 19, 2026
What Is Not Required
The guide separates mandatory steps from optional best practices and will not add a filing simply because a planner template exists.
Your Next Steps
Review and correct every generated field, confirm the current official source and local/pathway instructions, sign where appropriate, and submit any required notice, plan, report, evaluation, or other form yourself. K–5 Blueprint does not file on the family's behalf or guarantee agency acceptance.