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In Massachusetts, homeschooling is regulated by Supreme Judicial Court decisions known as Charles (1987) and Brunelle (1998) as well as the Massachusetts General Law, Chapter 76, section 1.

Compulsory Attendance

The law states that "Every child between the minimum and maximum ages established for school attendance by the board of education," must attend school. In Massachusetts, compulsory attendance begins the calendar year in which your child turns 6 and ends at the age of 16. The word "homeschooling" does not appear in any statute in Massachusetts which places homeschoolers into the "otherwise educated" category.

Requirements under Charles and Brunelle

There are no laws to specifically regulate homeschooling in Massachusetts. Instead, homeschoolers must look to what is called case law, specifically the Charles and Brunelle rulings. According to Charles, there are four pieces of information that a school district can (not must) request: