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Homeschooling in Delaware: what the law requires and who pays

Delaware Code Title 14, section 2703, exempts a student homeschooled in a way section 2703A provides for from the compulsory attendance rules in section 2702. We have not found an official source saying a Delaware program pays homeschooled students.

Quoted from official sources, read October 8, 2026. A law summary, not legal advice.

What Delaware’s law requires

The law that allows it

Delaware Code Title 14, section 2703, exempts a student homeschooled in a way section 2703A provides for from the compulsory attendance rules in section 2702.

“any student who is home-schooled in any manner provided for in § 2703A of this title shall also be exempt from the provisions of § 2702 of this title” Delaware Code Title 14, Chapter 27, Subchapter I (sections 2701 to 2707), school attendance (Delaware Code Online)

Section 2703A says that, for this chapter, a homeschool is considered a nonpublic school.

“For purposes of this chapter, a “homeschool” is considered a nonpublic school” Delaware Code Title 14, Chapter 27, Subchapter I (sections 2701 to 2707), school attendance (Delaware Code Online)

Telling the state or district

Everyone running a nonpublic school, which includes a homeschool under section 2703A, reports end-of-year attendance to the Department of Education by July 31 each year.

“All persons conducting nonpublic schools shall report end of the year attendance information to the Department of Education annually, on or before the July 31” Delaware Code Title 14, Chapter 27, Subchapter I (sections 2701 to 2707), school attendance (Delaware Code Online)

They also send an annual statement of pupil enrollment no later than September 30.

“Such persons shall also submit annually, no later than September 30, a statement of pupil enrollment on such forms as prescribed by the Department of Education.” Delaware Code Title 14, Chapter 27, Subchapter I (sections 2701 to 2707), school attendance (Delaware Code Online)

A multi-family homeschool names a person to act as liaison to the Department of Education for enrollment and attendance reporting for all the families.

“A person shall act as a liaison to the Department of Education for reporting enrollment and attendance information for all families involved.” Delaware Code Title 14, Chapter 27, Subchapter I (sections 2701 to 2707), school attendance (Delaware Code Online)

What and how long to teach

For a single-family homeschool coordinated with the local school district, the local superintendent decides in writing that the child gets regular and thorough instruction from the parent in the subjects prescribed for public schools.

“The local superintendent shall determine in writing that the student is or will be provided with regular and thorough instruction by the student's parent or legal guardian in the subjects prescribed for the public schools of the State” Delaware Code Title 14, Chapter 27, Subchapter I (sections 2701 to 2707), school attendance (Delaware Code Online)

Who may teach

A single-family homeschool is the education of a person's own child, primarily by the parent or legal guardian, mainly at home.

““Single-family homeschool” means the education of an individual's own child, primarily by the parent or legal guardian of the child, mainly in their own residence.” Delaware Code Title 14, Chapter 27, Subchapter I (sections 2701 to 2707), school attendance (Delaware Code Online)

Ages the law covers

Delaware's attendance law covers children from 5 to 16.

“Every person in this State who has legal custody, guardianship of the person, or legal control of a child between 5 and 16 years of age” Delaware Code Title 14, Chapter 27, Subchapter I (sections 2701 to 2707), school attendance (Delaware Code Online)

State money for homeschoolers in Delaware

We have not found an official source saying a Delaware program pays homeschooled students.

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Questions parents ask

Do I have to tell anyone I am homeschooling in Delaware?

Everyone running a nonpublic school, which includes a homeschool under section 2703A, reports end-of-year attendance to the Department of Education by July 31 each year. They also send an annual statement of pupil enrollment no later than September 30. A multi-family homeschool names a person to act as liaison to the Department of Education for enrollment and attendance reporting for all the families.

Can a homeschooler in Delaware get state money?

We have not found an official source saying a Delaware program pays homeschooled students.

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