Homeschool benefits and savings in Sudbury
Sudbury Public Schools lets a child in an approved home education program use district classes or extracurricular activities when there is room and the Superintendent or a designee approves. File the district's 2026-2027 application 14 days before your home program starts and reapply every year.
Who qualifies
Has an approved home program
Certify on the district's 2026-2027 application each child's name, age, residence, and hours; approval weighs hours, your competency, materials, and progress assessment.
Lives in Sudbury
The procedures cover Sudbury families educating children ages 6 to 16 at home.
There is space in the activity
Access to curricular or extracurricular activities depends on availability.
Superintendent approves
Send the request to the Superintendent or a designee for approval.
What access includes
These terms come from Sudbury Public Schools' home schooling page.
- District classes (curricular activities)
- If space and approved
- Extracurricular activities
- If space and approved
- Special education evaluation and services
- A legal right
- MCAS state testing
- Not included
- Textbooks and materials
- Not supplied
The page does not list fees or a separate activity form, so name the activity in your request and ask about any cost.
How to request access
- 14 days before
Submit the application
Complete the district's 2026-2027 online application form before your home program begins.
- After approval
Unenroll in writing
Tell your school office in writing that you intend to unenroll your child.
- When you want access
Ask about an activity
Send your request to the Superintendent or a designee, who approves it if space is available.
- Each school year
Reapply
Families must reapply for each academic year.
What it includes
Included
- District classes
- School extracurricular activities
- Special education services
Not included
- MCAS testing
- Textbooks and instructional materials
Who to contact about access
The office of the Assistant Superintendent for Teaching and Learning reviews home education applications and activity requests.
julie_williams@sudbury.k12.ma.us 978-639-3211 Home schooling page
Homeschool rules and statewide help in Massachusetts
Obtain approval of your home education plan from the resident district before instruction begins or withdrawing a child of compulsory school age. Renewal and reporting follow the district’s homeschool policy.
Massachusetts sets these rules:
- Subjects: The approved plan must provide instruction in the studies required by law, equal in thoroughness, efficiency, and progress to the local public schools. Districts review content, materials, instructional time, methods, and evaluation.
- Testing: Assessment methods and reporting follow the locally approved plan. Massachusetts does not impose one statewide annual standardized-test requirement.
- Records: Keep the progress evidence and reports required by your approved district plan; the state does not prescribe a single homeschool portfolio format.
- Teachers: State educator-licensing requirements for public schools do not apply to home instruction.
Read the Massachusetts homeschooling guide See statewide programs in Massachusetts
Questions parents ask
- Does my homeschooled child take the MCAS in Sudbury?
- No. Home-educated students in Sudbury do not take part in state testing programs such as MCAS or PARCC.
- Will Sudbury Public Schools give us books?
- No. Sudbury Public Schools is not responsible for supplying textbooks or instructional materials to homeschooled students.
- Can my child still get special education services?
- Yes. Homeschooled students have a right to special education services, and the district must evaluate suspected disabilities and re-evaluate eligible students.
- Who do I contact at Sudbury Public Schools?
- Julie Williams, Executive Assistant to the Superintendent and Assistant Superintendent, can route your application and questions.
Turn support into your child’s next lesson
Local classes cover the subjects they offer. We teach the remaining subjects, so a local class can stay part of the year without becoming the whole curriculum.
$149/month per child after the trial.
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