Homeschool Tax Deductions and Credits in Maine
No. Maine has no homeschool tax credit, deduction, education savings account, or voucher. The largest public help is tuition-free college credit through the Aspirations Program for high school students.
What the state and school provide
Filing a home instruction notice is free, and the Department of Education says parents bear all other costs. The local school may lend textbooks when it has extra copies, but it does not have to supply workbooks, lesson plans, or computers, and Maine Learning Technology Initiative laptops are not available to home instruction students.
A homeschooler may use school facilities and equipment on the same basis as enrolled students when the principal approves, the use relates to the student's academic program, and it costs the school unit nothing extra. School library books are available under similar conditions.
In a school unit with no school for your child's grade, tuition for classes or activities in another unit falls on the family or on the resident unit, under local policy.
Who qualifies
Who qualifies
Homeschool families have no state funding program to apply for.
Applying and paying
First step
Ask your local school which textbooks and library books it can lend for the year.
What you still pay
Curriculum, tests, activities, and college course fees come out of the family budget.
Teaching that takes the work off you
We teach every subject starting at your child's level, grade the work as it is submitted, and keep the attendance, grades, and transcript, so homeschooling asks less of your time.
$149/month per child after the trial.
Sources (4)
Confirm current tax, scholarship, and ESA rules with the program before you rely on them.