Maine Homeschool PE Requirements
Maine is one of the few moderate-regulation states that explicitly requires PE. Make sure your portfolio includes evidence of physical education activities.
In Maine the law calls homeschooling home instruction.
Last checked: not yet. None of the figures on this page has yet been checked against a source.
Primary source on file: 20-A M.R.S. §5001-A — compulsory attendance
These figures come from our state requirements registry. We hold no statutory citation for Maine yet, and nobody has checked the figures above against a statute text; we would rather say so than invent one. Requirements change — confirm with your district before relying on them. See what we hold for Maine, open it in the checker, or read how we source this. This is a homeschool PE reference, not legal advice.
Maine Homeschool PE Overview
Maine is one of the few moderate-regulation states that explicitly requires PE. Make sure your portfolio includes evidence of physical education activities.
Key Requirements
- File one-time notification with superintendent
- Include physical education in your curriculum
- Annual assessment via portfolio review or standardized test
- Track PE hours across 175 instructional days
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Reporting & Verification
Reporting cadence: Annual
Verification: Notification + annual portfolio or standardized test
Documents required:
- One-time notification
- Annual assessment
No dated deadline schedule is on file for this jurisdiction.
PE Credit & Standards
We hold no Maine-specific credit rule. The credit calculator uses the conventional 120 hours for a full Carnegie credit; confirm the figure your evaluator or umbrella school applies.
Maine Homeschool PE: Common Questions
Yes. Our registry records physical education as required for homeschoolers in Maine. Note on file: Named in the required subjects under 20-A M.R.S. §5001-A; the 175-day requirement applies to the whole programme, not to PE alone. We hold no statutory citation for Maine yet.
Not recorded. We have not recorded a PE hour figure for Maine, which is not the same as a rule of none. The instructional-time rule on file is: 175 days.
The documents on file for Maine are: One-time notification; Annual assessment. Reporting cadence: Annual. No dated deadline schedule is on file.
We hold no structured assessment record for Maine yet: which tests, in which grades and who may evaluate are not recorded. The verification method on file is: Notification + annual portfolio or standardized test.
We hold no Maine-specific credit rule. The conventional figure is 120 hours for a full Carnegie credit; confirm the figure your evaluator or umbrella school applies.
Our registry records physical education as required in Maine and holds no list of approved activities, so the subject is what is asked for, not a sport. Soccer training that is planned, taught and logged is PE instruction: keep the date, the minutes, what was taught and who taught it. Your evaluator, umbrella school or district decides whether the record is enough.
How Spatrian Helps Maine Families
- Logs every session against the PE requirement on file, with the date, the time and what was done
- Produces the portfolio the review asks for: the activity log, quizzes, rubrics and work samples in one document
- Issues a transcript with a fingerprint an evaluator can check at spatrian.com/verify without an account
- Names the documents and deadlines it holds for the state, and says where it holds none
See the free printable PE log sheet, sample portfolio and transcript before you sign up.
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