Maryland Homeschool PE Requirements
Maryland requires PE and reviews portfolios twice yearly. Keep detailed PE logs with specific activities, dates, and durations for your reviewer.
In Maryland 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: COMAR 13A.10.01.05 — home instruction
These figures come from our state requirements registry, which names COMAR 13A.10.01 (Home Instruction) for Maryland. We hold that citation; nobody has yet checked each figure above against the statute text itself, and we would rather say so than imply otherwise. Requirements change — confirm with your district before relying on them. See what we hold for Maryland, open it in the checker, or read how we source this. This is a homeschool PE reference, not legal advice.
Maryland Homeschool PE Overview
Maryland requires PE and reviews portfolios twice yearly. Keep detailed PE logs with specific activities, dates, and durations for your reviewer.
Key Requirements
- File annual Notice of Consent
- PE is a required subject - include in curriculum
- Bi-annual portfolio review by county or umbrella school
- Document PE activities with dates and descriptions
Plan for Maryland
Two free tools, opened on Maryland.
Reporting & Verification
Reporting cadence: Semi-annual
Verification: Notice of Consent + bi-annual portfolio review
Documents required:
- Annual Notice of Consent
- Portfolio (bi-annual review)
Deadlines on file:
- August 15: Notice of Consent
- January: Mid-year review
- June: Year-end review
PE Credit & Standards
Maryland sets its own hours-per-credit figure: 120 hours for one credit, with 1 PE credit required for graduation. The credit calculator uses that figure for Maryland.
Standards framework on file: MD College and Career-Ready Standards (PE)
Maryland Homeschool PE: Common Questions
Yes. Our registry records physical education as required for homeschoolers in Maryland. Note on file: Named in the required subjects under COMAR 13A.10.01, with no hour figure — the state measures the portfolio rather than time.
Not recorded. We have not recorded a PE hour figure for Maryland, which is not the same as a rule of none. The instructional-time rule on file is: "Sufficient duration".
The documents on file for Maryland are: Annual Notice of Consent; Portfolio (bi-annual review). Reporting cadence: Semi-annual. 3 dated deadlines are on file, listed under Reporting & Verification above.
We hold no structured assessment record for Maryland yet: which tests, in which grades and who may evaluate are not recorded. The verification method on file is: Notice of Consent + bi-annual portfolio review.
Maryland sets its own figure: 120 hours for one credit, with 1 PE credit required for graduation.
Our registry records physical education as required in Maryland 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 Maryland 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
- Prints a one-page log sheet for each reporting period, so the report is a download rather than an evening
- Converts hours to credit at the state's own 120 hours per credit
- 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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