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[quote=Anonymous]Might want to think again or make sure you stick to these guidelines:

http://marylandpublicschools.org/about/Documents/DSFSS/SSSP/HomeInstruct/HomeInstructionFAQ.pdf

9. What types of instruction may a home instruction program include?
 As the provider of a home instruction program, the parent or guardian may choose to teach his or her child inside or outside of the home, and may also arrange for individualized instruction to be delivered by another person inside or outside of the home. Either way, the parent or guardian remains ultimately responsible for compliance with the home instruction regulations. The parent or guardian may utilize traditional curriculum, textbooks, unit studies, online courses, and other instructional materials or delivery methods chosen by the
 parent or guardian that do not conflict with COMAR.
  Some families may seek to utilize a co-op arrangement, in which a group of parents and guardians come together to provide instruction to all of their children in certain subjects or on certain days, either by dividing teaching duties among them or by collectively hiring a tutor. While this may be used to supplement a home instruction program, a co-op cannot provide regular daily instruction to an organized group of students who are not in the same family because this may constitute an unapproved nonpublic “school.” In that event, the Nonpublic
Revised: July 2020 3

Approval Branch of the Maryland State Department of Education may take action against the operator(s) of the co-op under COMAR 13A.09.09.[/quote]

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