Delaware Homeschooling

The Delaware Department of Education’s (DDOE) Nonpublic School support section is your central source for information about nonpublic homeschools and private schools in the State of Delaware. The option to homeschool or attend private school in Delaware provides the parents and/or guardians of school-age children alternatives to public schools. There are over 2,000 nonpublic schools in the State of Delaware. There are two main types of homeschool; single-family and multi-family:

SINGLE-FAMILY HOMESCHOOL means the education of one’s own child(ren) primarily by the parent(s) or legal guardian(s) of such child(ren) mainly in their own residence.

MULTI-FAMILY HOMESCHOOLS means the education of children, primarily by the parents(s) or legal guardian(s) of such children mainly in one or several residences, or other facilities, when such children are not all related to each other as brother or sister. A person shall act as a liaison to the Department of Education for reporting enrollment and attendance information for all families involved.

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