Vermont · high school · 2026-2027 school year
Vermont homeschool graduation requirements, diploma, and transcript
Read how the state rule appliesThe full source context behind the short version.
Vermont issues no diploma to home-study students; the Agency of Education keeps the records showing a student met the required standards and confirms enrollments with districts, and parents set their own completion terms and issue any diploma.
The short version
- Who sets the requirement: the state's graduation rules bind public schools, not homeschools. The parent issues the diploma.
- What colleges actually look for: the universities in the table below publish their own course expectations.
- What a transcript must show: courses by year, credits, and grades, kept by the parent, with the same subject headings the reference table uses.
- Across states: compare what 51 flagship universities ask.
The public-school credit table, for reference
Open the public-school credit referenceA planning reference, not a homeschool requirement.
A homeschool is not held to it. It is shown as the reference a transcript is commonly read against. A recruited athlete also registers with the NCAA Eligibility Center, which grades home-school core courses against its own worksheet, separate from this table.
| Subject | Credits | What that means |
|---|---|---|
| English | — | Set locally under proficiency-based Education Quality Standards; no fixed statewide credit number found. |
| Math | — | Set locally; no statewide subject-credit table found. |
| Science | — | Set locally; no statewide subject-credit table found. |
| Social studies | — | Set locally; no statewide subject-credit table found. |
| Foreign language | — | Set locally; no statewide subject-credit table found. |
| PE and health | — | Set locally; no statewide subject-credit table found. |
| Arts | — | Set locally; no statewide subject-credit table found. |
| Electives | — | Set locally; no statewide subject-credit table found. |
| Other | — | proficiency-based graduation demonstrations, defined locally. Supervisory unions and school boards define subject proficiencies and any credit equivalencies themselves; there is no single statewide list. |
Assessments in the public-school rules: No statewide graduation exam or civics test identified; students demonstrate locally-defined proficiencies under the Education Quality Standards rather than passing a fixed test. These exams bind public-school students; a homeschooled student is not required to take them.
What Vermont colleges ask a homeschooled applicant for
Read the admissions and homeschool detailsLaw, testing, and application context
Vermont has no single statewide credit total; each supervisory union or school board sets proficiency-based graduation requirements locally. Reporting in early 2026 described a 16.5-to-28.5-credit range across districts, with a 22.5-credit statewide standard proposed to legislators but not yet adopted. Home-study families file an annual Notice of Intent with the Agency of Education, which keeps no diploma record; the parent decides when a student has finished and issues any diploma.
Years of each subject. 0 means the university lists no requirement in that subject; a dash means it publishes no figure for it.
University of VermontPublished course expectations
flagship University of Vermont
| Subject | Minimum | Recommended |
|---|---|---|
| English | 4 | – |
| Math | 3 | – |
| Science | 3 | – |
| Social studies | 3 | – |
| Foreign language | 2 | – |
| Arts | – | – |
Math includes Algebra I, Geometry, Algebra II or equivalent; science includes at least one lab science
Minimums: 4 English, 3 math, 3 science (1 lab), 3 social science, 2 years of one foreign language; no arts minimum listed. University of Vermont requirements (source), checked 2026-09-04.
Vermont State UniversityPublished course expectations
Vermont State University
| Subject | Minimum | Recommended |
|---|---|---|
| English | – | 4 |
| Math | – | 3 |
| Science | – | – |
| Social studies | – | – |
| Foreign language | – | – |
| Arts | – | – |
No fixed course minimums published; review is holistic and considers overall course rigor
Preferences, not requirements: about 4 years English, 3 math, 3-4 social science, 2-3 lab science. Vermont State University requirements (source), checked 2026-09-01.
Questions families ask
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How Trellis checks your transcript against this table
In Trellis, the courses you plan and the work your children check off become the transcript as you go. The graduation card reads that transcript against the table above and says, subject by subject, what is earned and what is still open, and it notices a course filed under the wrong heading before a college does. Nothing is retyped at the end of senior year.
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