American Home Schools
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Florida statutes provide prospective homeschoolers three options. Homeschoolers may enroll in a private school that offers a homeschooling option and follow the procedures set by the school. Or they may establish a home education program as defined in the statutes by sending a Notice of Intent to their local school superintendent, maintaining a log of activities and samples of work, and filing an annual evaluation using one of five evaluation choices. Or they may hire a private tutor.
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Summary:
The parent shall notify the district school superintendent of the county in which the parent resides of her or his intent to establish and maintain a home education program. The notice shall be in writing, signed by the parent, and shall include the names, addresses, and birthdates of all children who shall be enrolled as students in the home education program. The notice shall be filed in the district school superintendent's office within 30 days of the establishment of the home education program. A written notice of termination of the home education program shall be filed in the district school superintendent's office within 30 days after said termination.
The parent shall maintain a portfolio of records and materials. The portfolio shall consist of the following:
1. A log of educational activities that is made contemporaneously with the
instruction and that designates by title any reading materials used.
2. Samples of any writings, worksheets, workbooks, or creative materials used
or developed by the student.
The portfolio shall be preserved by the parent for 2 years and shall be made
available for inspection by the district school superintendent, or the
district school superintendent's agent, upon 15 days' written notice.
The parent shall provide for an annual educational evaluation in which is documented the student's demonstration of educational progress at a level commensurate with her or his ability. The parent shall select the method of evaluation and shall file a copy of the evaluation annually with the district school superintendent's office in the county in which the student resides.