{"id":553,"date":"2013-03-18T18:39:36","date_gmt":"2013-03-18T22:39:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/homeschool-evaluations.com\/blog\/?p=553"},"modified":"2025-05-13T15:00:32","modified_gmt":"2025-05-13T19:00:32","slug":"requirements-for-homeschooling-in-florida","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/homeschool-evaluations.com\/blog\/requirements-for-homeschooling-in-florida\/","title":{"rendered":"Requirements For Homeschooling In Florida"},"content":{"rendered":"

What are the requirements for homeschooling in Florida? This is a conversation that I have with many, many parents that are just coming to the state of Florida and\/or parents that are determined to get the truth about home education.<\/p>\n

There are many reasons that parents are determined to get the truth about homeschooling their children.<\/p>\n

1. Letter of Intent sent to the county school board.
\n2. Keep samples of student’s work for 2 years at a time.
\n3. Keep a Reading Log of what the student reads\/studies.
\n4. Have an Annual Evaluation done for your child\/student.
\n5. Letter of Termination sent to the county when finished.<\/p>\n

That’s the lonnnng story short.<\/p>\n

I do Annual Educational Evaluations & Standardized Testing for homeschool students quickly (usually) and economically. I am a Florida State Department of Education certified teacher & I am a homeschooling parent. For True & simple answers about homeschooling in Florida, email me, or call me anytime: CCTucker7@Gmail.com OR text\/call my (786)525-3545 – C. Curtis Tucker<\/strong><\/p>\n

First, inform your county school district office that you will be homeschooling your child. This is done with a Letter of Intent.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Get the county homeschooling office contact person’s email address and email the Letter of Intent to them. This letter simply states your child’s name, date of birth and address, and your name, and that you will be homeschooling the named child from this date forward. It is supposed to have your signature.
\nWrite it, or print it on paper and send it registered mail to the county school board. Take it in person and get a receipt. Any or all of the above described methods of sending the Letter of Intent are good.<\/p>\n

The Letter of Intent must be sent to the county school board office within 30 days of the homeschool child’s 6th birthday or within 30 of taking them out of school. If you are taking your child out of a school, I recommend sending the Letter of Intent immediately, even before taking them out of the school so there are no issues what-so-ever!<\/p>\n

This begins your child’s REAL school career, homeschool. Once again, I recommend informing the school, if your child was in school of course, that your child is now registered in a homeschooling program and will not be returning to school. They may say you must withdraw your child. I do not think that would required at this point in time but I would go to the school and sign withdrawal papers just to avoid problems of any kind. There is no need to discuss anything about it. Just withdraw them.<\/p>\n

The following link is to the portion of the Florida state statute that describes simply the requirements of homeschooling in Florida:<\/p>\n

http:\/\/www.flsenate.gov\/Laws\/Statutes\/2010\/1002.41<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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