Excerpts of Florida Statutes Regarding Home Schooling

The 2023 Florida Statutes (including Special Session C)

Title XLVIII

EARLY LEARNING-20 EDUCATION CODE

Chapter 1002

STUDENT AND PARENTAL RIGHTS AND EDUCATIONAL CHOICES

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1002.01 Definitions.—

(1) A “home education program” means the sequentially progressive instruction of a student directed by his or her parent to satisfy the attendance requirements of ss. 1002.41, 1003.01(16), and 1003.21(1).

(2) A “personalized education program” means the sequentially progressive instruction of a student directed by his or her parent to satisfy the attendance requirements of ss. 11003.01(16) and 1003.21(1) while registered with an eligible nonprofit scholarship-funding organization pursuant to s. 1002.395. A personalized education student shall be provided the same flexibility and opportunities as provided in s. 1002.41(3)-(12).

source: http://www.leg.state.fl.us/statutes/index.cfm?mode=View%20Statutes&SubMenu=1&App_mode=Display_Statute&Search_String=1002.01&URL=1000-1099/1002/Sections/1002.01.html

The 2023 Florida Statutes (including Special Session C)

Title XLVIII

EARLY LEARNING-20 EDUCATION CODE

Chapter 1002

STUDENT AND PARENTAL RIGHTS AND EDUCATIONAL CHOICES

View Entire Chapter

1002.41 Home education programs.—

(1) (c) The parent shall file a written notice of termination upon completion of the home education program with the district school superintendent, along with the annual evaluation required in paragraph (f), within 30 days of termination.

(d) The parent shall maintain a portfolio of records and materials. The portfolio must 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.

source: http://www.leg.state.fl.us/statutes/index.cfm?mode=View%20Statutes&SubMenu=1&App_mode=Display_Statute&Search_String=1002.41&URL=1000-1099/1002/Sections/1002.41.html

Reading List

Junie B. Jones Smells Something Fishy
Junie B. Jones Loves Handsome Warren
Junie B. Jones Smells Something Fishy
Junie B. Jones and That Meanie Jim's Birthday
Junie B. Jones and a Little Monkey Business
Junie B. Jones and the Yucky Blucky Fruit Cake
Junie B. Jones Smells Something Fishy
The Cat in the Hat
One Fish Two Fish Red Fish Blue Fish
Hop on Pop
Moo Baa La La La

Wildlife Ecology

Here Cora holds a live
Conch that was later released.

This hands-on, science-based class is designed for children with a strong interest in nature and will focus on the ecology of Florida’s wildlife and wild lands. Lessons include biodiversity, food chains and webs, predators and prey, fire ecology, habitat fragmentation, non-native species, and conservation. Facilitated by wildlife biologist and environmental educator George L. Heinrich, students will practice nature detective skills such as identifying bio-artifacts - found natural objects, reading animal tracks, and determining what a species has been eating by examining its scat. This class includes an optional field trip to Fossil Fest 2013 in Tampa (Saturday, 23 March; in lieu of previous Thursday’s class). Parents may need to assist with weekly homework assignments and are always welcome in the classroom.

Here we examined a
Lightning Whelk Egg Casing

Ecology Homework
Ecology Homework

Fossil Fest