Homeschool requirements · Florida
Homeschooling in Florida
Moderate paperwork · A notice and a yearly assessment or records check.
Send a notice of intent within 30 days of starting, keep a portfolio for two years, and submit an annual evaluation to the district.
What Florida asks
| Notice | Written notice of intent to the county superintendent within 30 days of starting (one time, plus a notice of termination when you stop). |
|---|---|
| Days and hours | 180 days |
| Subjects | Not specified |
| Assessment | Annual evaluation submitted to the district: certified-teacher review, standardized test, psychologist evaluation, or other approved method. |
| Records to keep | Portfolio with a log of educational activities and samples of work, kept for two years and available on 15 days' notice. |
| Parent qualification | None. |
| Worth knowing | 180 days is a planning default only. Florida also allows enrollment in a private 'umbrella' school. |
Deadlines
These are the dates the app tracks for Florida. Districts vary; the app lets you edit any of them.
| What | When | To whom | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Notice of intent Notice · Mail it | Once, when you begin | County superintendent | One time, within 30 days of starting. Send a notice of termination when you stop. |
| Annual evaluation Assessment · Mail it | By the anniversary of your notice | County superintendent | Due on the anniversary of your notice of intent: teacher portfolio review, standardized test, or another approved method. |
| Portfolio (keep 2 years) Records · Keep in your files | By the end of the school year | Keep in your files | Log of activities, materials list by title, and samples of work; available on 15 days' notice. |
What HomeSchool Scribe does in Florida
- Notice of intent: Prepares the notice letter; reminds you 14 days and 2 days before; lets you mark it filed with the date.
- Annual evaluation: Prepares the portfolio, the reading log and the report card; reminds you 14 days and 2 days before; lets you mark it filed with the date.
- Portfolio (keep 2 years): Prepares the reading log, the portfolio and the attendance and hours report; reminds you 14 days and 2 days before; keeps it in records.
Attendance, hours, and grades fill in from the lessons you check off, so the documents above come from records you already have. Records are kept for 2 years, the period Florida asks for.
Read the law yourself
Not legal advicePlanning summaries in plain language, reviewed 2026-09-02. Deadlines and recipients vary by district; confirm with Florida’s current law or a homeschool legal organization before you file anything. If something here is out of date, tell us and we’ll fix it for every family in Florida.