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 | Florida sets no number. HomeSchool Scribe plans against 180 days unless you change it. |
| 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 and hours fill in from the lessons you check off, so the documents above come from records you already have. Florida asks families to keep these records for 2 years.
Read the law yourself
Florida Department of Education · HSLDA’s Florida summary
Not legal advicePlanning summaries in plain language, reviewed 2026-09-07. 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.