Home Education is a parent-directed education alternative. This option allows the student to explore and learn at his/her own pace. Parents who provide instruction to their children at home are requested to read carefully and comply with all the state statutes and regulations governing the operation of a Home Education Program.

Florida Statutes define home Education as “sequentially progressive instruction of a student directed by his or her parent to satisfy the attendance requirements of SS.  1002.41, 1003.01 (4), and 1003.21 (1).” The law requires the custodial parent(s)/guardian(s) of home education students to:

• -The parent/guardian of the student must complete the Notice of Intent to Establish a Home Education Program form. (The parent, as defined in s. 1000.21, who establishes and maintains a home education program 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 must be in writing, signed by the parent, and include the full legal names, addresses, and birthdates of all children who shall be enrolled as students in the home education program. The notice must be filed in the district school superintendent’s office within 30 days of the establishment of the home education program.)

If your child attends a Leon County Public School, you must withdraw your student from the LCS Public School before the student can be enrolled in Home Education.

• - Submit the completed letter of intent to the LCS Home Education Office. Forms can be submitted electronically via email, mailed to 725 S. Calhoun St., Tallahassee, FL 32301, and/or faxed to LCS District Office (850) 487-7141.

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