Parent-directed and parent-funded
Register with your county under s. 1002.41, F.S. You choose materials, keep records at home, and file a Notice of Intent with your district superintendent.
Start with Home Education
Independent Florida K–12 parent guide
A clear starting point for Florida home education and scholarship paths.
Tools for Education helps Florida families understand district Home Education and the Personalized Education Program (PEP) in plain language, so you can pick a path and find the official portal.
Independent information hub. Not the Florida Department of Education. Not a Scholarship Funding Organization (SFO).
Confirm current eligibility, applications, and payments with FLDOE and your SFO. How this hub works
Choose Home Education or PEP
A student cannot be in both at the same time. These two cards are the decision point — then complete that path’s filing.
Scholarship path through an SFO
An Education Savings Account scholarship under s. 1002.395, F.S., administered by a Scholarship Funding Organization (SFO) such as Step Up For Students or AAA Scholarship Foundation.
Start with PEPAlready on one path and considering the other? See Moving between the two paths. Compare Home Education and PEP.
How to start
Same four beats on either path. Path-specific filing, records, and year-end steps live in the guides — not as a second choice on this page.
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Choose your path
Use the two cards above. Read the comparison if you are still deciding.
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Complete the filing that matches that path
Home Education families file a Notice of Intent with the county. PEP families apply through an SFO portal (Step Up EMA or AAA SMP). Confirm live steps in the official portal or with your district before you file.
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Plan the year
Follow the records and purchasing rules for the path you chose — activity logs at home, or a Student Learning Plan (SLP) and SFO purchase rules. Confirm current rules in the live portal. This hub does not approve, verify, or predict payment.
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Complete the annual milestone
Each path has a year-end requirement (district evaluation options, or the PEP program’s testing instructions from your SFO). The comparison guide lists both.
Parent explainers
District Home Education vs. PEP: Which Path Fits Your Family?
Switching Between Florida Home Education and PEP
See all parent explainer videos (including how to apply for FL K-12 scholarships and the Notice of Intent) → · Florida parent explainers playlist
Florida homeschooling news
Short pointers to official or named news-source items. Read each story at the source.
State Board of Education meeting agenda lists dual-enrollment rule amendments
The State Board of Education’s October 14, 2026 meeting agenda, posted by the Florida Department of Education, lists amendments to Rule 6A-14.064 (College Credit Dual Enrollment) and Rule 6A-20.0282 (Dual Enrollment Scholarship Program) and links the proposed rule text. The proposed text refers to home education students and personalized education program (PEP) students as separate categories. This listing does not show the outcome of the board’s vote. Read the agenda and proposed rules at the source.
Some Florida panhandle schools are set to reopen after Hurricane Isaias
In a report published by WFSU on October 14, 2026, The News Service of Florida says Education Commissioner Henry Mack told the State Board of Education meeting in Stuart that Walton County was returning to normal operations and that Okaloosa had announced a return to normal full operations the following day. The report also says schools in Escambia and Santa Rosa counties were not scheduled to reopen with normal operations until the following Monday. Confirm current status with your district’s own communications.
Separate offers · sister brands
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Separate offers from sister brands
The tiles below are labeled sister-brand offers. They are not Tools for Education and not a scholarship approval.
Ahvian The Creative
Separate offer from a sister brand — Ahvian The Creative (products). Our sister brand creates learning resources, bilingual dual-language music, and educational songs for early learners.
Entity: Creative Ones Academy LLC
This playlist is an independent sister-brand resource — not part of this hub, not official FLDOE or SFO advice, and not a scholarship approval or vendor listing.
Bilingual Songs for Early Learners — English & Español!Creative Ones Academy
Separate offer from a sister brand — Creative Ones Academy (classes). Our sister brand provides digital art classes and an independent walkthrough guide for parents navigating the Step Up EMA system.
Entity: Creative Ones Academy LLC
This guide is an independent sister-brand resource — not part of this hub, not official FLDOE or SFO advice, and not a scholarship approval or vendor listing.
View Step Up EMA GuideLead sharing. Tools for Education is a separate public brand. Parent contacts collected here may be shared under Creative Ones Academy LLC for use by sister brands: Ahvian The Creative (products) and Creative Ones Academy (classes). Those are labeled sister offers. They are not Tools for Education and not a scholarship approval or official vendor listing.
