Home Education 2023-2024

Which Home Education form do you need to access?required

Notice of Intent (Enroll in Home Education)
Notice of Termination (Withdraw from Home Education)
Annual Home Education Evaluation (Due Annually and at time of Termination)

Home Education Program Notice of Termination

Instructions: In compliance with F.S. 1002.41(1)(c), a parent/guardian must submit the required annual evaluation and a written notice of termination upon completion of the Home Education Program to the Sarasota County Schools Superintendent within 30 days of terminating. This form may be used to provide written notice when a parent/guardian terminates a home school program. Information requested in the first section is required upon termination of a Home Education Program. Information requested in the second section is optional.

Have you submitted an Annual Evaluation?required

Yes
No

A current Annual Evaluation must be on file to process a Termination request. If you haven't yet submitted, please proceed to the Annual Evaluation form upon completion of this one.

OPTIONAL

F.S. 1002.41 does not require parents/guardians to provide the below information when terminating a Home Education Program. This section may be completed or left blank.

State

Moving out of District

State

Other

Please Specify

Home Education Program Notice of Intent

Instructions: In compliance with F.S. 1002.41(1)(a), the parent/guardian must provide written notice of his or her intent to establish and maintain a Home Education Program to the district School Superintendent in the county that he/she resides. You may use this form to provide written notice to Sarasota County Schools’ Superintendent. Information requested in the first section is required to register a student(s) in a home school program established by a parent/guardian. Information requested in the second section is optional. However, we encourage you to consider answering all of the questions so that we may better serve the needs of our students. An email address would be highly beneficial so we can more quickly process your request.

Parent/Guardian Information

Check this box if you live at a different address than the student listed above.

Staterequired

IMPORTANT INFORMATION

1. If you are considering virtual on-line courses for your child, the following district and state virtual instruction programs are cost free and available to Florida residents with an established Home School Program:

District – Sarasota Virtual Academy – (941) 924-1365 x62360
State – Florida Virtual School PT Flex Program – (800) 374-1430

Please contact these programs directly for steps on registering your student.

2. Parents/Guardians must submit the required Annual Evaluation and a written Notice of Termination upon completion of the Home Education Program to Sarasota County Schools within 30 days of terminating.

3. Students enrolled in home school education established by a parent/guardian are not eligible to receive a high school diploma from Sarasota County Schools.

Optional

Information requested in this section is not required to register a student(s) in a home school program established by a parent/guardian.This section may be completed or left blank.

Ethnicity

White

Hispanic/Latino

Asian

Pacific Islander

Black

American Indian or Alaskan Native

Multi-Race

By typing your name below, you are signing this application electronically. You agree that your electronic signature is the legal equivalent of your manual signature on this application.

Annual Home Education Evaluation

Parents/Guardians who choose to establish and maintain a home education are required to provide an annual educational evaluation. The annual evaluation must document that the student’s educational progress is commensurate with his or her ability {F.S. 1002.41 (1) (f)}. Failure to provide an educational evaluation within one year of the registration date will result in the student’s withdrawal from the established home education program.

Instructions:Enter the student information below and choose your Evaluation Option. In accordance with F.S. 1002.41, select one of the evaluation options from below and upload the required documents. Annual evaluations must be submitted to Sarasota County Schools within12 months (annually) from the date the student is registered into a home education program OR at the end of each academic school year. Updated evaluations must be submitted each year.

Grade Placement

Evaluation Optionsrequired

Please select one

Student Achievement Test

State Student Assessment Test

A student enrolled in a home school program established by his or her parent may take the state student assessment test used by the school district and administered by a certified teacher at a location and under testing conditions approved by the school district.

It is the responsibility of the parent/guardian to contact the Research, Assessment and Evaluation (RAE) Office at (941) 927- 9000, ext. 32254 or on the district web site to get instructions on how to register a home school student to take the state student assessment.

Upload a copy of the assessment resultsrequired

Evaluation by Licensed Psychologist

Upload a copy of the psychological evaluation. Include measures of the student's ability and educational achievement.required

Other Valid Measurement

The student may be evaluated with other valid measurement tools such as the SAT, ACT, or PERT. Grades earned through college dual enrollment courses, classes taken at a public or private school, or through an online virtual program (such as FLVS) may also be acceptable. The Superintendent’s designee must approve any alternative measurement tool prior to its use. Please call the Office of School Choice at (941)927-9000 ext. 32255 for approval of any alternate evaluation tool.

Upload other valid measurementrequired