Homeschool benefits and savings in Escambia and Santa Rosa counties
Pensacola State College home-education dual enrollment: Eligible home-education students can take approved college classes and receive required books at no cost through the dual-enrollment program.
Benefits in Escambia and Santa Rosa counties
Pensacola State College home-education dual enrollment
What it is worth
Eligible home-education students can take approved college classes and receive required books at no cost through the dual-enrollment program.
Who qualifies
Rules
- This is postsecondary tuition and materials support, not a K-12 education account or parent cash payment.
- The home-education program must be registered with the applicable county and the student must submit the college's required home-school documentation.
- The college also describes Florida's separate PEP pathway. PEP is separate from this independent home-education benefit and is not offered through TheHomeschoolingCompany.
Homeschool rules and statewide help in Florida
You must file the initial written notice with the county superintendent within 30 days of starting. You must file a termination notice and the annual evaluation within 30 days of ending the program.
Florida sets these rules:
- Subjects: Parent-directed instruction; Florida law does not prescribe a specific curriculum for a home education program.
- Testing: Provide an annual educational evaluation using one statutory method; a portfolio review is one option, and an alternate method requires agreement with the district superintendent.
- Records: Keep a portfolio with an activities log made as instruction occurs, reading-material titles, and work samples. Preserve it for two years and make it available for inspection on 15 days’ written notice.
- Teachers: Florida does not require a teaching certificate or degree to homeschool your own child.
Florida also has two education savings accounts that home-educated students can use.
- The Personalized Education Program funds a Florida K-12 student's approved education costs through a scholarship organization, with income and priority rules. It is separate from registering a home education program with your district.
- The Family Empowerment Scholarship for Students with Unique Abilities funds approved education and disability costs for a student with a qualifying disability, including one in a registered home education program. The award depends on the disability and its services.
Read the Florida homeschooling guide See statewide programs in Florida
Questions parents ask
- What enrollment rules apply to this benefit?
- None listed. Pensacola State College home-education dual enrollment is open to homeschooled students without public school enrollment.
- Who receives payment from this benefit?
- Pensacola State College home-education dual enrollment is not paid to the family.
Turn support into your child’s next lesson
College classes can cover part of high school. We teach the subjects your child needs alongside them, starting at the right level in each subject.
$149/month per child after the trial.
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