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Florida homeschool requirements: your portfolio log, kept as you go

A Florida home education program needs a notice of intent, a portfolio with a log of educational activities, and an evaluation once a year. Homeschool Hero's daily log is that portfolio log, naming each book as you go.

What Florida asks for

• File a written notice of intent with your county school superintendent within 30 days of starting.
• Keep a portfolio: a log of educational activities, made as you teach, that names any reading materials by title, plus samples of your child's work.
• Keep the portfolio for 2 years. The superintendent may ask to see it with 15 days' written notice.
• Have your child evaluated once a year by one of the methods the law allows, and file a copy with the superintendent.
• Florida sets no required subjects, days or hours.
• When you stop homeschooling, file a notice of termination with that year's evaluation within 30 days.

How Homeschool Hero helps in Florida

• Your daily log records each lesson as you teach and names the book used, as the portfolio log requires.
• The yearly report pulls the log together for your evaluator.
• Download all your records any time, to keep for the 2 years the law asks.
• Enter each child's evaluation date for a reminder 14 and 3 days before it's due, every year.

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Florida homeschool questions

Source: Fla. Stat. §1002.41 (2026) (official page). Reviewed November 2, 2026. This is a summary to help with record keeping, not legal advice; check the current rules with your state or district.

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