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Step 1
Submit your letter of intent. This written notice must be submitted to your district school's office within 30 days of beginning the home education program. Include your child's name, age and birthday, plus your address and signature. Most counties have a form you can print from the website. You do not have to submit this form until the school year in which your child turns six years old.
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Step 2
Maintain your portfolio. Find a record-keeping system that works for you. Many homeschooling families use binders--one for each subject area. Others use file folders and expandable files. Choose a few samples of work in each subject area from the beginning, middle and end of the homeschooling year.
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Step 3
Keep your portfolio up to date and available. It rarely happens, but the law in Florida states that your portfolio must be available for inspection by the Superintendent or someone acting on his or her behalf upon 15 days written notice.
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Step 4
Submit your end-of-year evaluation. In Florida, homeschooling families must submit an evaluation each year on the anniversary date of the submission of your letter of intent. You can have a certified teacher inspect and sign off on your portfolio; have your child take a nationally normed student achievement test, or state student assessment test; or by having a licensed psychologist perform an evaluation.
