Home Education Program
Register with your resident school district. Parents maintain a portfolio and provide an annual educational evaluation using an approved method.
Florida guidance · Nationwide connection
A clearer first step for your homeschool journey.
WayPath Labs helps Florida families understand local options and connects families nationwide with the broader support, recordkeeping, and homeschool community available through AliYah Academy.
AliYah Academy official nationwide information ↗Step Up For Students
PEP is one option. Explore the full scholarship picture.
Each program has its own eligibility, enrollment, allowable-expense, application, and funding rules. Open the official program page before making plans or purchases.
FTC · FES-EO
See the Florida Department of Education’s complete K–12 scholarship directory ↗Private School
Scholarship assistance for eligible Florida K–12 students attending a participating private school.
View official information ↗PEPPersonalized Education
An education savings account for eligible students who are not enrolled full-time in a public or private school.
View official information ↗FES-UAUnique Abilities
Flexible education funding for eligible students with qualifying diagnoses or unique learning needs.
View official information ↗READING · MATHNew Worlds
Targeted support for eligible public-school students who need additional help in reading or mathematics. Check current funding and application status.
View official information ↗PUBLIC SCHOOL STIPENDTransportation
A transportation stipend for eligible K–8 students attending a qualifying public school other than their assigned school.
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Use the official Step Up site to review scholarships or access your family account.
How WayPath helps
Information is the first step. We help with the journey.
WayPath Labs helps families turn choices and scholarship information into an organized, meaningful education plan.
Understand
Compare Florida pathways, scholarship resources, and the questions to ask before filing.
Plan
Build a learning plan around your child, your family rhythm, and the resources available to you.
Learn
Connect with LifeLabs, educators, mentors, practical skills, enrichment, and career discovery.
Keep records
Organize courses, attendance, work samples, high-school planning, and graduation records.
Evolve
Maintain records that can support an easier transition to optional private umbrella-school coverage if your needs change.
Scholarship eligibility and payment are determined by the applicable program and current purchasing rules. Families should confirm that a service or provider is eligible before enrolling or purchasing.
Home education quick start
A simple starting checklist.
This checklist describes Florida’s district-registered home education pathway. Private-school and PEP pathways follow different processes.
- Choose your pathway.Do not file district home-education paperwork until you know which option you are using.
- File the correct first document.For a home education program, submit a Notice of Intent to your resident district.
- Begin and document learning.Keep a portfolio of educational activities, reading materials, and samples of work.
- Plan the annual requirement.District-registered home education students complete an annual educational evaluation using an approved method.
- Keep copies.Save confirmations, evaluations, correspondence, and high-school records.
- File termination when applicable.Follow the official process when completing the program, moving counties, or changing pathways.
Verify before you file
Trusted places to get current information.
Use official government and scholarship sources for final requirements. HSLDA offers a helpful legal overview and additional member resources.
OFFICIAL RESOURCE
Florida Department of Education
Official parent resources, district contacts, notices, evaluations, and termination information.
Open source ↗OFFICIAL RESOURCEFlorida home-education statute
Read the current requirements in Florida Statutes §1002.41.
Open source ↗OFFICIAL RESOURCEStep Up For Students
Compare current scholarship programs, eligibility information, application resources, and family handbooks.
Open source ↗OFFICIAL RESOURCEFlorida K–12 Scholarship Programs
Use the Florida Department of Education directory to review the state’s current scholarship programs.
Open source ↗INDEPENDENT LEGAL OVERVIEWHSLDA Florida overview
A family-friendly overview of Florida homeschool options and compliance steps.
Open source ↗NATIONWIDE SCHOOL RESOURCEAliYah Academy nationwide information
Explore homeschool support, recordkeeping, umbrella-school information, and services for families in other states and outside the country. Verify the laws where you live.
Open source ↗More than paperwork
Once you understand the requirements, build a learning life your family loves.
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