Home Education Program Tuition/Fees For FES-UA scholarship students who are registered as home education students with a Florida public school district, scholarship funds may be used towards tuition and fees associated with programs, courses, or classes offered to home education students through an eligible, private school and are a part of the sequentially progressive instruction of the student per the definition of a home education program or an approved program listed below.

 

A “home education program” means the sequentially progressive instruction of a student directed by his or her parent/guardian to satisfy the attendance requirement of ss.1002.41, 1003.01(13), and 1003.21(1), F.S. The following considerations apply when determining whether a program is an eligible home education program tuition and fee expense.

 

Eligible programs must:

 

• Be a program selected by the parent/guardian as a part of their home education student’s parent/guardian-directed instruction. (Programs may not be full-time or full- 2023-24 Family Empowerment Scholarship for Students with Unique Abilities School/Provider Handbook 12 time equivalent). Private schools, virtual schools, and public or charter schools are not considered a home education program.

 

For grades K-3, full time tutoring is considered 720 hours per school year

For grades 4-12, full time tutoring is considered 900 hours per school year (equivalent to 180 teaching days)

 

• Provide courses and/or activities for home education students that enhance or enrich the child’s learning opportunities.

 

• Have publicly available/reviewable program descriptions of courses and/or activities.