Florida's homeschool evaluation: who can sign, what they review, and when it is due
Florida lists an outside evaluation of a homeschooled student's year as one of the options its law allows each year. Who may sign it? The signer is a teacher selected by the parent who holds a valid regular Florida certificate to teach academic subjects at the elementary or secondary level. The evaluator looks at the portfolio and a discussion with the student and produces a written evaluation of the student's educational progress.
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Checked against Fla. Stat. §1002.41(1)(f). Requirements on this page last reviewed October 26, 2026. The regulation text is always the source of truth.
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Who may sign
The signer is a teacher selected by the parent who holds a valid regular Florida certificate to teach academic subjects at the elementary or secondary level.
What the evaluator reviews, and what it produces
The evaluator looks at the portfolio and a discussion with the student. What comes out of that review is a written evaluation of the student's educational progress (the teacher's evaluation).
When it is due
The teacher's evaluation is filed with the district school superintendent's office in the county where the student lives once a year, a year from the family's own start date, with no fixed statewide day.
Other ways to meet this requirement
Florida's law also lists these ways to meet the yearly requirement, apart from an outside evaluation:
- a nationally normed student achievement test administered by a certified teacher
- a state student assessment test
- an evaluation by a Florida-licensed psychologist or school psychologist
- another valid measurement tool agreed on with the superintendent
Worth knowing
- The statute says annually and names no calendar date; the evaluation falls a year from the family's own notice of intent, so Florida evaluations happen in every month of the year.
- The family keeps the portfolio for two years and shows it to the superintendent on 15 days' written notice; nothing requires the superintendent to inspect it.
For families
The portfolio, the log, and the samples an evaluator asks to see are easiest to produce when they were kept as the year happened, not assembled the week before it is due. A photo of a finished project, a logged book, a math sample each month: each one is a thirty-second entry, and by the time the evaluator asks, the record already exists.
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Find an evaluator in Florida
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For evaluators
If you are the person who signs this evaluation, Eformogi's free form for Florida walks through what the regulation asks you to review and produces the teacher's evaluation in a format built from Fla. Stat. §1002.41(1)(f). The form is free forever. No evaluator is ever paid by Eformogi for signing, and no evaluator's fee is ever shared with us.
An evaluation that is missing the signer's qualification under the statute, the review dates, or what was reviewed is incomplete, and the free form asks for each of those before it produces the teacher's evaluation.
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Frequently asked questions
Who can sign Florida's homeschool evaluation?
The signer is a teacher selected by the parent who holds a valid regular Florida certificate to teach academic subjects at the elementary or secondary level.
What does the evaluator review?
The evaluator looks at the portfolio and a discussion with the student and produces a written evaluation of the student's educational progress.
When is the teacher's evaluation due?
The teacher's evaluation is filed with the district school superintendent's office in the county where the student lives once a year, a year from the family's own start date, with no fixed statewide day.
Are there other ways to meet this requirement in Florida?
Florida's law names other ways to meet the yearly requirement besides an outside evaluation: a nationally normed student achievement test administered by a certified teacher; a state student assessment test; an evaluation by a Florida-licensed psychologist or school psychologist; another valid measurement tool agreed on with the superintendent.
What else does the regulation say?
The statute says annually and names no calendar date; the evaluation falls a year from the family's own notice of intent, so Florida evaluations happen in every month of the year. The family keeps the portfolio for two years and shows it to the superintendent on 15 days' written notice; nothing requires the superintendent to inspect it.
Read the primary text: Fla. Stat. §1002.41(1)(f). See also: every state's evaluation rule · Florida's three homeschool paths · the record for homeschool families