HEF Admin | Crystal Crawford
- Aug 15
- 1 min
Big PEP Updates Today!
We've just updated several of the FAQs on HEF's forum based on brand-new information Brenda just received today! We now have answers to a...
HEF Admin | Jason Crawford
- Jul 10
- 2 min
We Were Live!
If you missed it, the link to watch it is HERE. We had some technical difficulties and were not able to go live at exactly 12pm Noon. We...
HEF
- Jul 9
- 1 min
Live Chat with Brenda Dickinson
Our first Live Chat will be hosted on July 10th, 2023 at 12pm Noon! We will be going live each Monday until August at 12pm Noon to answer...
HEF
- Jul 8
- 2 min
RE: PEP FUNDS FAQ for the 2023 Personalized Education Program (PEP)
All of these questions are regarding the Personalized Education Program, introduced in HB1. You can download a copy of the language of...
Brenda Dickinson
- Mar 23
- 3 min
Legislative Update: Week of March 20,2023
HB 1, the School Choice bill, passed today in the Senate Today, the Senate took up House Bill 1 and passed it on the Senate Floor. The...
Brenda Dickinson
- Mar 15
- 5 min
Legislative Update: Week of March 13, 2023
HB 1 is Headed for the House Floor HB 1, the “School Choice Bill”, will be heard on Thursday, March 16, 2023, when the House goes into...
Brenda Dickinson
- Feb 20
- 2 min
Legislative Update February 20, 2023
When it comes to homeschool legislation in Florida, HEF works diligently to protect our long standing, strong home school law. This has...
Brenda Dickinson
- Feb 2
- 2 min
Legislative Update for the Week of January 30
The Governor has released his Budget and the Budget Recommended Conforming Bill for Scholarships on February 1. You can read the bill...
Brenda Dickinson
- Jan 24
- 6 min
Legislative Update HB 1
Parents and Friends, I want you to know that The Home Education Foundation (HEF) is working hard to find ways to amend HB 1 to protect...
Brenda Dickinson
- Jun 28, 2022
- 7 min
The Home Education Foundation 2022 Legislative Summary
The Home Education Foundation Legislative Summary has been long in coming because we have been waiting for the Governor’s action on all...
Brenda Dickinson
- Jul 8, 2021
- 8 min
HEF 2021 Legislative Summary
2021 was my 37th year lobbying for home school families in Florida; it was also the most unique and maybe the most difficult in some ways...
Brenda Dickinson
- Dec 19, 2020
- 3 min
2020 Year In Review
By Dear Home Educators, Leaders, and Friends: What a year this has been! I missed seeing you at the FPEA Conference in May, and I regret...
Brenda Dickinson
- Sep 1, 2020
- 1 min
Governor DeSantis Signs Bright Futures Executive Order
This is good news for high school seniors who did not have the opportunity to qualify for Bright Futures Scholarships due to the...
Brenda Dickinson
- Jul 22, 2020
- 2 min
Introducing HEED Online
For 16 years, HEED, located in South Florida has served the home school community (grades 6-12) with a university model program. Students...
Brenda Dickinson
- Jun 15, 2020
- 1 min
Emergency Order (Testing)
[vc_row][vc_column].,m[vc_column_text] WHEREAS, due to the emergency, the spring and early summer administrations of the ACT and SAT test...
Brenda Dickinson
- May 28, 2020
- 1 min
In-person ACT testing still set at schools in June
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]The number of sites won’t be as plentiful as usual. But for the first time since the COVID-19 pandemic...
Brenda Dickinson
- Jan 22, 2020
- 2 min
Update on Bills of Interest to Private School and Home Education Students
Dual Enrollment: The passage of Senate Bill 1246 on 1-21-2020, in the Senate Education Committee gives me hope that the Legislature will...
Brenda Dickinson
- Jan 16, 2020
- 3 min
The HEF Position on SB 632/HB 859
First, I need to let you know the policy of HEF and secondly to clarify current law regarding this issue. Policy of HEF: HEF normally...
Brenda Dickinson
- Jan 8, 2020
- 5 min
Update on the work of HEF since May 2019
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Most people think that once the Legislative Session has ended the work for HEF has ended. However,...
Brenda Dickinson
- Oct 23, 2019
- 2 min
What You Can Expect During Virtual College Week
Monday, October 28, 2019: 4:00 p.m. ET – Earn a Sunshine State Scholarship If you are a Florida resident and attend a Florida college...