Can the funds be used for supplies?

A “home education program” means the sequentially progressive instruction of a student directed by his or her parent in order to satisfy the attendance requirements of ss. 1002.41, 1003.01(13), and 1003.21(1). 

“Parent” is either or both parents of a student, any guardian of a student, any person in a parental relationship to a student, or any person exercising supervisory authority over a student in place of the parent (s. 1000.21(5)). 

To visit the Department of Education’s website for additional information about home education programs, click this link: Home Education Programs.   

The following considerations apply when determining whether a program is an eligible home education program tuition & fee expense.  Eligible programs must: 

• Be a program selected by the parent as a part of their home education student’s parent-directed instruction. (Programs may not be full-time or full-time equivalent). Private schools, virtual schools, and public or charter schools are not considered home education program. 

• 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. 

• Have a published tuition & fee schedule. 

• Be in a non-residential physical location (cannot be in a home) and

• Be a business organization (tuition and fees may not be payable to an individual, with the exception of reegional program directors or designated liaisons of national home educational communities.

Brenda discussed this a bit in the Livestream this past Monday (specifically the distinction between whether it's just curriculum, or whether it includes instruction and classes, which would make it fall under tuition/etc which would require them to meet the statutes as an "eligible private school" for the PEP scholarship). You can find that discussion around the 3:52 timestamp in that video here: https://www.facebook.com/FLHEF1985/videos/605029391751562. If you have uncertainty about whether a specific curriculum would be covered, the best way to know for sure would be to submit it to Step Up/AAA for preapproval before purchasing it.