Home education students with disabilities are entitled to testing and diagnostic services through the school district. A school district may provide education-related services in a public school. A home education student with certain disabilities may be eligible for The Gardiner Scholarship.
1002.41(9) – Testing and Diagnostic Services
Testing and evaluation services at diagnostic and resource centers shall be available to home education program students, including, but not limited to, students with disabilities, in accordance with the provisions of s. 1006.03.
1002.41(10) – School district education-related services
A school district may provide exceptional student education-related services, as defined in State Board of Education rule, to a home education program student with a disability who is eligible for the services and who enrolls in a public school solely for the purpose of receiving those related services. The school district providing the services shall report each student as a full-time equivalent student in the class and in a manner prescribed by the Department of Education, and funding shall be provided through the Florida Education Finance Program pursuant to s. 1011.62.
1002.394 – The Family Empowerment Scholarship