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Home Education Information

Home Education Information

In addition to our full-time program, Orange County Virtual School offers courses to Home Ed students. It is important to know that the State of FL diplomas are only available to students registered as full-time OCPS students. All successfully completed coursework offered by OCVS is applied to the transcript. Therefore, home education students may return to the zone school or apply to be a full-time student at OCVS in the 12th grade.

Standardized testing is arranged with the zone school by the parent. Materials, including digital devices, are not provided to home education students.

Orange County Virtual is not responsible for promoting homeschool students to the next grade level. Home Ed students are required to turn in their yearly evaluations to the Home Ed Department.

Click here for OCPS Home Education Enrollment 

Once you have completed the enrollment with home ed, use the links below to get started.

State and District Testing for Home Education/ Flex

If you are choosing to have your student participate in end-of-year State and District Assessments, please reach out to your student’s zoned school to make these arrangements. OCVS does not administer these assessments for Home Education/OCVS Flex students. Testing begins in early April. Be sure to make arrangements with your student’s zoned school several weeks in advance. 

Annual Evaluations

Home Education families MUST complete an annual evaluation and submit it to the Orange County Home Education Department. Click below for information and access to the annual evaluation form.

School counselors for home education are available to assist in the home education enrollment process and academic information. Contact information is below.

Mary Miller

School Counselor grades K-8 Mary.Miller@ocps.net

Dawn Nelson

School Counselor grades 9-10 Dawn.Nelson@ocps.net

Erica Collins

School Counselor grades 11-12 Erica.Collins@ocps.net