DISTRICT FRANCHISES OF FLORIDA VIRTUAL SCHOOL Where do I go for more Florida school districts may operate their own information? franchises of Florida Virtual School (FLVS). Division of Public Schools, Virtual Education Virtual District franchises offer FLVS middle and www.fldoe.org/Schools/virtual-schools high school courses to public, private and Email: [email protected] home education students who reside within Education the district. District administrators operate Florida Virtual School Full-time (FLVS FT) the franchises and district teachers provide www.flvsft.com the instruction. FLVS provides professional Florida Virtual School – Part-time (FLVS PT) development and mentoring for district www.flvs.com teachers and administrators, the curriculum and numerous learning resources and tools. Florida School District Programs www.fldoe.org/Schools/virtual-schools.asp DISTRICT VIRTUAL COURSE OFFERINGS Districts may offer individual virtual courses Toll-Free School Choice Hotline under section 1003.498, Florida Statutes. 1 (800) 447-1636 These courses may be offered to full-time www.floridaschoolchoice.org students in district school settings or to students who meet one of the eligibility criteria outside of traditional school settings. In addition, eligible students from other districts may enroll in these courses if they are not offered online or face-to-face in their home district or school.

Charter Virtual Education Department of Education VIRTUAL CHARTER SCHOOLS www.fldoe.org What is Virtual Approved virtual charter schools serve full- Education? time students in grades K-12 who meet the eligibility requirements. The virtual charter • An Internet-based program that school must contract with an approved private takes place in an interactive learning provider or with Florida Virtual School for its Office of Independent Education environment created through virtual instruction program. and Parental Choice technology Turlington Building, Suite 1044 BLENDED LEARNING • One-on-one and group instruction 325 West Gaines Street is delivered by state and nationally Approved Charter schools may offer a Tallahassee, Florida 32399-0400 certified teachers combination of traditional classroom and Phone: (850) 245-0502 online instruction serving full-time students Fax: (850) 245-9134 enrolled in a brick and mortar charter school. What are Florida’s K12 c. The student was enrolled during the prior school year in a school district virtual Virtual Education Options? instruction program under this section or a Options include: K-8 virtual school program under Section 1002.415, Florida Statutes. • Florida Virtual School (state-level) d. The student has a sibling who is currently • District virtual instruction programs enrolled in the school district virtual instruction program and that sibling was • District franchises of Florida Virtual School enrolled in such program at the end of the prior school year • Virtual courses delivered to students in traditional public schools e. The student is eligible to enter kindergarten or first grade. • District virtual course offerings (outside of virtual instruction programs and franchises) f. The student is eligible to enter grades 2 through 5 and is enrolled full-time in a • Virtual charter schools school district virtual instruction program, District Virtual Education virtual charter school, or the Florida Virtual DISTRICT VIRTUAL INSTRUCTION *Florida’s K12 Virtual Education Options Chart — School. PROGRAMS (VIP) www.fldoe.org/Schools/virtual-schools/pdf/veof.pdf VIP programs provide instruction to eligible district students using online and distance State Virtual Education education technology in a nontraditional Who is eligible? FLORIDA VIRTUAL SCHOOL (FLVS) classroom, i.e., primarily outside of public Students who enroll in most of the above • FLVS Full-time (FLVS FT) — operates two school buildings. In practice, most students options must meet at least one of the following full-time schools at the state level to serve access the online instruction from their homes. criteria specified in section 1002.455, Florida public school students in grades K-12. In A school district virtual instruction program

Statutes: addition, school districts and virtual charter shall provide the following: schools may also contract with Florida a. The student has spent the prior school year Virtual School to provide the FLVS FT • Full-time virtual instruction for students in in attendance at a public school in this program to district public school students. grades K-12 state and was enrolled and reported by a • Part-time virtual instruction for students • FLVS Part-time (FLVS PT) — operates three public school district for funding during the enrolled in grade K-12 courses that are supplemental schools to serve students preceding October and February Florida measured by FCAT, End of Course (EOC), or in grades K-12. FLVS PT Grades 6-8 and AP exams Education Finance Program (FEFP) surveys. FLVS PT Grades 9-12 offer over 125 online courses for middle and high school public, • Full-time or part-time virtual instruction for b. The student is a dependent child of a private and home education students. The students enrolled in dropout prevention member of the United States Armed Forces new supplemental elementary school will and academic intervention programs, DJJ

who was transferred within the last 12 begin operation in 2012-13 with a few online programs, core courses to meet class size months to this state from another state courses at selected grade levels. Part-time requirements and (Florida) college courses or from a foreign country pursuant to the elementary students must meet one of the which are part of the district’s virtual parent’s permanent change of station orders. eligibility criteria designated above. instruction programs