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Although a few states require that the child be under an umbrella school or that the parents be a certified teacher, Florida does not. Parents in the state of Florida can teach their own children and choose their own curriculum. When I first started homeschooling, I joined an umbrella school. The main idea is that they maintain attendance records, issue report cards and assist with documentation necessary to transfer to a school. The parent is still responsible for the choice of curriculum and teaching the children. If the child is registered with the home education program and desire to change to an umbrella school, you must send them a notice of termination. Although, there are some schools that require that you are also registered …show more content…

1. Choosing the curriculum becomes more complicated since a group of parents from different homeschooling philosophies are involved in the decision making.

2. Parents may choose classes that are not your main priority; such as acting, drawing, or music.

3. If your child is a quicker learner, he may have to wait for the other students to learn the concept. In a way it kind of defeats the purpose of homeschool.

4. Co-ops age group are widely spread and although it could benefit the younger ones, the older students may become discouraged to be in a class with much younger students

5. Time spent to and from the co-op location can be a problem if you live far away from the group.7

Private schools in collaboration with homeschoolers

We have a local Christian school that offers classes for homeschoolers twice a week. They offer classes for kindergarten through 8th grade. The annual tuition is pretty high and books are not included. The subjects they teach includes Bible study, language arts, mathematics, and History. One of the benefits is that the students are allowed to participate in sports and band with all the other full time students. The curriculum is pretty set, but a placement test determines the student's math level. The problem is that the highest class they offered at the time was Algebra I, as a result if your children are more advanced it would not benefit

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