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Pasco plans FlexED pilot to offer AP and other courses to homeschool and scholarship families
Summary
District staff proposed a FlexED pilot to accept families using Florida scholarship programs and home-education families as vendor customers, starting with advanced placement courses, via a survey and a contracting process; staff said the goal is to attract students back to district programs and to recover some operating dollars.
District staff introduced a FlexED pilot that would allow Pasco County Schools to act as a vendor to families who are home-educating or who receive state scholarship funds (Family Empowerment Scholarship or Florida Tax Credit scholarships), offering individual courses rather than full enrollment.
The district said the pilot would start by surveying home-education families and scholarship recipients to measure interest; advanced placement classes were the initial focus because low enrollment has limited offerings in some buildings. Staff told the board they aim to let families contract for up to three courses, which could be delivered in a student’s zone school, at a nearby school with capacity, or through the district’s online program. “If we can…
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