Hi Jessi,
Florida requires 3 things.
1- That you send in a letter of intent to homeschool to the county school board. You will get an acceptance letter that has a date on it and that then becomes your anniversary date.
2- That you have your child either tested or evaluated once a year by the anniversary date on your letter of intent. You do not even have to put down their scores, just that they simply made forward progress.
3- That you keep a portfolio of each year for up to two years. In your portfolio you need a log of educational activities. I just photocopy the table of contents from my HOD, and other subjects and date them as we do them. (actually I probably need to work on this) Keep a reading log of books your child is reading. And samples of your childs work. Just a couple of pages of each subject every semester.
There is no attendance, no required subjects and in eleven years no one in my county has ever been asked to have their portfolio reviewed unless there was a court action by a spouse or someone outside the home. I actually have always been surprised that according to the HSLDA site Florida does not seem to be a very homeschool friendly state? Jessi, you can also go to
http://www.fpea.com (Florida Parent Educators Association)
A positive is that Florida has one of the best and largest homeschool conventions in the world according to HSLDA! I wish you were moving to Pinellas county.
just kidding...