Yes, PEP covers tutoring from qualified providers. But you can't pay yourself, and providers must meet specific requirements. Here's what you need to know.
Yes, Florida PEP funds can cover tutoring, but there are important rules about provider qualifications, hour minimums, and what documentation you need. Here's what you need to know before you hire.
Your tutor must be a Florida-certified teacher or demonstrate competency in the subject area. Critically, you cannot pay yourself to tutor your own child, even if you hold a teaching certificate.
For part-time instruction: minimum 720 hours per year (180 days x 4 hrs/day), maximum 900 hours per year.
For full-time homeschoolers: same minimums apply, no upper cap on instruction hours.
With a typical PEP award of $8,000-$8,900 and tutoring at $50/hour, you're looking at roughly 160-178 total hours available. At 3 hours/week over 36 weeks, that's 108 hours, which fits comfortably but leaves little room for other expenses. Plan your annual budget carefully.
Tracking tutor sessions, storing credentials, and managing hour counts across multiple tutors is more administrative work than most families expect. Florida PEP Tracker logs your tutor sessions, stores credential documents, and shows your running hour total for the school year.
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