All parents must keep and submit an accurate record of their student's attendance. Attendance records are submitted once or twice per term, depending on when the term ends. The academic records you must keep and submit depend on the program in which your student is enrolled.
Documenting and Reporting Attendance
NEW REPORTING REQUIREMENTS BEGINNING SEPTEMBER 1, 2025
Parents must keep complete and accurate attendance in order to remain in compliance with Florida's compulsory school attendance laws. Attendance records are due at the end of May and within two weeks after the end of your student's school term or grade level completion if either occurs after June 1st of the academic year. You are welcome to send us your student's attendance records more frequently. We'll send you reminders when your attendance records are due.
We will send you a customized PDF or XLSX attendance form on enrollment. You will log the days and total number of hours your child is in school. You must keep complete and accurate attendance records that document the minimum compulsory attendance requirements required by law. Attendance records are due at the end of your child's term or current grade, whichever comes first.
You only need to report your child's attendance at the end of your child's school year. You are welcome to send us your child's attendance more often. We have parents that send it to us monthly, quarterly, and biannually. Just keep one record (per child) and update it throughout the school year.
Private school students must maintain regular attendance as defined in Florida Rule 6A-1.09512 to be deemed in compliance with Florida's compulsory attendance laws. Recording both days and hours of attendance specifically documents that your child is meeting the state's requirements.
No. Your child's daily instructional hours may vary, but your child must meet the required net number of instructional hours by the end of the school term.
As a supervisor of your child's education, you decide what counts as a school day. Field trips, classes at museums and science centers, library activities, co-op classes, and online lessons, to name a few, all count. Instruction does not have to take place in the home.
Maybe. If you are enrolling your child in our academic program, you will need to keep records for your child's portfolio review. If you are enrolling your child in our diploma program and your child is seeking credits by portfolio, you will need to keep records for credit verification. If you are enrolling your child in our standard program, you do not necessarily need to keep records, but we recommend you do. You may find them helpful at some point, especially should your child enter or return to a public or traditional private school.
You may need to keep a portfolio if your child is enrolled in our academic program or diploma program, but otherwise no. This said, we encourage you to do so. We especially recommend you keep a portfolio documenting Kindergarten, since successful completion of Kindergarten is required for entry into public school first grade. We also encourage you to keep a portfolio documenting high school coursework, since some colleges and universities require applicants who complete a home school program or graduate from a non-accredited high school to submit portfolios (and/or transcripts) to be considered for admission.
Our attendance record is only for documenting attendance at our school, but you may include a note under the Notes section if you want to include your child's attendance at his former school as part of the 180 day requirement.
No, but please send us your child's attendance and re-enroll. It's common for students to have less than the required number of hours and days of attendance with mid-term grade changes, but your child must have maintained regular attendance to be eligible for re-enrollment.
Your child's attendance record will be due one year from your child's term start date or on grade completion, whichever comes first. We'll email you a reminder near the end of your child's term.
Attendance records may be mailed, emailed, or attached to one of our submission forms.
Documenting Attendance
You begin recording your student's attendance (or absence) at Aspiring Heights Academy the day your student's school term begins. We will attach a customized attendance recording form to your enrollment confirmation email. You do not need to report the specific time of day that your student is receiving instruction or what is being learned. You only need to record the total instructional hours for each school day. Your student's daily instructional hours may vary. Please read through our Attendance Reporting FAQs (below) for more details.
To be deemed in compliance with the compulsory attendance requirements of Section 1003.21(1)(a), Florida Statutes, your student must maintain regular attendance during the entire school term as follows:
Grade Level(s)
(AVERAGE) Instructional Hours
Actual School Days
Net Instructional Hours
Kindergarten
3 hours per school day
180 days
540 hours
Grades 1–3
4 hours per school day
180 days
720 hours
Grades 4–12
5 hours per school day
180 days
900 hours
Rule 6A-1.09512, Equivalent Minimum School Terms for Compulsory Attendance Purposes
Reporting Attendance
Attendance records may be mailed, This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it., or submitted with our online enrollment and withdrawal forms. To re-enroll your student for the new school year contemporaneously with attendance reporting, please see Current and Former Student Re-Enrollment.
By Mail
If you will be mailing your student's attendance record, be sure to keep a copy for your records. Mail your student's attendance record to Aspiring Heights Academy, PO Box 1041, Englewood, FL 34295. If your carrier requires a physical address, please mail them to us at 950 S River Rd # 1041, Englewood FL 34295.
By Email
If you will be emailing your student's attendance record, please be sure it is clearly readable and is in PDF, JPG, or XLSX format. We cannot accept photos taken with a mobile device. Please use a flatbed or sheet-fed scanner if possible. If you use a scanning app, please correct any perspective and lighting issues and crop your document before saving. If you used Numbers, please export your document as a PDF or Excel file. This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. your student's attendance to us or attach it in a reply to your reminder email.
By Online Submission Form
If you will be re-enrolling your student for the new school year, you may submit your student's attendance record with our online enrollment form. If you're not ready to re-enroll, you may submit your student's attendance record with our document submission form.
If you will be withdrawing your student from Aspiring Heights Academy, you may submit your student's attendance record with our online withdrawal form.
1Final course grades issued by FLVS are recorded in the student's transcript.
2Students who have met the credit requirements for high school graduation but have not achieved a minimum cumulative GPA of 2.0 on a 4.0 scale may receive a high school Certificate of Completion.
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1Final course grades issued on FLVS official grade reports are recorded in the student's transcript.
2Students who have met the credit requirements for high school graduation but have not achieved a minimum cumulative GPA of 2.0 on a 4.0 scale may receive a high school Certificate of Completion.
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