Pre-launch editions
Filed briefings. Real dates.
These pieces were written before the first Tuesday send. Each date is when the briefing was filed — not a pretend issue number, and not a claim that it landed in anyone’s inbox. The weekly clock starts when the first email actually goes out.
County Watch·Filed August 17, 2026
Pasco County: the annual home-education evaluation
Pasco defines annually as one year from the Letter of Intent. Miss it and the superintendent may terminate the program for at least 180 days.
Florida Intel·Filed August 9, 2026
Tampa Bay's classroom screens: what a 1002.41 family is not required to do
A look-back for the week of August 10, 2026: Hillsborough and Pasco are cutting classroom screens. That is not a home-education portfolio duty.
Florida Intel·Filed August 7, 2026
Florida's Scholarship Lawsuit: What It Actually Targets
The complaint names FES-EO and FES-UA, not the PEP statute. A filing is not a court order. Keep following your current program rules.
Scholarships·Filed August 6, 2026
Florida Opted Into the 2027 Federal Education Tax Credit — Here's What That Means
Florida is in. Families cannot apply yet. The $1,700 figure is a donor credit, not a student award.
Florida How-To·Filed August 6, 2026
The 30-Minute Florida Home-Education Reset
Notice, portfolio, evaluation, next date. Four checks that keep a Florida home-education year legal without a color-coded command center.
County Watch·Filed July 31, 2026
Brevard County: two desks — home education and PEP
A look-back for the week of July 27, 2026: Brevard's 1002.41 hub versus the separate FTC/PEP and FES-UA office — and what the statute does not add.
Scholarships·Filed July 6, 2026
What Step Up was saying about PEP the week of July 6
A July 6, 2026 look-back: Step Up's parent story about PEP, what the live program page says now, and why the statute is not 1002.41 home education.
County Watch·Filed July 3, 2026
Florida's county evaluation map, as the official pages put it
A July 3, 2026 look-back: what FLDOE, three counties, FPEA, and s. 1002.41 say about the home-education evaluation — including where they disagree.
Florida Intel·Filed June 29, 2026
The June 29 budget named FES. It did not rewrite a 1002.41 file.
A June 29, 2026 look-back: the Governor signed a $117.6 billion budget and said it would cover nearly 500,000 Family Empowerment Scholarship students. That is not a PEP or home-education rewrite.
Florida Intel·Filed June 15, 2026
The scholarship lawsuit in mid-June: a chorus, a motion, not a ruling
A June 15, 2026 look-back: South Florida groups urged the union to drop the case, EdChoice moved to intervene, and the complaint still named FES — not the PEP statute.
Scholarships·Filed May 25, 2026
After PEP's apply door shut: what late May still required
A May 25, 2026 look-back: 2026–27 PEP applications closed April 30; accept or decline was May 31. Then SLP, district termination, and the test that is not a May deadline.
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