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Florida Public Virtual Schools



Sally Roberts
Educational Policy Consultant
325 West Gaines Street, Room 1501
Tallahassee, Florida 32399-0400


Phone: (850) 245-9617


Welcome to the Florida Virtual Education

Florida is a nationally-recognized leader in K-12 virtual education. Florida has the largest state virtual school in the nation and Florida school districts offer online schools, programs and/or courses for their students. Florida's virtual schools and programs provide high quality online instruction and curriculum that meet state and national standards and are held accountable for student and school/program performance.

Please check out Florida's state-level, school district and charter virtual options below.

State Virtual Education

Florida Virtual School (FLVS) Classic

  • Primarily part-time
  • Year-round operation
  • Grades 6-12 (public, private and home education students)
  • Grades 4-5 (public school students taking middle school courses)

FLVS Full Time

  • Grade K-12
  • School-year calendar
  • State-level full-time public school
  • Also available to school district and virtual charter schools

District Virtual Education

District Virtual Instruction Program (VIP)

  • Full-time grades K-12
  • Part-time grades 9-12 (courses measured by state or AP assessments)
  • Full-time or part-time for selected programs or courses

District Franchise of FLVS

  • Grades 4-12 (same as FLVS Classic)
  • District teachers teaching district students using FLVS curriculum
  • School-year calendar

District Virtual Course Offerings

  • offered by school districts (part-time, grades PK-12)

Charter Virtual Education

Virtual Charter Schools

  • Full-time grades K-12
  • Serves district students
  • School-year calendar

Blended Learning

  • Combination of traditional classroom and online instruction
  • Open to full-time students enrolled in a brick and mortar charter school