Parent Resources

NFC Academy enrolls all learners in the standard 180-day year or 90-day semester for their academic work.

Attendance at NFC Academy is a parent/guardian-controlled decision. We note often that there is flexibility in the schedules of our students and the days taken off are the responsibility of the parent/guardian and the student to manage. No absence must be reported to us, but you can report to us if you choose.

However, it is essential that students engage in their work primarily for the benefit of continued learning and progressing to the next level of work as they go from grade to grade each year. It is our policy to monthly assess how each student is progressing in their courses.  A part of that process includes notifying parents and learners of the work progress.

In the Online Program students should complete about three percent (3%) of the course work each week. Let’s follow the math…in a school year there are 36 school weeks…multiply 36 school weeks times (x) the 3% it would equal 108% which means there is some time left over which could be in a unit that takes more time, possibly there is a period the student does not feel well and miss some time, and there are other reasons you could use up that extra 8% and still finish on time.

We do academic reports each month except we combine November and December. If a student does no work during a reporting period then that gets our attention and we will try to get your attention.  There will be calls and emails to find out what the problem is and we will engage with the family and student setting weekly goals until our next report. If no work were to continue the student would be placed on Academic Probation as we attempt to engage the student and family to ensure academic work begins. If a student fails to engage with us as a result of no work over two periods they could be withdrawn with grades recorded as an “F” in all subjects for failure to make academic progress. A student withdrawn by the Academy for Failure to Make Progress may be reinstated at the parent’s request. The reinstatement will be on probation pending the student’s meeting successful work requirement. There is a required $75 reinstatement fee.

It is important that everyone is engaged in the academic process for the student’s success. In homeschooling that includes the school and teachers, the student, and most importantly the home parents or guardians.

Home education has much flexibility, but there are also expectations when parents desire their child’s work to be accredited, which may diminish some flexibility of an at-home education with few guidelines. Parents should evaluate any home education provider to determine details about the academic curriculum used. If a parent has their own home education plan they can pick and choose curriculums using one for language arts, another for math and other choices for other core courses. That is a flexibility you can follow, but not typically so in an accredited school. While the curriculums used at NFC Academy are given high reviews in general evaluations of Christian school curriculums with a biblical worldview, it could be possible they are not suited for a need one family may have for their child. For example, none of the curriculums used by NFC Academy are designed to meet specific diagnosed learning needs. That does not mean they may not be successful for “Student A” with a certain learning need, but none of our curriculums would fall in that category. At NFC Academy students have the option of trying our Ignitia online curriculum before enrolling and samples of our Print-Based curriculums are available on this website.

NFC Academy is a private school registered as such in the State of Florida with the Florida Department of Education. We are accredited as a private school by Cognia/SACS, the Middle States Commissions on Elementary and Secondary Education and the Florida Association of Christian Colleges and Schools and a member of the National Council of Private School Accreditation.

NFC Academy follows the statutory responsibilities of the Florida Departement of Education in our operation. Because of the vast number of counties in the United States and other governing bodies around the world we do not know the specifics of their requirements.  It would be the responsibility of the parent/guardian to determine if NFC Academy meets all requirements of any specific requirements of another local, state, national or other governing authority.

Visit your State Page with more details about the homeschool laws in your state.

Yes! NFC Academy is an approved school provider for multiple state scholarship programs, helping families use available educational scholarship funds for their student’s accredited Christian education. Our approved programs include:

• Florida: Approved through Step Up For Students on the MyScholarShop platform.

• ClassWallet States: Approved as an eligible school provider in Alabama, Arizona, Arkansas, New Hampshire, and South Carolina.

• Texas: Approved school provider through Odyssey for the Texas Education Freedom Accounts program.

• Wyoming: Approved scholarship provider.

• West Virginia: Approved through the Hope Scholarship Program.

• Tennessee: Approved for participation beginning January 2027, serving eligible families in Chattanooga (Hamilton County), Memphis (Shelby County), and Nashville (Metro Nashville Public Schools).

Our Admissions Office is available to help families understand how their state’s scholarship program works with NFC Academy, including enrollment requirements and scholarship payment procedures.

We welcome the opportunity to help your family make an NFC Academy education possible through your state’s scholarship program.