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Where can I find free online tutoring through my Florida library?

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Free live tutoring through your Florida library

Florida public libraries offer free live online tutoring. Ask your branch, or check the Florida Electronic Library to see what is available. We don't know your library's exact hours, platform or age range — confirm those details with your branch.

What the school must already be doing

If your child has a substantial reading deficiency, the school has specific duties under Fla. Stat. 1008.25:

• Intensive reading intervention for the student.
• Written notice to you, plus a read-at-home plan.
• For 3rd graders scoring at the lowest level on the state reading assessment: retention generally applies, unless a good-cause exemption fits — an alternative assessment, a portfolio, ESOL with less than two years of instruction, certain ESE students, or a prior retention.
• A summer reading camp offered by the district.

Students who fail a required end-of-course exam like Algebra 1, or the grade-10 ELA assessment, get retake opportunities and remediation; a qualifying SAT/ACT/PSAT concordant or comparative score can also satisfy the requirement. See FDOE — Graduation requirements & assessments.

More free help if you need more

• New Worlds Reading Scholarship Accounts — a state-funded account for eligible K–5 students with a reading deficiency, meant to pay for tutoring, materials and programs. Apply through the scholarship funding organization. See Fla. Stat. 1002.411.
• New Worlds Reading Initiative — mails free books monthly to eligible K–5 students. See New Worlds Reading Initiative.
• University reading and math clinics — ask the nearest university's college of education whether it runs a low-cost or free clinic.
• Nonprofits such as Boys & Girls Clubs' Power Hour, Communities In Schools, and local literacy councils.
• The school's own before/after-school tutoring or Saturday academies — ask.

If you suspect a learning difference

You can ask, in writing, at any time, for an evaluation for exceptional student education (ESE). This request starts a process with a deadline. See FDOE — ESE parent resources. We do not diagnose anything — this is only how to start the request.

Ask the school in writing

A clear letter helps. Include:

• Date, student's name, grade, and teacher.
• Your concern and any data you already have.
• A request for current assessment data.
• A request for the progress-monitoring or intervention plan in writing — what, how often, by whom.
• A request for the read-at-home plan.
• A request for any tutoring or summer camp the school offers.
• If relevant, the EOC retake/remediation schedule, or an ESE evaluation request.
• A request for a meeting and a written response by a stated date.

If your child is learning English, say so plainly — a reading deficiency must be distinguished from language acquisition. Ask the ESOL coordinator; the good-cause exemption for ESOL students with under two years of instruction can matter in 3rd grade.

What to do next

This is general information, not legal or educational advice, and it can be wrong. Confirm your child's actual scores, plan, and any program's local schedule with the school or the program itself. The free tool at Free Tutoring Finder FL reads your own grade, subject, county, and what the school has told you, then shows the supports that fit and drafts the written request — nothing you type is stored.

Free Tutoring Finder FL explains Florida's academic-support requirements and free tutoring resources in plain language from official sources; it can be wrong, and it is not educational, medical or legal advice. Nothing you type is stored.