Homeschool Students
Change Increases Joint Enrollment Opportunities for Home School Students
During its January 2009 meeting, the Board of Regents endorsed expanding the admission of home school students to include those participating in non-accredited home school programs. Effective with the fall 2009 semester, institutions will be permitted to enroll any home school student who meets System and institutional joint enrollment admission requirements. As a result, the following statement is to be added to Section 3.01 of the Academic Affairs Handbook (http://www.usg.edu/academic_affairs_handbook/):
Students attending non-accredited home school programs or non-accredited high schools may also be eligible to participate in the joint enrollment program if they meet all regular System and institutional joint enrollment requirements and can validate their on-track, Required High School Curriculum (RHSC) units in accordance with the policy of the institution to which they are applying.
Home schooled students seeking admission as joint enrolled must meet the System’s minimum standards (http://www.usg.edu/academic_affairs_handbook/section3/301-310/301-310.phtml#n3.01.01C6) for joint enrollment as well as any additional requirements defined by the individual institution. Participation in this program is not mandatory and institutions can set higher than the System joint enrollment requirements for all students.