Current high school and home-schooled students take college courses through Sandhoke Early College, Dual Enrollment, the First Step/Huskins program, and the Learn and Earn program.
While dual enrollment is indeed popular with homeschoolers, to our knowledge no homeschoolers have been able to utilize the Huskins program. This policy, enacted by the General Assembly several years ago, allows schools to contract with the community college to have a college instructor present classes for the school. While several homeschool support groups have investigated this idea as a sort of co-op program, we have heard no report of success with their applications.
"Early College" and "Learn and Earn" are both public school programs, a joint effort of the Department of Public Instruction and the community colleges. While homeschoolers may enroll, when they do so, they become public school students, and DNPE may close the homeschool involved. This is not always explained clearly, and some community colleges actively recruit homeschoolers to enroll in their DPI-sponsored programs. Online versions of some classes may be allowed, but with limits on the number of credits taken. Caveat emptor.
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Hello, I am the writer of this article and I do apologize for the misleading statement. I am a former home schooling mom myself and have a strong affinity for the home school community.
I have asked for clarification on this statement from those at my college who know all there is to know about these programs. I do know we have many home school students at Sandhills and they seem to really like taking our classes. It's enjoyable for me because I remember them when they were quite young. Many of them were in the same home school support group that we were in many years ago.
Again, I apologize and was not trying to mislead.
Karen Manning
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