Homeschool Dual Enrollment in Louisiana
Yes. Louisiana students in approved home study can take dual enrollment courses at public colleges, but state law bars state funds from paying their tuition, so the family pays.
How dual enrollment works for homeschoolers
Section 17:3137 of the Louisiana Revised Statutes sets up the Board of Regents' dual enrollment program. Subsection C lets students in home study programs take part, and it says state funds may not pay the tuition of a home study student who is dually enrolled, as a 2015 House resolution describes it.
Colleges set their own entry steps. Louisiana Delta Community College, for example, asks a home study student for a letter from the state confirming an approved home study program along with its usual application documents. Baton Rouge Community College's admission policy lists home schools among the high schools its dual enrollment students may come from.
The credit goes on a college transcript, and your home study program decides how the course counts toward your child's own diploma.
Before your child can enroll
Approved home study letter
Colleges ask for proof of an approved home study program, which comes from the state's approval letter.
College admission and placement
Your child meets the college's admission and placement rules, such as ACT subscores or placement test scores, for each course.
Enrolling in a college course
First step
Contact the dual enrollment office at your nearest community college or university and ask for its home study application steps.
What it costs
Tuition, fees, and books are the family's to cover. The Taylor Opportunity Program for Students (TOPS), the state's college scholarship, pays only after graduation.
When to apply
Apply and finish placement before the college's registration date for the term you want.
A homeschool plan alongside college courses
We teach the subjects your teen takes at home and generate the homeschool transcript from that coursework.
$149/month per child after the trial.