Homeschool Dual Enrollment in Michigan
Yes, with a school link. Michigan pays college charges for a homeschooled student only if the student takes at least one class at a public or state-approved nonpublic school and the dual enrollment is processed through that school.
How dual enrollment works for homeschoolers
Michigan's Postsecondary Enrollment Options Act (sections 388.511 to 388.524 of the Michigan Compiled Laws) defines an eligible student as one enrolled in at least one high school class in a school district or state-approved nonpublic school. A homeschooled student who takes a class there can qualify; a student who registers with a college alone does not.
The sponsoring school gives your child a letter signed by the principal stating eligibility, and your child applies to the college. After the drop and add period, the college bills the district or, for a nonpublic school student, the state.
The payment covers tuition and mandatory course, material, and registration fees, up to a prorated share of the statewide average per-pupil foundation allowance. A district may pay more. Eligible colleges are Michigan public universities, community colleges, and nonprofit colleges that choose to take part.
A homeschooler who skips the school link can still enroll at a college directly and pay the charges.
Before your child can enroll
Readiness scores
Your child has a qualifying score in each subject area on an approved readiness assessment or the Michigan merit examination. Without them, your child can take courses only in the subjects passed, or in computer science, foreign language, or fine arts under the act's limits.
Eligible course
The course earns college credit toward a degree, is not offered by the sponsoring school, and is not a hobby, craft, recreation, physical education, or religion course.
Four years of high school
Your child has not been in high school for more than four school years.
Enrolling in a college course
First step
Ask your district, or a state-approved nonpublic school, whether your child can enroll in one class there and have the school sponsor the dual enrollment.
Course and funding limits
The act funds at most 10 courses overall, with yearly limits that depend on the grade your child starts in: two a year for a ninth-grade starter in the first three years, and up to six a year for an 11th or 12th grade starter.
A retaken course is not funded, and a student who fails or drops a course repays any amount the college does not refund.
What it costs
Charges above the state payment, books unless the school buys them, transportation, parking, and activity fees stay with the family.
When to apply
Arrange the school class and the principal's letter before the college's registration date for the term.
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.