Homeschool Dual Enrollment in Vermont
Vermont home study students who have completed grade 10 can take up to two college courses with no tuition through the state's Dual Enrollment Program, during the school year or in summer.
How college courses work for homeschoolers
16 V.S.A. 944 names home study students among those eligible. The course has to be part of your child's personalized learning plan, a written plan of the student's goals and courses. The college decides whether your child is ready, in part through its placement test.
The Agency of Education asks home study families who want dual enrollment to file a minimum course of study, the outline of the subjects you teach each year. Its Home Study Team shares that outline with the team that runs dual enrollment and early college.
Early College, which places a student at college for the last year of high school, asks for the same two documents.
Before your child can enroll
Grade 10 done
Your child is a Vermont resident enrolled in home study and has completed grade 10.
A plan on file
You have filed a minimum course of study, and the college course is written into your child's learning plan.
College readiness
The college finds your child ready for the course, partly through its assessment.
Enrolling in a college course
First step
Contact the Agency of Education's Home Study Team to file the minimum course of study, then choose a course at a participating Vermont college.
Course and funding limits
The free tuition covers up to two dual enrollment courses before your child finishes high school.
What it costs
Neither you nor your child pays tuition for those two courses. Ask the college whether it charges fees or expects you to buy books.
When to apply
Start the plan well before the college's registration date for the term, since the course of study has to reach the dual enrollment team first.
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.