Homeschool benefits: Cape Fear Community College
Cape Fear Community College homeschool Career and College Promise: Tuition-free college courses for one junior year and one senior year.
Benefits in the Cape Fear Community College service area
Cape Fear Community College homeschool Career and College Promise
What it is worth
Tuition-free college courses for one junior year and one senior year; fees, textbooks, and course materials remain the student's responsibility
Who qualifies
Rules
- Pathway, grade, academic progress, transcript, and graduation-date rules apply.
- This covers tuition through a public college. It does not pay a homeschool parent.
- The college lists a liaison for students residing outside New Hanover and Pender Counties. Ask the liaison to confirm whether your address is in the service area.
Homeschool rules and statewide help in North Carolina
You must file the Notice of Intent with DNPE at least five business days before home instruction begins; wait for DNPE acknowledgment before withdrawing or starting. No annual renewal is required while operating; notify DNPE when the school closes.
North Carolina sets these rules:
- Subjects: Parents choose the curriculum. Operate on a regular schedule for at least nine calendar months each year, excluding reasonable holidays and vacations.
- Testing: Administer a nationally standardized achievement test each year covering English grammar, reading, spelling, and mathematics.
- Records: Keep attendance and immunization records. Retain annual test results for at least one year and make them available to DNPE on request.
- Teachers: The teaching parent needs a high school diploma or equivalent in North Carolina.
North Carolina also has an education savings account that home-educated students can use.
- Education Student Accounts (ESA+) pay $9,000 a year, or $17,000 for certain disabilities, to students with a documented disability, including homeschooled students. Funding can run out before the school year starts.
Read the North Carolina homeschooling guide See statewide programs in North Carolina
Questions parents ask
- What enrollment rules apply to this benefit?
- None listed. Cape Fear Community College homeschool Career and College Promise is open to homeschooled students without public school enrollment.
- Who receives payment from this benefit?
- No payment to the family is listed for Cape Fear Community College homeschool Career and College Promise.
Turn support into your child’s next lesson
College classes can cover part of high school. We teach the subjects your child needs alongside them, starting at the right level in each subject.
$149/month per child after the trial.
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