GHEA - Georgia Home Education Association

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ACCEL FUNDS ARE NOW AVAILABLE TO UNACCREDITED HOMESCHOOLERS FOR DUAL ENROLLMENT

At their quarterly meeting on May 11, 2012, the Board of Commissioners of GSFC approved a change in ACCEL regulations to define Eligible High School as:

"any public or private secondary educational institution, including

unaccredited Home Study or Home School programs".

This is effective beginning with the Fall term of 2012. A homeschool student no longer needs to be enrolled in an accredited homeschool program to qualify for Dual Enrollment funding. However, there are some changes to the level of funding for everyone. ACCEL funds will pay the full tuition charge, but it will no longer pay for fees or provide a book allowance. Funding for private colleges has not changed.

Please consider joining GHEA. Click on the "Online Application" link lower on this page.

Your GHEA membership entitles you to the following benefits:

� NEW Informative Quarterly Magazine

� Special Conference Access and Benefits

� $15 Discount for HSLDA Membership #297244

� Special Group Insurance Discount through the Harbin Insurance Agency 770-461-4315

� Free Classified Advertising in the GHEA Quarterly Magazine

� Representation with the Governor's Office, Senate, House of Representatives, and the Department of Education

As well as these personal benefits, your $25 membership helps GHEA: provide this website disseminating helpful information to homeschoolers and those interested in homeschooling; provide counseling and referrals to local support groups for new homeschoolers and those moving to Georgia; organize an annual Capitol Day where legislators have the opportunityto meet homeschoolers and see first hand the benefits; and develop resources like the "Home Schooling in Action" video.

We appreciate your continued support of GHEA and the Georgia homeschooling community. Please call or email us if we can be of further service.

Every so often we need to step back and evaluate what we are doing. The GHEA board recently spent some time defining Home Education. Here is what we came up with: Homeschooling is independent, home-based, parent-directed, and privately-funded education.

· Independent is defined as: education that is not affiliated with any larger controlling unit.

· Home-based presumes that the home is the headquarters for each child’s education.

· Parent-directed is defined as: a parent or guardian that (1) assumes the role of principal or headmaster, (2) sets the date and requirements for high school graduation, (3) selects and approves course materials, study schedules, and determines the final grade, and (4) selects tutors, correspondence courses, videos, computer courses and similar resources for their child’s education.

· Privately-funded education is education that is not funded by public dollars.

Want information about the new HOPE Scholarship? Visit the Articles Library (lower right hand corner of this page). The articles are helpful and full of good information. They are also available to use in your support group newsletters (just reference the source and author).