Our requirements for home school students are the same as other applicants: placement for math/writing, immunizations, and high school completion. No one here has agreed on what might count as “satisfactory performance” on tests for home school admission, so any test scores provided are for the purposes of placement and not in lieu of high school transcript/diploma. We also require the home school transcript to be signed by a “home school official” and their signature to be notarized, since transcripts generated in MS Word are otherwise difficult to authenticate.
I’d be curious to hear about anyone’s experience verifying that a home school is registered with OPI. I’m given to understand that they don’t register – they’re asked to notify the local superintendent, but it isn’t an enforced requirement, and OPI does not (as far as I know) produce a list of them. OPI also doesn’t review home school curricula or verify that they “include instruction in the subjects required of public schools as a basic instructional program” as the law requires. In the absence of “satisfactory performance” from test scores, we just take it on faith that these applicants truly are college ready. This isn’t ideal, but it’s what we’ve got here.
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From: MACRAO Listserv [mailto:MACRAO@LISTSERV.GFCMSU.EDU] On Behalf Of Hopkins, Violet
Sent: Thursday, December 1, 2016 3:40 PM
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Subject: Homeschool question for the two year schools
Hello all,
This is for the two-year schools (or those of you with 2 year experience): what do you require for admission for students who are home schooled? Are you asking for ACT/SAT scores? Something else? Are you verifying the home school is registered with OPI?
For quick reference, BOR 301: A. Students must have graduated from a high school accredited by the state accrediting agency, OR have a high school equivalency completion assessment designated by the Montana Board of Public Education to be admitted to any campus of the Montana University System. At the discretion of the institution, for students who complete their secondary education through home schooling or at unaccredited secondary schools, this requirement may be met by “satisfactory performance” on the ACT, SAT, or a recognized testing instrument defined in the Federal Register as indicative of a student’s “ability to benefit.”
C. The two-year campuses and some two-year programs of the four-year campuses of the Montana University System are open admission, in which the only academic requirement is (A) above. However, individual programs of study within those institutions may have more selective admission requirements.
Violet Hopkins I Associate Director of Admissions I Missoula College
909 South Ave W. I Missoula, MT 59801 I Voice: 406-243-7828 I Fax: 406-243-7929 I
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