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extent of services their children may receive may not be the same amount of service they would

receive as full-time public school students.

For more information on part-time attendance in the public schools, please review the document

at the following web address:

18. I am ready to enroll (or re-enroll) my student in public school after a period of home-

schooling or other private schooling. How will his work be evaluated by the public school?

Your public school will determine grade placement for the student based on an evaluation of his

work and pursuant to its policies. Given the wide variety of home-schooling curricula available

in Illinois, public schools may prefer to focus on appropriate grade placement for the student

rather than assigning individual course credits. However, the district may not make a placement

decision that is unreasonable or arbitrary. (For example, a public school cannot require a home

school program to be “registered” or “recognized” through the State Board of Education since

the School Code excludes home schools from this voluntary process.) A method of grade

placement (such as the use of competency testing) that treats all students entering from nonpublic

schools in Illinois, or from public and nonpublic schools in other states, in the same way would

be a reasonable policy for a district to adopt.

19. Can a home-schooled student return for the 12

grade and graduate?

Yes, if the public school determines that the combination of credits awarded for work done at the

home school and credits earned in an accredited private or public school meet state graduation

requirements and if the student passes any other reasonable requirements after re-enrolling in the

public school.

20. How do colleges evaluate the work of a student whose high school diploma was received

through a private home school?

Many colleges and universities have procedures for admitting home-schooled students and for

assessing their background. For example, here is information from the University of Illinois:

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Revised June 2016

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