A Grassroots Organization Is Formed to Address USG Joint Enrollment Policy.

Joint enrollment is the program through which high school students can enroll in college courses while completing their high school (not "college") coursework. Georgia public colleges and universities are denying access to joint enrollment by high school students who are learning without third party oversight-accreditation.

Homeschool Access to College, HA2C, a grassroots organization of homeschooling parents in Georgia, is working to eliminate this discriminatory practice. This new organization is independent of (not affiliated with) HEIR or any other organization that existed previously, but enjoys participation by members of other organizations including HEIR. From their website: “We are diverse in our pedagogy, our politics, our ethnicities, and our faiths. We are united in our goal to access the best college educations for our homeschooled youth.”

Having your student enrolled in an accredited program - subject to third party oversight - is not required for excellent and successful homeschooling in Georgia or for freshman admission to most Georgia public colleges and universities. However, the University System of Georgia has begun denying access by independent homeschoolers to joint enrollment programs.

Please visit this organization’s website, www.ha2c.org, consider signing their on-line petition (open letter to the Board of Regents), and apply to join their yahoo group.

ACCREDITATION AS REGULATION - OUR FUTURE?
Not if you defend the non-accredited Route to Learning ... and College

Are you a traditional home educator whose children learn at home? Are you an unschooler? Do you use an eclectic approach to curriculum? Are you not accredited?

Currently, the Board of Regents permits public colleges in GA to evaluate your students for regular freshman enrollment (but not joint enrollment) by evidence other than accredited high school transcript. We must preserve an alternative, appropriate admissions path and work for its equity.

If not, then what other dominos fall?

Georgia Virtual Academy Summary of Information
Is Georgia Virtual Academy a Home Study Program as Defined by Georgia Law?....NO!

Just Who Is Accountable for My Child's Education?
Or Accreditation Rears Its Ugly Head Again! -- An Article from the 1990's

Good Bill? Bad Bill? How to Tell
An Article you May Need to Share with your Representatives

Problems With Local School Officials & Declaration of Intent Forms
Take Care Not to Overcomply

A Short History of Home Education in Georgia
Being Aware of Our History May be the Key to Preserving Our Freedom

That school districts all over Georgia are breaking the law by their use of Declaration of Intent forms that do not comply with our current Georgia code? Download HEIR’s forms to use instead. Our Declaration of Intent requests only the information required by our home study law, O.C.G.A. 20-2-690. Our monthly attendance forms are easier to use than others because they’re forms you can save and complete on your computer and print out month by month.

That compulsory attendance age has been effectively raised to 18 in Georgia (if your students want to drive) by legislation most home educators never even noticed? Did you know it was "homeschool-friendly" legislators trying to improve Georgia school attendance who authored the bill?

That the current modus operandi for encroaching on homeschool freedom is through Department of Education, Department of Motor Vehicles, and local school district policy rather than legislation?

That HEIR is the statewide homeschool organization in Georgia that operates fully as an all-volunteer organization composed of caring homeschool parents who donate their time and resources to HEIR? Read more about HEIR, its Mission and Vision and the work it does for Georgia home educators.

That HEIR is the statewide homeschool organization in Georgia whose volunteers monitor the Georgia General Assembly from start to finish every year, that networks with legislators and policymakers throughout the state to protect homeschool freedom in Georgia?

That founding members of HEIR were among the first to alert citizens about HB 586, a bill that would have made it nearly impossible for most of you to homeschool in Georgia?

That you can support the work of HEIR and join us in protecting homeschool freedom with or without paying dues. All our work, all our information, and all our materials you can use are absolutely free.

Please consider joining us in protecting homeschool freedom in this state. If you have questions about HEIR or need further information, please contact us.