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Post by Deleted on Nov 7, 2014 8:08:59 GMT -5
Who actually administers this. It's federal program, but does it set all the rules? Or does the state?
Corbett signed a homeschool law in PA that says " Requires that a high school diploma issued by the parent or an approved diploma-granting organization be given the same rights and privileges by the Commonwealth, including the Pennsylvania Higher Education Assistance Agency, as other diplomas."
This, I assume, is because you used to have to have an approved organization diploma (pa is one of the only states to do this), or a GED or 30 credits to qualify for aid.
However, how is getting PHEAA to recognize a parent diploma helpful if it's fed rules? Or am I misunderstanding. Not sure if someone going through this now/lately will better understand the administration of aid or not?
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Post by Deleted on Nov 7, 2014 8:34:59 GMT -5
Maybe this is just for state aid? MN has it's own grant program separate from federal.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 7, 2014 8:40:16 GMT -5
It might be. It could be though that those rules I thought were fed were state? I'm making some calls now. Since PHEAA hadn't known it was passed yet though, they weren't the most helpful...
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Post by teen persuasion on Nov 7, 2014 8:51:12 GMT -5
I'm in NY, and NY has its own state grant, TAP, for state residents. We have to fill the FAFSA first, then at the end we are redirected to the NYHESC site just to apply for TAP. in the past it has been literally one click on that site to officially apply as long as you did the FAFSA first. They piggyback on the FAFSA, using their numbers.
I believe FAFSA is vital for PELL and federal loans. Schools use it as a starting point of reference for their institutional aid, but they can ask for more numbers and calculate need differently, say including home value or retirement accounts which the FAFSA ignores. So there are multiple levels and calculations and eligibility rules for aid: federal, state, institutional.
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Post by alabamagal on Nov 7, 2014 9:03:15 GMT -5
The school administers the financial aid. There may be different requirements for state aid.
Here are the requirements to qualify for Federal Aid
Current: show you’re qualified to obtain a college or career school education by having a high school diploma or a recognized equivalent such as a General Educational Development (GED) certificate or completing a high school education in a homeschool setting approved under state law.
If you were enrolled in college or career school prior to July 1, 2012, you may show you’re qualified to obtain a higher education by passing an approved ability-to-benefit test (if you don’t have a diploma or GED, a college can administer a test to determine whether you can benefit from the education offered at that school); completing six credit hours or equivalent course work toward a degree or certificate (you may not receive aid while earning the six credit hours); or meeting other federally approved standards your state establishes.
Sounds like the PA law is to allow homeschoolers to qualify for federal aid.
In GA, homeschool students do not qualify for the state Hope grant, which is based on high school grades and administered by the state. After their first year, if they get good grades in college, they can qualify for years 2-4.
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Post by garion2003 on Nov 7, 2014 9:03:55 GMT -5
Since the law mentions the Commonwealth specifically I wonder if it's to even out some kind of inequity in state aid.
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Post by teen persuasion on Nov 7, 2014 9:09:33 GMT -5
Since the law mentions the Commonwealth specifically I wonder if it's to even out some kind of inequity in state aid.
That's the way I interpreted it, to allow homeschoolers to be eligible for state specific aid. Does PA have some aid only for residents?
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Post by Deleted on Nov 7, 2014 9:41:50 GMT -5
Yes. There are state grants. And after I convinced the lady at PHEAA it had passed, she did say they would be eligible for state grants now with a parent diploma.
When I called Fafsa people, they said that there is only one Do you homeschool? Block to check, but that certain schools for aid require a certificate saying you completed a homeschool program. He thought that had to come from the state. (I actually thought it was the home district) but if it is the state, then I'd guess this law would mean a parent diploma worked for that too...
So, I guess parent diploma is all it takes now.
I actually have mixed feelings about that.. ?
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Post by Cookies Galore on Nov 7, 2014 9:43:01 GMT -5
PHEAA was the guarantor of my Stafford Loan.
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Post by 973beachbum on Nov 7, 2014 10:06:02 GMT -5
Yes. There are state grants. And after I convinced the lady at PHEAA it had passed, she did say they would be eligible for state grants now with a parent diploma. When I called Fafsa people, they said that there is only one Do you homeschool? Block to check, but that certain schools for aid require a certificate saying you completed a homeschool program. He thought that had to come from the state. (I actually thought it was the home district) but if it is the state, then I'd guess this law would mean a parent diploma worked for that too... So, I guess parent diploma is all it takes now. I actually have mixed feelings about that.. ? I know in NJ they have always accepted the parents diploma for fin aid from the state. But the individual schools all have their own rules. And the bulk of aid that we saw came from the schools not the states or Fed. Some of the schools have some pretty high hurdles unless the student was willing to take some standardized tests like the SAT, ACT, college placement tests, plus send in some letters of rec from people who have been inolved in the students HS work that are not their parents. The only law that NJ has ever had for homeschool is that there are no rules except that the local district doesn't have to do anything unless it wants to. And for the record I have never heard of a local district allowing a homeschooled student to participate in anything there. Almost every student that we have known who was homeschooled that went to college had done some classes at the local CC during HS though so I would think that that would have sufficed for the FA rules in the FAFSA. Good luck!
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