[Ohiogift] Now for Private and Homeschooled Students!: Digital AP Tuition Waiver

[Colleen Grady]

Home-schooled students were not included in the senate version of SB316.
The Ohio House added home-schooled students into the bill before it went
back to the Senate for concurrence.

On Tue, Aug 7, 2012 at 5:33 PM, Anne Flick <anneflick at yahoo.com> wrote:

> Thanks to my state senator, Bill Seitz, for introducing the amendment to
> make this program available to *all* Ohio high school students, public-,
> private-, parochial-, or home-schooled.
> Anne
>
>   *The Digital AP Tuition Waiver is Accepting Application Now!*
>  (http://www.ilearnOhio.org)
>
>  Under the direction of the Ohio Board of Regents, ilearnOhio is offering
> one‐time funds for Ohio high school students (public and private) who want
> to enroll in an online Advance Placement course at little to no cost to the
> student or school.
>
>  *What criteria are used to determine a student’s eligibility for the
> Digital AP Tuition Waiver?*
>  1. The student must attend an Ohio high school or be homeschooled with an
> Ohio school of residence.
>  2. The student is capable of completing an online AP course.
>  3. A school official must complete the application for the student
> through ilearnOhio.
>  4. The district or school (or school of residence for homeschooled
> students) enrolling the student shall award the student credit for
> successful completion of the course.
>
>  *How many fee waivers may a student receive?*
>  A student may only receive one AP course fee waiver.
>
>  *How does a school official sign a student up?*
>  (1) The student and a school staff official (generally the counselor)
> search the ilearnOhio catalog for an AP course that they feel the student
> will complete (http://www.ilearnOhio.org <http://www.ilearnohio.org/>),
> and (2) the staff official completes the application for the student
> through ilearnOhio. Click on
>  the Pre‐Reg button for the chosen course and complete the application.
> Once the application is submitted, the school official will receive an
> email verification notice. After the school official's email is verified,
> the application is submitted for approval. Approved students receive a
> onetime tuition‐only fee waiver code for the selected course. When they
> receive this code, they are directed to complete their enrollment with the
> chosen course.
>
>  If you have a question about the Digital AP Tuition Waiver, please don’t
> hesitate to contact ilearnOhio. And ask about how this program may apply to
> PSEO online college core courses too!
>
>  web at ilearnOhio.org
>  http://www.ilearnOhio.org <http://www.ilearnohio.org/>
>
>
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Colleen D. Grady
440-376-1325
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