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505.09 CREDITS, GRADES, AND GRADUATION FOR THE HOME SCHOOLED

Purpose:  To establish standards for grading high school credit to home schooled students.
 

I. Families Residing within the Wapello Community School District

 

This section is for families who have resided in the Wapello Community School District when their children entered ninth grade.

 

A. Credits Toward Graduation

  1. Wapello High School will consider granting credit for classes taken at home when such classes are offered through a pre-approved accredited institution. Approval rights shall rest with the high school principal or superintendent of schools. Grades earned will count toward graduation but will not qualify the student for scholarships, valedictorian, salutatorian, or other honors. Class rank will not be reported to other institutions.
  2.  Home schooled students, enrolled in correspondence courses, who wish to have the credit accepted at Wapello High School, will take the test required by the institution granting credit under adequate supervision, if said supervision is required to meet the terms of the institution granting credit. Wapello High School will not provide such supervision.
  3. The school will loan texts and supplementary curriculum materials to parents for any class offered at Wapello High School as long as such books are available. No purchases will be made by the school in order to supply home schooled students. Copies of district curriculum and plans of study will be placed in the Keck Memorial Library for use by parents.

B. Grade Point Averages and Rank in Class

  1. Students taking pre-approved correspondence classes will receive a pass or fail and not a grade for the courses taken at home.
  2. All classes taken at the same time as other fully enrolled students within the school will be counted for grades and credits the same as all other students (Dual Enrollment).

 

II. Families Originating Outside the District

 

This section is for families who move into the Wapello Community School District after their children have entered the ninth grade and who wish to home school their children.

 

A. Special Rules When Moving into the Wapello Community School District

  1. Wapello Community School District will accept all credits shown in the transcript from the last accredited school district in which the student resided.
  2. All classes taken at the same time as other fully enrolled students within the school will be counted for grades and credits the same as all other students. Students taking pre-approved correspondence courses will receive pass/fail credit for successful completion of the courses.
  3. All other rules concerning credits, grades, graduation, honors as mentioned previously, as well as the entire body of board policy are in effect except where specifically changed in this section.

 

III. Parents of home-schooled and dual-enrolled students will be assessed book and other applicable district fees, charged to regularly enrolled students, when using district materials or services. Said fees may be pro-rated when appropriate.

 

 

Approved: 4/6/1998

Reviewed: 1/11/2001; 02/14/2008; 1/12/12; 2/14/18; 12/14/22

Revised: