Iowa Home Educators

What is Dual Enrollment?
Dual enrollment is enrollment with a public school district of a homeschooled child, usually for the purpose of attending one or more courses or extracurricular activities offered by the district.

What does dual enrollment do for a homeschooler?
A dual enrolled child may participate in academic programs or extracurricular activities on the same basis as any regularly enrolled student. Dual enrolled homeschoolers are also eligible to receive AEA services on the same basis as a regularly enrolled child.

In addition to participation in academics and/or extracurricular activities, there are two primary advantages.

• The parent or guardian of a child who is dually enrolled shall not be required to pay the costs of the child’s annual assessment.
• The district must provide available instructional materials, if the parent or guardian so requests, on the same basis these materials are provided to regularly enrolled children .

What public funds does a district receive for a dually enrolled child?
If a child is dually enrolled solely to participate in extracurricular activities, the district receives one-tenth the amount of state
aid it receives for a regularly enrolled child. A child dually enrolled in grades 9 – 12 for purposes other than or in addition to
participation in extracurricular activities is counted by the district as a shared-time student

Does dual enrollment include participation in a HSAP and vice-versa?
No. A child who receives CPI may be both dually enrolled and enrolled in a HSAP, may be enrolled in either one, or may choose not to be enrolled in either. If a district has a HSAP and the parent/guardian wishes to have a child enrolled in that program, the child must be specifically enrolled for that purpose. Just dually enrolling the child will not allow the child to participate in the HSAP.

Find more information about Dual Enrollment in the CPI Handbook!