🏫 Dual Enrollment & College for Michigan Homeschoolers
College classes in high school, admission for homeschool graduates, and the state college aid Michigan homeschoolers can earn — from our Michigan guide and articles.
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Michigan Achievement Scholarship (2026–27): MI Student Aid says students who graduated in 2023 or later can get up to $5,500 a year for up to five years (
7,500) at a Michigan public university, private college or community college bachelor's program if their Student Aid Index is 30,000 or less. The Community College Guarantee covers in-district tuition and mandatory fees with no income limit, plus a
,000 bonus for Pell-eligible students. The Michigan Achievement Skills Scholarship pays up to
,000 a year for up to two years for career training. Students must file the FAFSA, have lived in Michigan since July 1 of the previous year, enroll full time and start within 15 months of graduating. Homeschooled students may be eligible if the college accepts their home-school documents as proof of high school completion.
Dual enrollment: under the Postsecondary Enrollment Options Act (1996 PA 160) and the Career and Technical Preparation Act (2000 PA 258), eligible high school students can take college courses with eligible charges (tuition and mandatory course, material and registration fees, not transportation, parking or activity fees) paid. A homeschooled student must enroll in at least one class at a public or state-approved nonpublic school and dual enroll through that school (MDE). Courses must earn college credit, can't be hobby, craft, recreational, physical education or religion courses, and can't be offered by the student's school. For English and math, the student needs a qualifying score on an approved readiness test. Unless the district and college agree otherwise, there are limits of 10 courses overall and a set number per year depending on the grade when the student starts. A student who doesn't finish a course must repay the district, except for a family or medical emergency.
No individual right: under federal rules, a child placed in a private school by the parents has no individual right to receive some or all of the special education and related services the child would get in public school (34 CFR 300.137(a)). The child may receive a different amount of services than children with disabilities in public schools (34 CFR 300.138(a)(2)). The district makes the final decisions about which services it will provide (34 CFR 300.137(b)(2)).