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Senate committee approves bill letting homeschool students take college-prep tests at resident public schools
Summary
A Senate education committee voted to advance legislation allowing homeschool students to take PSAT, SAT, ACT and Pre-ACT tests at their resident public schools if they register; the measure also ties any test fee for homeschoolers to whether enrolled students are charged.
Senate lawmakers on the Education and Youth Committee voted to advance legislation that would let homeschool students take college-entrance and college-prep exams at their resident public school, provided they follow the same registration requirements as other students.
Sponsor Senator Dixon told the committee that Senate Bill 63 would let homeschool students take the PSAT, SAT, ACT or Pre-ACT “at their resident school,” and that homeschool families would register so school systems would have student information. Dixon said local practices vary: “Currently in Gwinnett, had issues with homeschoolers…
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