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Panel backs bill to expand dual‑credit options for homeschooled students and allow multiple college‑entrance tests
Summary
House Bill 175 would let homeschooled students use community colleges to access Advanced Opportunities funds, allow students to retake college‑entrance exams, and align several program definitions; the committee voted to send the bill to the floor with a "do pass" recommendation.
Representative Megan Horman introduced House Bill 175 on Feb. 13 as a targeted update to Idaho's Advanced Opportunities program, saying the changes began after a family in her district encountered difficulty using the program with a local school district.
"This bill looks to just give them another option which is allow them to work through their community college for dual credits," Representative Megan Horman said. The sponsor said the draft clarifies that homeschool students who cannot access dual credit through a district may directly work with a community college and that the language was developed in collaboration with the…
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