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House committee advances bill to let homeschooled and private students attend college and career academies across district lines
Summary
The House Education Committee voted to advance HB971, which extends an existing program so homeschool and private‑school students may attend college and career academies across county or city school boundaries if the receiving district opts in; the receiving system keeps the FTE and students must provide transportation.
Representative Townsend, the bill sponsor, told the House Education Committee that HB971 (LC492473) would extend a five‑year program so homeschool and private‑school students can access college and career academies across county and city school lines if the receiving district opts in. “It allows a homeschool student, a private school student to attend a college and career academy at no cost,” Townsend said,…
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