Revised 04-15-2002

Purchasing On-Line Courses

(Purchase Orders)

Enrollment: No Charter School student may concurrently be enrolled in a private school if the school charges the pupil's family a tuition, if that school takes a record of attendance, and if the student takes a course of study that meets the State's compulsory education laws.

The Charter School can contract with an outside educational entity to purchase courses. The student doesn't enroll into the purchased course, the school has purchased the course from the entity for use by the student. We create a paper trail that shows that the Charter school is paying the school entity for the course, thus showing that the student is not enrolled in their program. When the PO is created to purchase the course, the PO with itemization cannot include the word "tuition."

Public CA schools, whether they are online or traditional will be treated the same. This includes junior college, high school, or universities. All public CA schools collect ADA based on student attendance and schools cannot 'double dip', or collect ADA twice for the same student. A Charter school student may enroll in a CA public junior college, but not more than half-time. The Charter school cannot pay tuition fees but will pay for course materials.

Exception: A student /family could pay out of their own pocket for an online course and spend 5-6 hours a day online. This situation would be considered the same as if the student were enrolled in a private school. So the student would not be allowed to enroll in the Charter School.