Request No. | 2017-23 |
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Date of Request | April 14, 2017 |
Requester | Mitch Leahy Santa Rosa College |
Application(s) | Standard |
Section / Page | Education |
Steering Approval | Declined |
Steering Hearing Date | April 26 |
Proposed Change to Download File | TBD |
Proposed Change to Residency Logic | TBD |
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Problem / Issue
Santa Rosa Jr. College brought an issue to the Help Desk that really should be discussed as a change request. A student who attended a homeschool was granted a diploma by the Principal of the homeschool (her Parent). When completing CCCApply application, she was unable to accurately report her HS Ed Level and Last High School Attended information because currently CCCApply does not recognize a diploma being granted by a homeschool. If the student did not take an equivalency test but truly received a diploma, the "Last HS Attended" section does not allow her to select "I attended a registered homeschool" - because it isn't recognized as an institution granting diplomas.
Proposed Solution
Should the HS Ed Level option be changed to include homeschools? The option for "I received a diploma from a U.S. high school" could be modified to include homeschools, like this: "I received a diploma from a U.S. high school or registered homeschool".
The validation would need to be updated to allow this option in conjunction with the "I attended a registered homeschool" in Last HS Attended.
Go through the various combinations with Steering and see if we have our requirements correct. We may have some other issues with other combinations too.
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Steering Committee Decision April 26, 2017: The committee declined this change request at this time. This appears to be an edge case and the numbers/data isn't there to warrant a change to current data fields for this one-off homeless issue. We will house this discussion and if more issues like this arise, we can revisit and make a decision then. |
Notes
Mitch provided a link to the California Homeschool Network - which provides clarification / confirmation that homeschools CAN issue diplomas.
Supporting Documentation