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[promisekeeper]

My daughter was home schooled from grades 4-8. She attended a private Christian High school for grades 9-12. She is an athlete who is being recruited to play basketball at Division I level colleges.

I have been asked by an academic advisor from one of the colleges for the following information regarding my daughters homeschooling years....

1. Do you have a listing of the home schooling guidelines for Missouri? (via the association?)
2. Who was the administrator of my daughters home schooling?
3. Do you still have the original texts used? (If so, is it possible to get copies of the tables of contents?)
4. Do you have a copy of the written schedule during her home schooling days?
5. Is there a copy of the home-schooled transcript?

My question is.... does the NCAA actually require this information if my daughter was home schooled before she even entered the 9th grade?

Are they not only interested in her Core class gpa and her ACT or SAT scores?

Why would any information be required prior to the 9th grade?

Would appreciate anyone's advice or information regarding this issue.... and if you have an NCAA link that clarify's these requirements I would appreciate it.

Thank you...

p.s.... we reside in Missouri

[iamnettie]

I can not believe they would ask this.

The #1 is easy. Give them this site:
http://www.dese.mo.gov/schoollaw/HomeSch/homeschool.htm

This is the Missouri Department of Elem. and Seconday Education offical web site and their rulling on Home schooling and home schooling law.

This the over all DESE Page on Home schooling: http://www.dese.mo.gov/schoollaw/HomeSch/
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[promisekeeper]

[iamnettie]

Yah I can't see why they would care prior to High School either. I would tell them you state requirements (assuming you do) and leave it at that.
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[gardening momma]

[gardening momma]

like previous posters have said, go for the minimum, but if they balk at that, I think it would be worth joining HSLDA.

[Theodore]

EDIT: I misunderstood, there's no reason why you should have to produce grade school records for NCAA.

Colleges will want to see proof of high school graduation. This is usually covered by taking nationally standardized tests such as AP, CLEP, DSST, but if you didn't take tests for everything, you may have to produce a portfolio of work and/or transcript. The NCAA eligibility requirements state that you must:

* Graduate from high school;
* Complete a minimum of 14* core courses;
* Present a minimum grade-point average (GPA) in those 14 core courses; and
* Present a qualifying test score on either the ACT or SAT test.

Emphasis mine. They just want to make sure that the high school graduation requirements have been met. Whether or not this is required by law, I don't know for sure, but this is the reason why all of us have tested out of as many subjects as possible, or taken community college courses. It simplifies things for colleges.
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[gardening momma]

Hey, here you go.

It's about the requirements if the student was homeschooled in high school. It doesn't say anything whatsoever about elementary school. The sort of questions the NCAA has asked about your daughter's homeschooling years are the same ones they're supposed to ask if she was homeschooled in high school (even down to the text book, etc..).

Someone there is definitely being snoopy, and overstepping their legal bounds.

[promisekeeper]

Thank you all for the information. I questioned the coach and they were making a mistake - they thought she was home schooled in high school

They need no such information from grade school..

Thanks for the help all..

God bless...