R-4 or GED in CAlif
Student is 17.5 years, starting junior year. Already knows everything
he will learn over next two years. Trying to decide whether to go
through the steps for homeschooling, or just have him take the GED and
enroll in college for Spring. In CA and under 18, when he passes GED,
can he just tell his school he is not coming anymore? If we
homeschool, does he have to spend two years in homeschooling? I
assume when he reaches 18 he can just stop going to high school if he
chooses.
In California, they have an exam called the California High School
Proficiency Exam (CHSPE), you could also look into that for early
admission into a California College. I've known several Home School
and Public School students that have taken that in order to
"graduate early." Its not a well advertised program in the Public
School system, even though they are the ones that administer it.
Some Community Colleges will also take "under age" students and as
we found out, once you've enrolled there, they usually don't need a
HS diploma later. You can then transfer your community college
credits to another institution. See what your community college
enrollment requirements really are (suggest you do it in person, as
the ones you get on the phone are usually not as able to think
outside the box).
These are just the options that I'm familiar with, there could be
others. Sort of like all that grant money not being awarded because
no one knows about it.