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    #23410 08/21/08 08:46 AM
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    Hi Everyone:

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    live in MS and my child has been deemed gifted by IQ testing but we homeschool and our public school district will not allow us to participate in the gifted program that is mandated by the state. Can anyone give me any help with this issue.

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    So, wait, you're homeschooling but you want into the school's GT program? Am I following you? Is it an afterschool program? Or are you looking for partial homeschooling? I'm not familiar with MS law: what exactly is mandated by the state? Are you sure it includes homeschoolers?

    Schools often limit who can and cannot be in GT programs because GT programming is typically an unfunded mandate. The schools can't afford to let everyone in, often not even every GT child. You may have a real fight on your hands if their rule says that kids must be enrolled full-time to be in the program.


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    My state doesn't allow home schoolers to participate in school district programs.

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    Ours either, but I'm not in MS...and I'm too lazy to look up the law. blush


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