Reimbursement for Educational Resources
Policy and Guidelines
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Each Home Education family is entitled to funding based on the program they have chosen. Below are the Guidelines and Policies that are currently in place.
CBe-learn Homeschool Guiding Principles
Funding is available ONLY for registered Home Schooling students.- Learning Plan and List of Materials & Estimated Costs to Support Learning Plan must be submitted by September 30. All purchases for reimbursement must be in line with the students’ learning plan and approved by the facilitator in September. At mid-year (January), Learning Plans and List of Materials will be reviewed.
- This funding is primarily for consumable materials.
- Instructional materials and consumables must be reasonable.
- All equipment purchases will need to be approved by the facilitator and Section 7.6 may apply.
Reimbursement Claims
- Claims are to be submitted to:
Mary Ann Fullerton
Windsor Park, Home Education - 2011-2012 Reimbursement Claim Form must be completed and signed.
- A separate claim form must be submitted for EACH student
- Original receipts must be submitted with the exception of those needed for warranty purposes (enclose a copy).
- Receipts must show the vendor’s GST registration number.
- Loose receipts that are smaller than letter size paper must be attached to letter size paper (8 ½ x 11, single-sided) with all information clearly visible.
- Claims must total $50 or more to be processed.
Reimbursement Claims can be submitted from November 1, 2011 – May 1, 2012.
Funding Allocation
Home Education Program (100% Parent Directed) = $812.00 for the school year.
Blended Program Grades 1-9 (50% School Based Program) = $960.00 for the school year.
Blended Program Grades 1-9 (80% School Based Program) = $812.00 for the school year.
Blended Program Grades 10-12 (50% School Based Program) = $812.00 BASED ON 35 CREDITS
Alberta Regulation
Alberta Regulation 145/2006 School Act HOME EDUCATION REGULATION
Funding 7.4
(4) A parent who receives funding under subsection (2)
(a) must
(i) use the funding only to defray the costs incurred by the parent for programs of study, instruction materials or other resources related to the home education program, and
(ii) provide the associate board or associate private school with receipts showing how the funding was spent,
and
(b) must not use the funding
(i) as a form of personal remuneration, or
(ii) to pay for travel costs or other expenses usually required to be paid by a parent of a student who is enrolled in a school operated by a board or private school.
(5) A parent may decline all or part of any funding offered by an associate board or associate private school under subsection (2).
(6) Any instructional materials, other than materials that cannot be used again, purchased by a parent with funding received under subsection (2), must be returned to the associate board or associate private school within one year following the student’s completion of the course to which the materials relate if the associate board or associate private school requests those materials within that year.