Eligibility Rules

QUALIFICATIONS

Stoa recognizes and accepts that homeschooling families use a wide variety of homeschooling strategies and we support the parents right to direct the education of their children.

It is our desire to serve the privately educated, Christian homeschool community.

Eligibility to participate in Stoa is meant to be a simple process. If you can answer these 3 questions in the affirmative (with a yes) your student is eligible to participate in Stoa.

1. Is your student currently enrolled in a non-public, home based education program according to the laws in your state or are you educating under a religious exemption?

2. Do you agree that you are NOT enrolled fulltime in a public school, charter school, collegiate or high school dual-enrollment program or campus based private school or any combination of the above that would constitute full time enrollment?

3. Do you agree not to use public funds for any Stoa related activity or materials?

AGE

Qualified competitors shall be ages 12 to 18 on January 1, of the competition year. Students who will be older than 18 on January 1, of the competition year may be deemed eligible if proof of high school status is verified by Stoa.

ENROLLMENT –

Middle/High School – Competitors who have graduated from High School in an official ceremony prior to January 1st of the competitive season will be ineligible to compete in Stoa.

SCHOOL STATUS GUIDELINES

Home-Educated - Qualified competitors must be home school students who are enrolled in a non-public, home-based education program. A qualified competitor's education may include the use of tutors, video courses, Internet courses, correspondence courses, college online or campus courses, public school courses, private school courses, classes in cooperation with other home school students, and other creative methods that supplement home education.

Students who are enrolled full-time in any of the following or participate in a combination of any of the following that would constitute full time enrollment are not eligible to compete in Stoa. These include:
• Public school system
• Public charter school
• Collegiate or high school dual enrollment program
• Private campus-based school

Stoa defines the public school system to include public schools, tax-funded charter schools, tax-funded independent study programs, or any other form of education that is subject to legal restrictions solely because it is supported by government money or property.

STATEMENT OF FAITH –

A Stoa participant family must read, initial and support the Statement of Faith.