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Wow! Thank your for the thorough schooling on homeschooling. I was completely ignorant to the process. I always thought that states "ran" the homeschool process through standardized tests and issued the transcripts themselves. I didn't know the parents provided the transcripts. Very interesting. I agree that people shouldn't be pressured into getting a GED when they graduated (they did infact get a high school education), but applying a negative stigma to GED IMO is equivalent to putting a negative stigma on "our thing" (Distance/Non-traditional college). A G.E.D. is in fact equivalent. Just food for thought.

You always have so much insight on your posts, thanks again.

Homeschool laws vary by state, so anyone wanting more information can go to the HSLDA website and click on the state-by-state map for rules/regulations. There are no national regulations, and even in states where homeschools operate as a private school, there can be confusion.

My issue with the GED isn't a stigma issue, it's an issue of it not being the correct credential. If a high school diploma was earned, then the student has a high school diploma. Requiring admissions requirements above those of other students is discrimination. If ALL high school diploma holding students were ALSO required to pass a GED exam, that would be different, and really many colleges require SAT, ACT, COMPASS, etc which I don't object to at all. Fairness, that's the issue.