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Kentucky Dual Credit Scholarship for homeschoolers
By the team. Checked 15 Nov 2026.
The short answer
The Kentucky Dual Credit Scholarship for homeschoolers is run by KHEAA under 11 KAR 22:010. A home school counts as a non-certified high school, so the student sends KHEAA a Dual Credit Scholarship Application. It pays a participating college's tuition for approved dual credit courses, up to a rate ceiling and a course limit, while funds last. Apply before 1 October for priority.
Who can apply
11 KAR 22:010 defines a non-certified high school as any private, parochial, church or home school located in Kentucky that has not been certified by the Kentucky Board of Education. Students at these schools can take part; they simply apply differently from public school students.
The student must also meet the eligible high school student definition in KRS 164.786. Ask KHEAA or the college if you are unsure whether your teen qualifies.
How to apply, step by step
- Choose a participating Kentucky college and an approved dual credit course.
- Enrol your teen in the course with the college.
- Submit the Dual Credit Scholarship Application to KHEAA, the route 11 KAR 22:010 sets for non-certified high schools.
- Apply before 1 October for priority consideration; final fall and spring requests are due by 1 March.
- The college verifies enrolment with KHEAA, and the money goes to the college for your teen's account.
What the award covers
The rule sets how the amount is worked out:
| Item | How it works |
|---|---|
| Tuition | Credit hours times the college's per-credit cost |
| Cap | Not above the KHEAA dual credit tuition rate ceiling |
| Labs | Paid in addition; not counted against the course limit |
| Who is paid | The participating college |
| Funds | Awarded to the extent funds are available |
Things families miss
The scholarship is not open-ended. Each student has a course eligibility limit set in KRS 164.786, and awards depend on the money available each year. If the college charges more per credit than the ceiling, the family pays the difference. Fees beyond tuition and books are not part of the award described in the rule.
The college also reports your teen's final grade to KHEAA after each term, so treat these courses as part of the permanent college record they will become.
Plan the order of courses with that in mind. Many families use the scholarship for courses that are hard to teach at home, such as a lab science, and keep subjects a parent can supervise well for later. Write down which courses the scholarship paid for and when, so you can track the limit yourself and plan the rest of high school around it.
When the scholarship courses run out
After the limit, families pay. KCTCS lists 2026-27 tuition at $198 per credit hour for Kentucky residents plus an $8 mandatory fee. Self-paced college-level courses at home are another route: UPI Study's homeschool lifetime plan is $250 once per family for every course. The courses carry ACE or NCCRS credit recommendations and move to a college only via a college transcript. TESU and UoPeople are partner colleges that consider ACE-recommended or NCCRS-recommended credit. ACE and NCCRS have over 2,100 cooperating colleges that will consider accepting credits; the final decision is with the universities.
What to ask in writing
Before you enrol
Ask KHEAA how many scholarship courses your teen has left, and ask each college on your teen's list in writing which credit it will count.
UPI Study is not a college and is not accredited. ACE and NCCRS review our courses and recommend credit; a college decides whether to give that credit and records it on its own transcript.
ACE and NCCRS have over 2,100 cooperating colleges that will consider accepting credits; the final decision is with the universities.
Questions people ask
do homeschoolers apply differently for the kentucky dual credit scholarship
Yes. A certified high school sends KHEAA a data file for its students. A non-certified high school, including a home school, does not; the student submits a Dual Credit Scholarship Application to KHEAA instead, as 11 KAR 22:010 sets out.
does the kentucky dual credit scholarship pay for lab fees
If an approved dual credit course has a required lab, 11 KAR 22:010 says the cost of the lab is paid in addition to the course as part of the award and does not count against the student's course eligibility limit.
who gets the kentucky dual credit scholarship money
The participating college. KHEAA disburses the funds to the college within 30 days of receiving its enrolment verification, and the college applies them to the student's account. Families do not receive the money directly.
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For the courses after the scholarship: every course, at your teen's pace. Ask the colleges on your list in writing first.
Sources
- 11 KAR 22:010, Dual Credit Scholarship Program (Kentucky Legislative Research Commission) (official)KHEAA administers the Dual Credit Scholarship under KRS 164.786 (regulation eff. 1 November 2022). A 'non-certified high school' includes any home school in Kentucky not certified by the Kentucky Board of Education; a student at a non-certified high school submits a Dual Credit Scholarship Application to KHEAA. Awards are made to the extent funds are available; priority consideration for applications before 1 October; final requests for fall and spring by 1 March. The award equals credit hours times the institution's per-credit cost, capped at the dual credit tuition rate ceiling, and is paid to the participating institution. A required lab is paid in addition and does not count against the student's course eligibility limit. Checked on 15 Nov 2026.
- KCTCS: Tuition and Costs (2026-27) (official)2026-27 tuition $198 per credit hour for Kentucky residents plus an $8 per credit hour mandatory fee. Checked on 15 Nov 2026.