My son will be a homeschooled senior in the Fall. He dual enrolled at PBSC for his entire junior year. I want to early admit him at PBSC this Fall. I am getting conflicting information on whether of not early admit tuition and books are paid for like when he dual enrolled. I also want to know that if I accept the PEP scholarship of $7900, will this force me to unenroll him from the homeschool program and therefore have to pay to early admit him in the Fall? There is also the question of "will this keep him from getting the Bright Futures scholarship if I accept PEP money. He is working to get his test scores high enough to get the full Bright Futures scholarship so he can transfer to UCF when he graduates.
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Hi! There are some things to consider here. PEP students still have full access to Bright Futures scholarships, as well as dual enrollment. However, with early admission, the student is technically considered a college student rather than a high school student for that year, even though they haven't yet completed high school requirements. For that reason, the student will no longer be eligible for college freshman scholarships the following school year. The nuances of how early admission students would be treated for PEP purposes would be something to be worked out between the particular college and Step Up, as this isn't an issue we've seen very often at all so I'm not sure how they will handle it. Remaining funds in a student's PEP account can be used for qualifying post secondary expenses, but whether the college considers the student as a form of dual enrollment or as an enrolled college student will impact whether the books and tuition are still covered under dual enrollment or or would need to be paid for. It also could impact whether the student can stay on as an active PEP student or considered graduated with access only to remaining funds.