Funding is Based on Enrollment Type:
- School year courses are state funded under most circumstances.
- Summer courses are primarily tuition-based, unless students qualify for Independent Study.
School Year Enrollment Types
Replacing a Course Within the School Day?
- State funded for public school student: Supplemental (SU)
- When requesting, choose “SU: I am a public School student and this course work will substitute for a class period in my regular schedule.”
Adding a Course Beyond a Full Load?
- State-funded through Independent Study (IS) only for students who qualify under at-risk graduation incentives (See Independent Study & Graduation Incentives information below).
- When requesting, choose “IS: I meet the criteria for at-risk graduation incentives and will take the course IN ADDITION TO A FULL SCHEDULE at School through independent Study (counselor must verify).”
Tuition Required for All Others
- $395 per semester credit
- $275 per trimester credit
- $200 per quarter credit
- When requesting, choose “TU: This course work is being taken in addition to a full load at School and I agree to pay the tuition.”
- Payment will be made through Genius SIS: Instructions will be emailed once the student is enrolled into the course.
Summer Enrollment Types
Independent Study
- State funded through Independent Study only for students who qualify under at-risk graduation incentives For summer students need to have failed a course or be behind in credits to qualify.
- When registering, choose “IS: I meet the criteria for at-risk graduation incentives and will take the course IN ADDITION TO A FULL SCHEDULE at School through independent Study (counselor must verify).”
Tuition Required for All Others
- $395 per semester credit
- $275 per trimester credit
- $200 per quarter credit
- When requesting, choose “TU: his course work is being taken in addition to a full load at School and I agree to pay the tuition.”
- Payment will be made through Genius SIS: Instructions will be emailed once the student is enrolled into the course.
More About Independent Study
State-funded only for students age 16-21 who qualify for Independent Study under at-risk graduation incentives.
Students who meet any one of the criteria listed below are eligible to take up to 2 semester credits per year beyond a full load.
However, a minimum of 20% contact time with a licensed teacher is required by the state to receive funding under this option (approximately 17 hours of per semester credit).
Please contact the enrollment@district287.org to determine enrollment and eligibility.
Graduation Incentives
In order to have online courses funded through Independent Study, a student must be under the age of 21 and meet one of the following criteria:
- Performs substantially below performance level on a local achievement test
- Is behind in satisfactorily completing course work or obtaining credits for graduation
- Is pregnant or a parent
- Has been assessed as chemically dependent
- Has been excluded or expelled
- Has been referred by a school district for enrollment in an eligible non-traditional program
- Has been physically or sexually abused
- Has experienced mental health problems
- Has been homeless sometime in the last 6 months
- Has limited English proficiency or speaks English as a second language
- Has been chronically truant or has withdrawn from school
- Is being treated in a hospital in the seven-county metropolitan area for cancer or other life threatening illnesses or is the sibling of the above scenario and resides at least 60 miles beyond the outside boundary of the seven-county metropolitan area.