FES-UA Q&A
My child goes to a "Coop" that is 2 days per week from 9-3 and taught by certified teachers. As parents we teach our children at home 2 days a week in conjunction with the Coop. They give us the curriculumn and we teach half while they teach half. Ultimately the parent is in charge of the child's education. Originally I thought this would be covered by the PEP scholarship as the coop said it would but now I'm second guessing this for a few reasons.
1. The Coop keeps attendance and if we miss too many days we are required to have a meeting with them and create a plan to correct. They do not report attendance to the state though.
2. The Coop is set up so each grade has one teacher and stays with that teacher for the entire day (2 days per week) rather than it being different classes or parent led classes.
3. They don't have their curriculumn listed out on their site even though I know a few other parents have asked if this would be done in order to be compliant. Only general info about the type of curriculumn that is used and the tuition that is paid are listed publicly.
I have contacted Step Up but they can't give me a definitive answer other than not to pay for this type of coop prior to funding so I can submit for a pre-authorization. But even that, I was told could take months while they look at the way the Coop is set up. I'm afraid I'm paying for something that won't be reimbursed now and I'm really confused as to how to figure this out.