May homeschool students participate in public schools?
Homeschoolers may take “courses” at the public school on a part-time basis. A “course” is defined as any instructional curricular service or activity. They may also avail themselves of ancillary services. These are defined as co-curricular services or activities. Some examples are counseling, testing, hearing tests and speech therapy, etc. While participating at the public school for part-time courses or for ancillary services, homeschoolers remain under the home-based instruction statutes. The Washington Homeschool Organization has a variety of free and low-cost resources including a list of parent qualifying courses, test providers, tutors, etc.
