Susan K. Beatty Scholarship

Each year CHEA intends to award a $1000 scholarship to a graduating home educated student who is going to a college, university, or accredited career or vocational school in the fall following high school graduation. Applications must be submitted to CHEA no later than February 28 each year. For more information, contact [email protected].

To be eligible for the scholarship, applicants must meet all of the following criteria:

1. Applicants must have been privately homeschooled (not enrolled in a public school program), with their parents teaching them at home at least 51% of the time and at least 51% of the academic subjects, for at least the last four years.
2. Applicants must be at least 16 by December 1 of the scholarship year and no older than 19 on June 30 the spring the award is granted.
3. Applicant’s parents must have been CHEA Members since at least August 1 of the academic year in which you are applying for the scholarship award, with their membership maintained through July 31 of the following academic year in which the student is enrolled in the college/school and the scholarship is actually given.
4. Applicants must be accepted for admission to a college (including community college), university, or accredited career/vocational school in August/September of the award year.
5. Applicants must be able to attend the Saturday morning General Session of the Annual Convention, if selected to receive the scholarship. CHEA will provide for transportation and one night’s housing for the scholarship winner and one parent if he or she lives more than 100 miles from the Convention site.

*For the purposes of this scholarship, the student must have been taught at home by his/her parents at least 51% of the time and at least 51% of the academic subjects to be considered homeschooled. Courses taken other places, i.e. college courses taken during high school, co-op courses, etc., should be noted.