Important WIRE post...please read. The reimbursement section is the one that I feel will negatively impact some families: As of June 2020, Visions will no longer accept reimbursements for enrichment services (i.e. classes, lessons, conferences, trainings, etc)
Hi Home School families,
In order to continue to provide excellent service to Home School families, Visions In Education is offering the same funding to Home School students in the 2020/21 school year as was offered in the 2019/20 school year. Additionally, Visions has increased technology options for students and has also reviewed and updated certain policies and procedures to ensure all students and families continue to have access to the services provided. These new policies and offerings become effective on July 1, 2020.
Technology Updates:
- Visions In Education has made a significant investment to make Chromebooks available for our Home School students. We will have two models available for rent in the coming year, a Lenovo that will be $200 per year and an Acer that will be $50 per year.
- In addition, we are making available more Mac laptops for the coming year for students and they will continue to be rented at $350 per year.
Voucher Updates:
- Visions In Education continues to work with Community Partners during this uncertain time to offer virtual services to families. In fact, the number of Community Partners offering virtual services to Visions’ students has increased from just under 50 Partners last February to over 480 Community Partners offering virtual services today.
- Visions In Education will now pay for registration fees (included as part of an evoucher) for our Parks and Recreation Public Community Partners.
Reimbursement Updates:
- Visions In Education will continue to accept reimbursements for community college and field trips. Reimbursements for Enrichment services (i.e. classes, lessons, conferences, trainings, etc) will no longer be accepted. Visions In Education is working with many community partners to offer enrichment services through the Visions’ evoucher process so that students may continue to receive these types of services to support their education.
School Sponsored Events and Field Trip Updates:
- When registering a student for school sponsored events or field trips that require a parent/guardian’s attendance, Visions In Education will allow the student’s funds to be used to pay for a single parent or guardian’s participation in that event or field trip as the chaperone. This will be part of the registration process in Launchpad.
- Visions In Education will no longer be offering additional tickets to events or field trips for non-Visions students or additional family members. Students can be accompanied by a single parent/guardian and Visions will pay for the parent/guardian’s attendance via the student’s budget.
