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Eligibility Requirements

Students are eligible to enroll in Founders Classical Academy - Virtual if they meet the following criteria set by the Texas Education Agency:

1. If students attended a Texas public school and received remote instruction for the majority of their instructional days (50 percent or more) they must have:

   • Achieved satisfactory achievement ("Approaches" grade level) or higher on each STAAR assessment administered (applicable to students currently in 4th-8th grades)

     • If a STAAR assessment was not administered but the student was in a grade/subject for which STAAR should have been administered, students must take and pass Measures of Academic Progress (MAP) tests in the relevant subject(s).

   • Had a number of unexcused absences that is 10 percent or fewer out of all instructional days 

   • Earned a grade of C or higher in core courses (English Language Arts, Mathematics, Social Studies, Science) taken remotely

2. If students attended homeschool, private school, or an out-of-state school virtually and received remote instruction for the majority of their instructional days (50 percent or more), they must have:

   • Had a number of unexcused absences that is 10 percent or fewer out of all instructional days

   • Earned a grade of C or higher in core courses (English Language Arts, Mathematics, Social Studies, Science) taken remotely

3. Students have and are maintaining 9 or fewer unexcused absences, including from the school they are transferring from

4. Students who have 10 or more absences are subject to administrative withdrawal from Founders Classical Academy - Virtual.

5. Students must be Texas residents to enroll with FCA Online.