Free K-12 Home School Courses

TERMS OF USE

Welcome to the K-12 Free Homeschool web site. In return for access to the information we are providing, we require that you abide by these Terms of Use in your use of this web site. If you do not accept these Terms of Use, you are not authorized to use this web site. Your use of this web site is your automatic agreement to these Terms of Use.

 

 

BACKGROUND

This web site is designed to provide students, parents and guardians with access to a varied collection of digital media. If you are not a registered student or the parent or guardian of a registered student or a tutor, teacher, or administrator, you are only authorized to use the public portion of this web site (portions not password-protected). We recommend that you review these Terms of Use. If at any time you are not in compliance with these Terms of Use, we have the right to terminate your rights of use and access to this web site. We also have the right to terminate your use at our discretion, for any reason or no reason.

 

 

UPDATES TO TERMS OF USE

We may amend these Terms of Use at any time by posting the amended Terms of Use on this web site. Your use of this web site after the posting of the amended Terms of Use constitutes automatic acceptance of the amended Terms of Use. You may only amend these Terms of Use by a writing signed by both of us. Any information contained on this web site does not represent a commitment on our part in the future. We make no commitment to update the information contained on this web site.

 

 

LIMITATIONS ON USE

Your use of the eBooks, eTexts, and associated graphics obtained through this web site is subject to the following limitations:

  • The eBooks, eTexts, and associated graphics obtained through this web site may not be used for any commercial purpose.
  • The Public Domain eBooks, eTexts, and associated graphics obtained through this web site may be copied in print or electronic form without our permission as long as K-12 Free Homeschool is credited.
  • Users are not permitted to download the eBooks, eTexts, or associated graphics or any other content, excepting public domain texts, in order to mount them on their own servers for public use or for use by a set of users or subscribers.

 

 

ENROLLMENT CRITERIA

  • Registering parent and their student(s) must reside in the United States all at the same physical address and be United States citizens. At this time we are not able to accept non U.S. citizens or U.S. citizens living abroad.
  • Parents must complete a full online enrollment form and remit incidental or elective fees (if any) and maintain their account in good standing using a valid credit or debit card. This card is used to help with identification and is kept on account for incidental purchases (if any). It must be registered to the enrolling parent at the permanent address that the parent uses during the enrollment process and that address is the residence of both the cardholder and the student(s). Parents and their enrolled students must reside at the same street address. For security and accounting issues we are not currently able to accept payments via check or money order.
  • Parents and/or students may not currently have applied for or currently attend (or have previously attended) any online course(s) from any other online course/curriculum provider. The sole exception is application to or attendance at a public online charter school. Only homeschoolers with no previous experience with online learning are currently being accepted. (This criteria meets our corporate sponsorship requirement that all opinions from parents and/or students are from a "fresh" view with no previous exposure to K-12 online learning).
  • Parents must agree to comply with any/all government homeschool regulations and meet all homeschool criteria in your area of residence. Parents employed by or who have immediate family members employed by any company involved in online K-12 education, public online charter school, curriculum developer/publisher and/or any other competitive activity may not apply for enrollment for their student(s) at this time.
  • For security purposes and quality communications, parents and students must submit and maintain on file a working telephone number, email address that is regularly checked, valid street address of actual residence (no P.O. Boxes or 3rd party mail services), credit or debit card for incidental purchases and identification that is associated with the street address of residence of parent and student(s).

 

 

SYSTEM INTEGRITY

You may not use any device, software or routine, including but not limited to any viruses, trojan horses, worms, time bombs or cancelbots, intended to damage or interfere with the proper working of this web site or to surreptitiously intercept or expropriate any system, data or personal information from this web site. You may not take any action which imposes an unreasonable or disproportionately large load on our infrastructure, including but not limited to denial or service attacks, "spam" or any other such unsolicited overload technique.

 

 

POSSIBLE DEFECTS

It is possible the eBooks, eTexts, and associated graphics available on this web site and any medium they may be on may contain defects such as incomplete, inaccurate, or corrupt data, transcription errors, copyright or other intellectual property infringement, a defective or damaged disk or other medium, a computer virus, or computer codes that damage or cannot be read by your equipment. You use this web site at your own risk. We do not endorse any information posted or content contained on this web site and we are not liable for any information posted on this web site, including but not limited to any information posted about you. We reserve the right to take any action with respect to information posted on this web site which we believe is appropriate in our sole discretion with respect to information posted on this web site, including but not limited to termination of your rights of use.

 

 

LINKS

This web site may contain links to third-party web sites not under our control or operation. When we provide links, we do so only as a convenience and do not endorse and are not responsible for the contents of any linked site or any link contained in a linked site. We may, in our sole discretion, permit links to this web site, as long as they do not imply endorsement, sponsorship, or affiliation. We do require, however, that you get our prior written consent before creating any type of hyperlink to this web site. You may frame this web site only with our prior written consent.

 

 

THIRD-PARTY CONTENT

This web site may contain news and information published by various third-party providers or links to third-party web sites. The Terms and Conditions of the respective third parties are posted on their respective web sites (and may be updated from time to time). We recommend that you review those Terms and Conditions.

 

 

TUITION

K-12 Free Homeschool has both public and private sections of this web site. Access to these private sections requires a username and password which are created by the parent during the enrollment process. Tuition for core curriculum/courses is free to registered students in good standing. Upon enrollment, the student's parent or guardian is agreeing to pay any associated costs such as Shipping & Handling or any published fee. In addition to core curriculum/courses, K-12 Free Homeschool offers optional elective courses, course upgrades, and other goods and services at additional cost. Parents or students are never required to purchase any upgrade or any other goods. All core curriculum/courses are always tuition-free at K-12 Free Homeschool.

Enrollment includes access to up to 6 courses. There may be additional fees and course materials for additional courses which are clearly described within the official course description.

 

 

REFUND POLICY

Families have 30 days from the first student log on in which to determine if the School's programs suit the needs of their student(s).

Tuition fees for optional or elective courses, Teacher-led services, and other elective upgrade tuitions may be refundable according to the following schedule:

  • Disenrollment within 30 days of enrollment:
    If entire tuition has been paid in full at the time of registration, the family will receive a refund of their entire tuition payment minus 25%.
  • Disenrollment after 30 days of enrollment:
    After 30 days, all tuition fees are due and payable. No refunds are available on tuition, curriculum materials, CD Usage Fees, or any other fees after that time.
  • Familes disenrolling after 60 days are responsible for the entire cost of tuition for the home school year.

 

 

CHANGES TO COURSE SELECTION

Students may drop or add courses at any time throughout the home school year, subject to the following fees:

  • Course Removal Fee: $10 per home school course
  • Course Add Fee: $25 per home school course

For students dropping a course and replacing it (immediately) with another, the Course Removal Fee will be waived and the family will be responsible for the Course Add Fee alone.

 

 

FINANCIAL RESPONSIBILITY

At this time K-12 Free Homeschool requires the use of Visa or Mastercard credit or debit cards in our secure online Auto-Pay system. An active card is required for account security and so that the system can automatically process charge card payments if/when any remittance is due. Using Auto-Pay helps assure uninterrupted service and helps to avoid interest and late charges. Declined Credit Card transactions are subject to a $1.00 Declined Credit Card Fee. Member Services can be reached via e-mail at MemberServices@K-12FreeHomeschool.org, via phone at 215-487-3700, Monday through Friday 9AM to 5PM EST, or by mail at K-12 Free Homeschool, 10 Shurs Lane, Philadelphia, PA 19127.

Accounts that are placed in collection because of non-payment are subject to additional fees as permitted by law. The account holder is responsible for all collection costs (legal and para-legal) associated with collection activities for accounts that are cancelled for non-payment. Accounts cancelled or suspended for non-payment are subject to reporting to credit agencies and collection services.

 

 

RETURN OF MATERIALS

Most curriculum materials are provided online via eBooks and/or downloads. Depending on course selection, some curriculum materials may be provided via ground shipment after enrollment has been completed. K-12 Free Homeschool is primarily an online learning environment and, as such, the bulk of the student's curriculum is presented online. Additionally, CDs containing essential video and audio may be included. CD-Video discs are usually provided as free curriculum (S&H may be additional) and must be returned at the end of the current learning year or upon disenrollment. There is a CD-Video replacement fee of $10.00 per CD that is not returned and received within 30 days of end of learning year or disenrollment date, whichever comes first.(Students who do not attend classes for 30 days or more are automatically disenrolled unless other arrangements are made via email.) Some courses do not have CDs, while others can be accompanied by one to ten CDs.

 

 

SUSPENSION, ETC.

Suspension is a temporary discontinuance of access to the K-12 Free Homeschool username/password-protected sections. Students remain enrolled during a suspension and all financial responsibilities remain in effect during a suspension. If a student is expelled for any reason, the financial responsibility to the tuition ceases upon expulsion. Suspension or expulsion can occur for a variety of reasons, including abuse of Social Center privileges. The most common reasons for suspension or expulsion are for inappropriate language or prohibited communications and/or actions.

We recommend that you review our Privacy Policy that is posted on this web site, which is part of these Terms of Use and which we may amend from time to time. If at any time you are not in compliance with the policy, we have the right to terminate your rights of use and access to this web site. Unfortunately, we cannot ensure that all personal information will never be disclosed in ways not otherwise described in the Privacy Policy. We may be required by law to disclose information to government authorities, law enforcement, or to third parties upon subpoena, and you authorize us to disclose information as we believe, in our sole discretion, is necessary and appropriate.

 

 

RELIGIOUS CONTENT AND WORLD-VIEW

The K-12 Free Homeschool web site is centered around traditional, conservative Christianity which is not only limited to subjects such as Bible or Devotions but is extended to be integrated in all traditional subjects. Christian concepts are integrated into all subject areas in all grade levels. The type of Christian content is generally described in our Statement of Faith. All students, regardless of religious background, are expected to learn and master all teachings that include our Christian foundation. Understanding that this is a Christian learning environment, you agree not to express, attempt to persuade, or proselytize other parents or students to a differing view even if you disagree with these positions. This policy is in place because parents expect that the Christian teaching received is consistent with our Statement of Faith. This policy does not preclude discussions of comparative religions limited to classrooms where such discussion is part of the determined and approved lesson structure. This policy does not apply to situations such as personal, non-public, one-to-one discussions with teachers, tutors, and/or administrators to discuss and explore matters of a spiritual nature; we encourage such inquiry and encourage our teachers, tutors, and administration to participate to the degree that the time involved in such discussions does not interfere with their ability to well tend to the primary needs of their students.

 

 

SUBMISSION OF MATERIALS

All comments, suggestions, ideas, graphics, or other information or materials that you transmit to us through this web site become and will remain our property and may be used by us anywhere, anytime, and for any reason whatsoever. Any materials or information submitted to us will be treated as non-confidential and non-proprietary, and we will not have any obligation to use or evaluate any information we receive from you. In addition, we will not be under any obligation to respond in any way or reveal to you any information about K-12 Free Homeschool or any of its affiliates. We will not have to pay you or anyone else for using any ideas or other materials that you may transmit to us in connection with the use of this web site. You should rely solely on your rights under the patent, trademark, and copyright laws. The receipt or consideration of your information by us shall in no way impair our right to contest the validity of your patent, trademark, or copyright. Of course, you are not to transmit to this web site any material which is unlawful, threatening, violent, abusive, harassing, degrading, defamatory, libelous, deceptive, fraudulent, or which may give rise to civil or criminal liability, infringe a third party's intellectual property rights, or otherwise violate any law or regulation. Even though we may monitor and review transmissions, we assume no responsibility or liability which may arise from the content thereof, including — but not limited to — claims for defamation, libel, slander, obscenity, pornography, profanity, or misrepresentation.

 

 

GOVERNING LAW & JURISDICTION

This web site (excluding linked sites) is operated by us from our offices and it can be accessed from all 50 states in the United States, as well as from other countries around the world. As each of these places has laws that may differ, by accessing this web site, you agree that these Terms of Use and your use of this web site shall be governed in all respects by the internal substantive laws of the geographic location of the physical headquarters of K-12 Free Homeschool. You further submit to jurisdiction and venue in the federal and state courts located where the physical headquarters are located and further agree that any cause of action you may bring arising under your use of this web site shall be brought by you exclusively in a federal or state court. We make no representation that materials on this web site are appropriate or available for use in all locations, and accessing them from territories where their contents are illegal is prohibited. Those who choose to access this site from other locations do so on their own initiative and are responsible for compliance with local laws

 

 

NO WARRANTY

We provide the eBooks, eTexts, graphics, and other information on this web site free of charge, subject to these Terms of Use. We make no warranties or representations, express or implied, as to the accuracy, completeness, or any other aspect of the information on this web site and assume no liability in connection with any use of this information. THIS WEB SITE, THE EBOOKS, ETEXTS, GRAPHICS, AND ALL OTHER INFORMATION CONTAINED HEREIN AND OUR SERVICES ARE PROVIDED "AS IS," "WHERE IS," AND WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY OR CONDITION OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS, IMPLIED, OR STATUTORY. WE SPECIFICALLY DISCLAIM THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, TITLE, AND NON-INFRINGEMENT. WE ALSO DO NOT GUARANTEE CONTINUOUS, UNINTERRUPTED, OR SECURE ACCESS TO THIS WEB SITE OR OUR SERVICES, AND OPERATION OF THIS WEB SITE MAY BE INTERFERED WITH BY NUMEROUS FACTORS OUTSIDE OF OUR CONTROL. YOU USE THIS WEB SITE AT YOUR OWN RISK.

 

 

INDEMNIFICATION

You agree to indemnify, defend, and hold us harmless from and against any and all claims, demands, actions, costs, liabilities, losses, and damages of any kind (including attorneys' fees) resulting from your use of this web site, your breach of any provisions of these Terms of Use, and/or any intentional wrongdoing by you. Any such indemnification shall be conditioned on our: (a) notifying you in writing of any such claim, demand, action, cost, liability, loss, or threat of any thereof; (b) cooperating with you in the defense or settlement thereof; and, (c) allowing you to control such defense or settlement. We shall be entitled to participate in such defense at our own cost and expense. We reserve the right to report any wrongdoing, if we become aware of it, to the applicable government agencies or otherwise.

 

 

LIMITATION OF LIABILITY

In the event that you have a dispute with one or more users of this web site, you release us (and our agents and employees) from claims, demands and damages (actual, consequential, and punitive) of every kind and nature, known and unknown, suspected and unsuspected, disclosed and undisclosed, arising out of or in any way connected with this web site or such disputes. You waive the provisions of any law or regulation limiting or prohibiting a general release. NEITHER K-12 Free Homeschool, ITS AFFILIATES, NOR ANY PARTY INVOLVED IN CREATING, PRODUCING, OR DELIVERING THIS WEB SITE WILL BE LIABLE FOR ANY DAMAGES OR INJURY THAT ACCOMPANY OR RESULT FROM YOUR ACCESS TO AND USE OF THIS WEB SITE, OR YOUR INABILITY TO ACCESS AND USE THIS WEB SITE, OR FROM DOWNLOADING ANY MATERIAL CONTAINED ON THIS SITE, NOR WILL ANY SUCH PARTY BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INCIDENTAL, CONSEQUENTIAL, INDIRECT, OR PUNITIVE DAMAGES, OR ANY OTHER LOSSES, COSTS, OR EXPENSES OF ANY KIND WHICH MAY ARISE, DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY, FROM YOUR USE OF, OR INABILITY TO USE, THIS WEB SITE, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO, ANYTHING CAUSED BY: A) INCOMPLETE OR INACCURATE INFORMATION; B) COMPUTER VIRUSES; C) SOFTWARE BUGS; D) HUMAN ACTION OR INACTION; E) ANY COMPUTER SYSTEM, PHONE LINE, HARDWARE, SOFTWARE, OR PROGRAM MALFUNCTIONS; OR, F) ANY OTHER ERRORS, FAILURE OR DELAYS IN COMPUTER TRANSMISSION OR NETWORK CONNECTION. The limitations of liability provided in these Terms of Use inure to the benefit of K-12 Free Homeschool, our affiliates, and to all of our respective officers, directors, employees, attorneys, and agents.

 

 

OTHER GENERAL PROVISIONS

If any provision of these Terms of Use is held to be invalid or unenforceable, such provision will be struck and the remaining provisions enforced. Headings are for reference purposes only. Our failure to act with respect to a breach by you or others does not waive our right to act with respect to subsequent or similar breaches. These Terms of Use, and all writings and web pages incorporated by reference into these Terms of Use, set forth the entire understanding and agreement between us with respect to the subject matter hereof.