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YLA is built to support homeschool families with youth ages 12 and older. When you have a youth age 12-18 who is homeschooling you can apply for membership in Youth Leaders for America. 

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For several reasons, YLA cannot accomodate families who do not have a scholar age student 12 and older. One is a space issue. If we allow all families of all ages to come, we would not have room for the large amount of junior students that desire to attend. 

In addition to this, younger ages require a lot more time and energy to manage. This is where burn out happens quickly in homeschool co-ops and groups tend to get bottom heavy rather quickly. 

Some communities do offer a JYLA (Junior YLA) program for siblings of YLA youth. But they must have a sibling 12 or older attending at that YLA Communtiy to participate. And parents are required to attend with them. 

Families who are looking forward to joining YLA are invited to read, "A Thomas Jefferson Education" by Oliver Demille to catch a vision of what YLA is all about and how they can prepare by providing their students with a wonderful Core and Love of Learning phase to prepare them to become Scholars at YLA in the future. 

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Families pay a once a year membership fee. This changes based on the amount of families and the needs of the community each year. 

In addition to membership fees, each family will pay their individual Class Fees for each of their students classes. These fees also vary based on how many students are attending and how many classes they are registered for. These fees are paid directly to the mentors. Class fees may range from $10 a semester to $300 a semester. 

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For those who woud like assistance in paying their fees, My Tech High provides an option for homeschool families to take group classes and be reimbursed for them. They will reimburse fees paid for YLA classes. They also provide funds for computers and other technical needs, as well and books and other homeschool supplies.  In order to access these funds you must enroll your student(s) with My Tech High.

You can visit their website for more information on how to enroll in My Tech High

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YES! YLA Communities are run by inspired volunteers who feel the call to build up a homeschool community in their area. See more information on our homepage.