Yeah, all the PA charters have these complicated rule systems about acceleration. Getting an exception to any of the rules would require jumping through a series of flaming hoops, possibly including filing legal due process paperwork! I'm pretty sure that experience would negate any benefits of K12 being easier for me as the homeschooling parent.
The ones I've talked to said that they would do acceleration ONLY in reading and math, and ONLY up to 2 full grade levels. So even though Sam is almost done with Algebra I right now, if I enrolled him in K12, the highest grade level of math they could put him in would be 5th grade. And they do NO acceleration in other areas.
I could certainly do K12 on my own...if I wanted to pay hundreds and hundreds of dollars for each course.
I'm already "paying" for K12 with my school tax money, so it seems sort of silly to have to buy it on my own just because the state's school won't accommodate our son's needs. Don't get me started...
Tara