Latest Efforts
Entering 2012, the state of Virginia was coping with the effects of a faulty funding formula, which did not provide equity for all students statewide, that the existence of full-time virtual schools had exposed.
Senate Bill 598 was introduced in January to fix the problem by insuring fair funding for public school students who wanted access to full-time, statewide virtual schools that had been approved by during a rigorous review process by the Virginia Department of Education.…
For the past few years, Idaho senators have stood in the way of removing a statewide cap on the number of charter schools created each year. It looks like that barrier has been partially broken, but one more test remains to eliminate the cap.
The commission setting criteria for authorizing the schools may not decide until July 1.
State effort will gauge effective teaching in CMS and statewide.
A critical clause in the proposed bill could mean tenure reform will not be applied retroactively