Washington Bill: HB 1423 Status: 03/01/2013 – Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading. Relevant Elements: 7 Passed the House Education Committee on February 22 as a substitute. It would provide a single, consistent set of laws, rules, and procedures for schools and school districts seeking to offer online learning for students….
Archives for March 2013
Digital Learning Now! State Report: Utah SB 79
Utah Bill: SB 79 Status: 02/28/2013 – Senate/ placed on 2nd Reading Calendar Relevant Elements: 4 Sponsored by Sen. Howard Stephenson, R-Draper, passed the Senate Education Committee on February 27. It would create a student-centered learning pilot program to incentivize schools and school districts to develop and adopt outcomes-based innovations such as data-driven instruction, competency-based…
7 Mar 2013
Digital Learning Now! State Report: Oregon SB 761
Oregon Bill: SB 761 Status: 02/28/2013 – (S) Referred to Education and Workforce Development, then Ways and Means Relevant Elements: 1 Sponsored by the Senate Education and Workforce Development Committee was introduced on February 26. It would establish a Task Force on Virtual School Governance to recommend a governance structure for statewide virtual education that…
7 Mar 2013
Digital Learning Now! State Report: Oregon SB 666
Oregon Bill: SB 666 Status: 02/28/2013 – (S) Referred to Education and Workforce Development, then Finance and Revenue, then Ways and Means Relevant Elements: 9 Sponsored by Sen. Richard Devlin, D-Tualatin, was introduced in the Senate on February 21 and would allow virtual public charter schools to receive funding for providing supplemental online courses. “Supplemental…
6 Mar 2013
Digital Learning Now! State Report: Oklahoma SB 169
Oklahoma Bill: SB 169 Status: 02/28/2013 – First Reading Relevant Elements: 2 Sponsored Senate Education Chair John Ford, R-Bartlesville, passed the Senate Education Committee on February 18 and the full Senate on February 27. It would establish that a virtual education provider offering full-time virtual education to non-resident students of the school district with which…
6 Mar 2013
Digital Learning Now! State Report: New Mexico SB 338
New Mexico Bill: SB 338 Status: 02/27/2013 – PASSED/S (32-7); House Education Committee Relevant Elements: 2 Sponsored by Senate Education Committee Ranking Member Gay Kernan, R-Hobbs, passed the Senate 32-7 with amendments on February 27. As amended it would establish a temporary moratorium on the approval of new applications to form full-time virtual charter schools…
6 Mar 2013
Digital Learning Now! State Report: New Hampshire SB 82
New Hampshire Bill: SB 82 Status: 02/20/2013 – S Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment #2013-0328s, 3/7/13; SC10 Relevant Elements: 4 Sponsored by Sen. Nancy Stiles, R-Hampton, passed the Senate Health, Education and Human Services Committee on February 20. It would establish a commission for the purpose of identifying strategies needed for developing and…
5 Mar 2013
Digital Learning Now! State Report: Florida HB 7029
Florida Bill: HB 7029 Status: 02/22/2013 – House Filed Relevant Elements: 2, 7, 8 Sponsored by Rep. Jose Diaz, R-Miami, was prefiled February 22. This bill would: Develop an online catalog of available digital learning courses that has a description of the course, passage and completion rates, and a way for teachers and students users to…
5 Mar 2013