Idaho
Bill: SB 1091
Status: 03/01/2013 – Read second time as amended, filed for Third reading
Sponsored by the Senate Education Committee, passed the Senate Education Committee on February 21 and was amended by the Committee of the Whole and is now pending a third reading. It would create an online course portal and would appropriate $150,000 for the maintenance and development of the portal. The portal would contain available online, nonsectarian K-12 or dual credit courses available from the state digital learning academy, public school districts, charter schools, and colleges and universities. The portal would include and display ratings from students and parents that would evaluate the content, instruction and ease of use of courses. The bill would also establish that students completing all state high school graduation requirements prior to the beginning of their final grade 12 semester would be eligible for dual credit courses and AP exams, paid for by the state. Latest amendments would allow courses offered by any provider of online courses to be included in the online portal, provided they have been verified and approved by the Department of Education to meet state content standards.