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…
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
Digital Learning Now! State Report: Idaho SB 1028
Idaho Bill: SB 1028 Status: 03/01/2013 – Reported delivered to Governor on 02/28/13 Relevant Elements: 4 Sponsored by the Senate Education Committee, passed the House on February 22 and is pending delivery to Republican Gov. Butch Otter. It would change the existing mastery advancement pilot program to a program offered to any school district or…
5 Mar 2013
Digital Learning Now! State Report: Idaho SB 1091
Idaho Bill: SB 1091 Status: 03/01/2013 – Read second time as amended, filed for Third reading Relevant Elements: 7 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…
4 Mar 2013