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    2012 Florida Highlights

    • Florida Virtual School (FLVS) is the country’s largest public online course provider in the U.S.
    • Florida has the most online learners in any state.

    Current Strengths and Reform Opportunities

    • Florida has made great strides in creating policies to support online and blended learning that can be further strengthened by policies that support competency education for traditional and online students.
    • Florida’s provisions for funding online students can be expanded to fund traditional students to expand overall student choice and access so that funding processes are the same across systems.

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    DLN State Report 4.19.13

    Alabama Bill: SB 430 Status: 04/11/2013 – Read for the first time and referred to the Senate committee on Education Relevant Elements: 2 Alabama SB 430, sponsored by Senate Minority Leader Vivian Figures, D-Mobile, was read for the first time and referred to the Senate Education Committee on April 11. It would: Allow the state…

    DLN State Report 3.22.2013

    Colorado Bill: SB 139 Status: 03/19/2013 – Senate Third Reading Passed; Introduced In House – Assigned to Education Relevant Elements: 1, 8 SB 139 passed the Senate on March 19 and is now in the House Education Committee. It would add requirements to ensure every high school student has the opportunity to take at least…

    DLN State Report 3.15.2013

    Arkansas Bill: HB 1785 Status: 03/07/2013 – House — Read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and referred to the Committee on EDUCATION COMMITTEE- HOUSE Relevant Elements: 1, 2, 6, 7, 8, 10 Arkansas HB 1785, sponsored by Rep. Dan Douglas, R-Bentonville, was introduced on March 7 and referred to the House…

    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…