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Government Attacks on Parental Choice in Virtual K-12 Education in Virginia. Chapter 4: Demand and Supply

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3 responses to “Government Attacks on Parental Choice in Virtual K-12 Education in Virginia. Chapter 4: Demand and Supply”

  1. Eric the half a troll Avatar
    Eric the half a troll

    “As for rules and oversight, there are state guidelines enforced by VDOE for the district and privately-run options.”

    To ensure they provide the same access to services that all public schools (brick and mortar or not) are required by law to provide… as required by law…

  2. Dick Hall-Sizemore Avatar
    Dick Hall-Sizemore

    You have opened up an area that probably most readers of this blog were unaware of. I think it is best if I continue my questions on this newest thread.

    As I understand it, Virtual Virginia is available to every school district. DOE establishes a fee schedule for each district and the cost for the district is based on the number of the district’s students enrolled and the district’s composite index.

    A district may also contract with a private provider, MOP, to provide virtual education. Now this is where I am confused. Who pays the MOP? I assume it is the district and the cost is determined by the contract and the district pays with whatever funds it has available, whether from local taxes or state financial assistance.

    You refer to slots. Does DOE control the number of students, either by district or statewide, who can be enrolled in full time virtual school offered by MOPs?

    For the MOPs or Virtual Virginia, are there limits as to how many students can be enrolled in a virtual course?

    Could a MOP course have students from a Virginia school district and a district from another state at the same time?

    You said that there are no rules or guidelines for the DOE school. However, by law, all teachers of virtual course must be certified. Furthermore, it seems logical that Virtual Virginia follows the same curriculum that brick and mortar schools do.

    Can students that are enrolled full-time in Virtual Virginia participate in extracurricular activities at the school, such as athletics, school plays, etc.? How about those enrolled full time in a MOP virtual program?

    Do students enrolled in Virtual Virginia have access to the counselors in the schools?

    What non-instructional services do MOPs have to provide?

    Enough questions for this post.

  3. James Wyatt Whitehead Avatar
    James Wyatt Whitehead

    The projections for enrollment show dramatic expansion in the next two years. This issue is going to impact a significant number of school aged children. The world of virtual education is complex and more in the Virginia Way. Virtual education reform is going to require a sharp group of minds to hammer out a better system.

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