Bill to tweak online class requirement approved
BOISE, Idaho (AP) — A part of Idaho's new education laws that deals with online courses is getting a slight tweak.
The state is requiring high school students to take at least two online credits under changes lawmakers approved last year.
A bill that cleared the 2012 Idaho Legislature on Thursday would revise one of the new education laws, deleting language that defines an online course and says the instructor cannot be physically located in the same school in which the student is receiving the virtual instruction.
The provision aimed to ensure the state was providing distance education, as the new education changes intended. But lawmakers have since learned it could also cause problems, such as prohibiting a teacher from loading online course material in the same school where students are taking the class.
The state is requiring high school students to take at least two online credits under changes lawmakers approved last year.
A bill that cleared the 2012 Idaho Legislature on Thursday would revise one of the new education laws, deleting language that defines an online course and says the instructor cannot be physically located in the same school in which the student is receiving the virtual instruction.
The provision aimed to ensure the state was providing distance education, as the new education changes intended. But lawmakers have since learned it could also cause problems, such as prohibiting a teacher from loading online course material in the same school where students are taking the class.
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