Virtual Ed. Enrollment Caps Face Greater Scrutiny
Wisconsin and Oregon, which imposed limitations, are now taking a closer look at the restrictions to see if changes are needed.
Online education enrollment is growing quickly in K-12—about 30 percent a year. So some states have tempered that growth with caps on student enrollment, a legislative move that is now facing increasing scrutiny, educators and experts in the field say.
The two most-cited examples for enrollment caps are in Wisconsin and Oregon, which limited student enrollment in recent years. Both states placed temporary caps on full-time state virtual charter schools to limit fast growth. But they are now studying the programs to determine if caps are still the right approach from both a fiscal and an educational perspective.
E-learning advocates argue that it’s going to be harder for states to add caps down the road. Some say that it’s a political compromise that other states are trying to avoid. They say the bottom line is clear: Many school districts are threatened by the growing...
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