Fla. E-Learning Mandate Puts Financial Strain on Districts
Highlands Today
A new state law that requires Florida high school students to take a class online is causing cash-strapped school districts to spend millions on new computers.
The new law requires incoming freshmen, beginning this school year, to take at least one course online prior to graduation.
School districts say that to meet this new requirement they will have to spend money on new computer labs so that students who do not have access to the Internet at home will be able...
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