Idaho Ed. Board Votes to Require Online Classes
The measure requires students to take e-courses to graduate
Idaho is moving closer to establishing one of the farthest-reaching requirements in the country for students to take online education courses, though the measure has to clear a couple of final hurdles first.
The state board of education approved rules this month that would mandate that students complete two one-semester online classes before graduating from high school.
The basis for those rules was a law approved by the Idaho legislature earlier this year, over the objections of opponents who said it would dilute the quality of instruction by doing away with teachers in certain classes. One of the state board members is Tom Luna , the state’s superintendent of public instruction, who championed the measure before state...
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