[This story has been updated with additional comments] Gov. Roy Cooper has vetoed a bill that would allow a low-performing virtual charter school to add students. Senate Bill 392 contains a provision that would lift the maximum student enrollment cap for one of the state’s two virtual charter schools, N.C. Virtual Academy. Under the bill,...
Despite low performance, NC Virtual Academy may get to raise its enrollment by 20% after the House approved legislation granting the enrollment growth. On Thursday, June 11, the House passed Senate Bill 392, by a vote of 87-26. The bill now goes to the Senate for concurrence. One section of S.B. 392, the Various Charter...
Lawmakers want to give virtual charter schools more time to improve student performance as the four year pilot program nears completion. The Joint Legislative Education Oversight Committee approved a draft report on Tuesday, May 1, including proposed legislation to extend the pilot program for the state’s two virtual charter schools. The General Assembly had the...
RALEIGH — Virtual charter schools and other distance-learning options would be unshackled from the legal-political bind in which they remain idled if Lt. Gov.-elect Dan Forest has his way. He will sit on the State Board of Education, which sets policy for K-12 education throughout the state, and chair the 30-member eLearning Commission, which explores ways to connect students to online learning opportunities.
