Jim at Snooze Button Dreams discovered a nifty new plan in the works that would allow homeschooled and private school students to take public school courses online:
The Senate Education committee approved a plan to create the Georgia Virtual School - giving students in small school systems computer access to advanced placement classes and other courses that may not be available to them locally.
The classes would be funded by state tax dollars based on the number of courses students were taking. A change introduced by Sen. Don Thomas, R-Dalton, would open up to six online courses a year to students not enrolled in public school.
"I want to be fair to every student," Thomas said. "Their parents are paying a lot of taxes."
Incidentally, Jim apologizes for the profanity in his response to those who complain that this plan somehow "weakens public schools"; he was feeling a bit cheeky this morning. Entirely justified, in my mind.
Posted by kswygert at January 25, 2005 07:41 PM