Four commenters recommend allowing the We have revised the regulation to remove the provision 52.05(13) Establishing School establishing district(s) or education collaborative requiring the establishing district to pay the same fee. District Enrollment districts to offer full-time and individual course Allowable discounts will be outlined in guidance and enrollments for free or at least at a discount to defined in the Terms of the Certificate. students from the sponsoring district(s) or education collaborative. 52.05(14) Online Concern that this conflicts with 52.05(5) and may The proposed regulation does not allow the school to Learning impact ability to identify students from target refuse to enroll or to unenroll students based upon Experience group(s). This provision requiring the virtual school success in online learning experiences”; rather, “potential to assess students with respect to potential success in the virtual school must provide supports to alleviate the online learning is quite important. It is not in a learning gaps before giving the student significant student’s interest to enroll if the student has a high coursework. This assessment occurs after the student is risk for failure in this virtual education medium. But enrolled. other rules conflict with this important proposed rule that no assessment can be used to make enrollment decisions and a rule saying there can be no in acceptance, even with target groups. Recommend adding a provision to ensure the student cannot be counseled out.
52.05(13) Establishing School District Enrollment Four commenters recommend allowing the establishing district(s) or education collaborative districts to offer full-time and individual course enrollments for free or at least at a discount to students from the sponsoring district(s) or education collaborative. We have revised the regulation to remove the provision requiring the establishing district to pay the same fee. Allowable discounts will be outlined in guidance and defined in the Terms of the Certificate. 52.05(14) Online Learning Experience Concern that this conflicts with 52.05(5) and may impact ability to identify students from target group(s). This provision requiring the virtual school to assess students with respect to potential success in online learning is quite important. It is not in a student’s interest to enroll if the student has a high risk for failure in this virtual education medium. But other rules conflict with this important proposed rule that no assessment can be used to make enrollment decisions and a rule saying there can be no in acceptance, even with target groups. Recommend adding a provision to ensure the student cannot be counseled out. The proposed regulation does not allow the school to refuse to enroll or to unenroll students based upon “potential success in online learning experiences”; rather, the virtual school must provide supports to alleviate the learning gaps before giving the student significant coursework. This assessment occurs after the student is enrolled.
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