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Education board votes to require online classes

September 10, 2011 /

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Idaho is a step closer to joining the handful of states that require students to take online courses.

The state Board of Education gave initial approval Friday to a rule requiring high school students to take at least two credits online to graduate, despite heavy opposition to the plan at public hearings across Idaho this summer.

Schools nationwide offer online classes but just three states – Alabama, Florida and Michigan – have adopted rules since 2006 to require online learning, according to the International Association of K-12 Online Learning in Washington, D.C.

Idaho would be the first state to require two credits online.

Jessie L. Bonner Associated Press

Full Story: http://www.spokesman.com/stories/2011/sep/10/education-board-votes-to-require-online-classes/

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