<html><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:times new roman, new york, times, serif;font-size:18pt"><div><span>We should require Idaho Lawmakers to take 3 college credits not <span id="misspell-0" class="mark">online</span> every year so they can see the damage to education they are doing. </span></div><div><span></span><span></span> </div><div><span>Donovan Arnold</span></div><div><br></div> <div style="font-family: times new roman, new york, times, serif; font-size: 18pt;"> <div style="font-family: times new roman, new york, times, serif; font-size: 12pt;"> <div dir="ltr"> <font size="2" face="Arial"> <div style="margin: 5px 0px; padding: 0px; border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); height: 0px; line-height: 0; font-size: 0px;" class="hr" contentEditable="false" readonly="true"></div> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">From:</span></b> Tom Hansen <thansen@moscow.com><br> <b><span style="font-weight:
bold;">To:</span></b> Moscow Vision 2020 <vision2020@moscow.com> <br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Sent:</span></b> Wednesday, January 18, 2012 8:01 AM<br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Subject:</span></b> [Vision2020] Idaho lawmakers review <span id="misspell-1" class="mark">online</span> learning rule<br> </font> </div> <br>
<div id="yiv1868416137"><div><div></div><div>Courtesy of <span id="misspell-2" class="mark">KHQ</span> at:</div><div><br></div>http://www.khq.com/story/16539534/idaho-lawmakers-review-online-learning-rule<div><div> </div><div>------------------------------</div><div><br></div><div><div style="font-family: arial, verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; margin-bottom: 13px;" id="yiv1868416137WNStoryHeader"><h3 style="margin: 0px 0px 10px; padding: 0px; clear: both; font-size: 1.5em; font-weight: bold; display: block;" class="yiv1868416137">Idaho lawmakers review <span id="misspell-3" class="mark">online</span> learning rule</h3></div><span style="font-family: arial, verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;" class="yiv1868416137Apple-style-span"><div style="font-size: 1.1em; margin-bottom: 15px; display: inline;" id="yiv1868416137WNStoryBody" class="yiv1868416137"><div style="margin: 12px 0px; padding: 0px;">BOISE, Idaho (AP) - State lawmakers are reviewing
a plan that makes Idaho the first state to require high school students to take at least two credits <span id="misspell-4" class="mark">online</span> to graduate.</div><div style="margin: 12px 0px; padding: 0px;">The state Board of Education approved the <span id="misspell-5" class="mark">online</span> learning rule in November despite heavy criticism of the plan at public hearings last summer. The requirement is now going before lawmakers for review, with the Senate Education Committee taking up the proposal Tuesday.</div><div style="margin: 12px 0px; padding: 0px;">Schools nationwide offer virtual classes, but just three states - Alabama, Florida and Michigan - have adopted rules since 2006 to require <span id="misspell-6" class="mark">online</span> learning. The <span id="misspell-7" class="mark">online</span> rules vary from state to state, but Idaho would be the first to require two credits <span id="misspell-8"
class="mark">online</span>.</div><div style="margin: 12px 0px; padding: 0px;">The measure is part of a sweeping education overhaul signed into Idaho law last year.</div></div></span><span class="yiv1868416137Apple-style-span">------------------------------</span></div><div><span class="yiv1868416137Apple-style-span"> <br></span><div><span id="misspell-9" class="mark">Seeya</span> later, Moscow.</div><div><br></div><div>Tom Hansen</div><div>Post Falls, Idaho</div><div><br></div><div>"If not us, who?</div><div>If not now, when?"</div><div><br></div><div>- Unknown</div></div></div></div></div><br>=======================================================<br> List services made available by First Step Internet,<br> serving the communities of the <span id="misspell-10" class="mark">Palouse</span> since 1994.<br> <a href="http://www.fsr.net" target="_blank">http://www.fsr.net</a><br>
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