Senate
File
475
H-1346
Amend
Senate
File
475,
as
amended,
passed,
and
reprinted
by
1
the
Senate,
as
follows:
2
1.
By
striking
page
1,
line
3,
through
page
6,
line
34,
and
3
inserting:
4
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Section
1.
ONLINE
LEARNING
WORKING
GROUP.
The
department
5
of
education
shall
convene
a
working
group
of
education
6
stakeholders
to
study
online
learning
and
programming
for
7
school
districts
and
accredited
nonpublic
schools
and
related
8
educational,
assessment,
and
funding
issues.
The
working
9
group
shall
review
the
appropriate
use
of
online
learning
by
10
school
districts
and
accredited
nonpublic
schools,
partnerships
11
between
school
districts
and
accredited
nonpublic
schools
12
and
private
providers
of
online
programs,
and
the
potential
13
use
of
online
learning
as
the
exclusive
means
to
provide
14
coursework
required
under
the
state’s
educational
standards.
15
In
particular,
the
working
group
shall
study
the
effect
of
16
online
learning
on
student
assessment
and
achievement
results
17
and
shall
identify
and
develop
measures
to
reduce
the
student
18
dropout
rate
and
improve
rate-of-retention
and
achievement
19
results
at
virtual
schools.
The
working
group
shall
submit
20
its
findings
and
recommendations
in
a
report
to
the
general
21
assembly
by
January
1,
2018.
>
22
2.
By
renumbering
as
necessary.
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