House Bill 1312: Expands Virtual School to Include Elementary Schools

Author:
Committee on Education

Summary:
Currently, the South Dakota virtual school is designated as a high school. This bill would expand the South Dakota Virtual School to include other grades in addition to high school. This will result in an expansion of the South Dakota virtual school system, an over-funded program which attempts to borrow the homeschool “model”—but with the government at the center rather than parents.

Status:

1/23/2008		First read in House and referred to House Education H.J. 222
1/29/2008		Scheduled for hearing
1/29/2008		Education Do Pass Passed, Yeas 13, Nays 0 H.J. 330
1/29/2008		Placed on consent Passed
1/30/2008		House of Representatives Do Pass Passed, Yeas 66, Nays 1 H.J. 340
1/31/2008		First read in Senate and referred to Senate Education S.J. 298

The South Dakota legislature has adjourned without passing this bill; it is now dead

HSLDA's Position:
Oppose!

Action Requested:
None at this time.

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