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Substitute for Course Choice law would carve out private-school portion and move funding to grants line, staff say
Summary
The substitute to Senate Bill 137 removes private‑school students from the statewide online education program and requires an independent program manager; the change would shift roughly $7 million into a contracted grants line, officials said.
Sam Urey described the substitute to Senate Bill 137 and how it would change funding and oversight for private‑school students taking online courses through the statewide online education program (SOEP/SOEP).
"This substitute just carves out the private school portion of that, and requires an an independent program manager for those private school students taking SOEP courses," Urey said.
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