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Cloverport officials and families warn Kentucky Board rule could force closure of Kentucky Virtual Academy
Summary
Cloverport Independent School District officials told the Senate Standing Committee on Education that an agency amendment to the Kentucky Administrative Regulations capping virtual-program enrollment at 10% of a district's in-person enrollment would effectively close the district's Kentucky Virtual Academy, which officials say enrolls roughly 2,800 students statewide.
Cloverport Independent School District Superintendent Keith Haines told the Senate Standing Committee on Education that an agency amendment to the Kentucky Administrative Regulations (KAR) governing virtual programs would cap district virtual enrollments at 10% of a district's in-person enrollment and, as written, would force closure of Cloverport's Kentucky Virtual Academy (KYVA).
"That would close KYVA," Haines told the committee. He said KYVA has "just under 2,800 students" and that the KAR cap applied to Cloverport's small in-person population (about 275 students) would limit the district's allowable virtual enrollment to roughly 27 students. Haines said the change would require nonrenewal of roughly 75 teachers' contracts and require the district to tell current students they must find another school.
Why it matters: KYVA is a full-time virtual public program that Cloverport officials said serves a statewide population of students who they described as highly at-risk or unable to thrive in traditional settings, including students with health challenges, autism or…
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