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Idaho Home Learning Academy outlines virtual public-school model, urges lifting cap on charter growth
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Idaho Home Learning Academy Director Terry Sorensen described IHLA’s statewide virtual model, accountability systems and funding flow, and asked the Legislature to change a statute that caps charter growth so the program can enroll more students.
Terry Sorensen, executive director of the Idaho Home Learning Academy (IHLA), presented the program’s K–12 virtual model to the Senate Education Committee and urged lawmakers to amend a statutory cap she said limits charter growth.
“Idaho Home Learning Academy is part of an educational choice movement in Idaho that gives parents choice within the public school system,” Sorensen told the committee. She described IHLA as a statewide public virtual school authorized under Oneida School District that serves students in kindergarten through 12th grade and partners with educational-service providers to deliver curriculum, teacher support and a per-student educational savings account.
Sorensen said IHLA provides a full public-school package — certified teachers and administrators, counselors, interventionists, special-education services, 504, English-learner supports and gifted-and-talented programs — and that parents act as “parent learning coaches” working with certified teachers. IHLA requires students to take state-required assessments (IRI, ISAT and the dyslexia screener) and uses teacher-graded electronic portfolios and…
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