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Committee advances bill to separate private/home school online program administration
Summary
SB 137 would bifurcate administration of the statewide online education program (SOEP) so private and homeschool students have a separately administered program manager; committee approved 5–1 amid debate over scholarship parity and fiscal details.
The committee voted 5–1 to send SB 137, Course Choice Empowerment, to the full Senate after a sponsor presentation and public comment. The bill instructs the state office to contract for a program manager to administer online course options for private-school and homeschool students separately from public-education administration while leaving existing funding line items unchanged.
Senator Cullimore, the bill sponsor, said the statewide online education program (SOEP) already serves public, private and homeschool students and that SB 137…
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