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Center for Distance Education testifies on enrollment, tuition and proposed bills that would limit district-paid virtual enrollment
Summary
Center for Distance Education leadership told the Appropriations Education and Environment committee about growing enrollment, budget adjustments and concerns with two bills (House Bill 1105 and House Bill 1172) that would change when districts must pay for students to attend the state's virtual school.
Melissa (last name not specified), representing the Center for Distance Education (CDE), and other CDE staff testified about CDE enrollment growth, tuition revenue, staffing needs and two bills before the Legislature that would change districts’ obligations to pay for students attending the state virtual program.
CDE leaders said the center has grown rapidly and now serves tens of thousands of course enrollments. At one point testimony cited headcount of about 5,000 students this year and an overall fiscal-year enrollment tally of roughly 16,500; cumulative biennial enrollment figures cited were larger. CDE presented a budget that relies on tuition revenue and requested spending authority tied to tuition growth,…
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