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Students, parents and safety advocates urge support for virtual options and operational safety in State Board hearing
Summary
Public commenters at the State Board Accountability Hearings praised Tennessee Virtual Academy for meeting medically fragile and anxious students’ needs and urged continued funding; a school safety accreditation nonprofit asked the board to include operational readiness in accountability measures.
Public testimony at the State Board of Education Accountability Hearings on March 23 focused on two themes: the value of virtual schooling for medically fragile students and a call to broaden accountability to include operational safety.
Fifth-grade student Brannix Wilson told the committee that Tennessee Virtual Academy (TMVA) allowed him to keep learning while managing chronic EBV. “TMVA gives me the flexibility I need to rest when I'm not feeling…
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