Board approves 4th amendment to virtual-school agreement, keeps partial FTE locally

The Quillayute Valley School District board on [date not specified] approved a 4th amendment to its educational products and services agreement with K12 Virtual Schools LLC, commonly known in the meeting as Insight School Washington. Staff described the change as formalizing a prior practice that allows the district to retain 50% of the funding tied to students served through the partnership and to keep 0.5 of the district's local students.

"We're basically retaining 50% of our funding FTE and, as a side, sending the whole funding to Insight School Washington, they are very gracious in letting us keep 0.5 of our own local school students," said the staff member leading the discussion (Staff member, SEG 1439). Board members asked clarifying questions about how homeschool-plus students would be handled; staff said the amendment would replace splitting FTE with a per-course charge for shared students to simplify monthly progress conferencing and paperwork for families.

The motion to approve the amendment was made from the floor and adopted by voice vote with no recorded roll-call in the transcript. Meeting minutes reflect the board approving the amendment after discussion and brief questions.

Why it matters: The change preserves a portion of local funding and clarity on billing for students enrolled in both district-run programs and the virtual partner. Board members framed the vote as an administrative step to reduce bookkeeping complexity for families while retaining some local funding for students who remain affiliated with the district.

Next steps: Staff said they will finalize the amendment paperwork and follow up with operational details for homeschool-plus families and the bookkeeping process.