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The Florida Virtual School (FLVS) is... | |||
* State virtual school founded in 1997 | |||
* The first US statewide online public high school (i.e. open to all Floridians) | |||
* Courses free to Florida residents; others may enrol and pay tuition. | |||
* 213,296 semester course enrollments to 97,182 students in grades 6-12 in 2009-10; this represents an increase of 38% since 2008-09. Percentage of these from Florida unknown | |||
* Roughly three times larger than any other state virtual school; 10-25 times larger than most | |||
* Florida districts may select to set up FLVS Franchise schools | |||
* Districts are required by law to provide students a full-time online learning option; students hoping to take FLVS online courses cannot be denied that opportunity | |||
* Unique funding model can be characterised as follows: | |||
** Funding of FLVS is built directly into the state education funding formula | |||
** Funding is performance-based: FLVS receives funding only for students who successfully completes their courses | |||
** Same funding formula as the state’s traditional public schools, i.e. the funding tied to that student goes to FLVS | |||
* Known (and sometimes maligned) for use of eLearning Centers (ELCs) and Virtual Learning Labs (VLLs). 150 schools in Florida have implemented these in partnership with FLVS: | |||
** The traditional school provides scheduled time and a workspace (such as a computer lab or library) and FLVS provides the teacher and an online course | |||
** ELCs and VLLs each have a facilitator to work in tandem with the online teacher | |||
** Statewide, the number of VLLs greatly expanded in 2009-10 (especially in Miami-Dade) due to class size reduction legislation (as districts select virtual options to meet the new requirements) | |||
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Revision as of 15:33, 17 June 2011
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The Florida Virtual School (FLVS) is...
- State virtual school founded in 1997
- The first US statewide online public high school (i.e. open to all Floridians)
- Courses free to Florida residents; others may enrol and pay tuition.
- 213,296 semester course enrollments to 97,182 students in grades 6-12 in 2009-10; this represents an increase of 38% since 2008-09. Percentage of these from Florida unknown
- Roughly three times larger than any other state virtual school; 10-25 times larger than most
- Florida districts may select to set up FLVS Franchise schools
- Districts are required by law to provide students a full-time online learning option; students hoping to take FLVS online courses cannot be denied that opportunity
- Unique funding model can be characterised as follows:
- Funding of FLVS is built directly into the state education funding formula
- Funding is performance-based: FLVS receives funding only for students who successfully completes their courses
- Same funding formula as the state’s traditional public schools, i.e. the funding tied to that student goes to FLVS
- Known (and sometimes maligned) for use of eLearning Centers (ELCs) and Virtual Learning Labs (VLLs). 150 schools in Florida have implemented these in partnership with FLVS:
- The traditional school provides scheduled time and a workspace (such as a computer lab or library) and FLVS provides the teacher and an online course
- ELCs and VLLs each have a facilitator to work in tandem with the online teacher
- Statewide, the number of VLLs greatly expanded in 2009-10 (especially in Miami-Dade) due to class size reduction legislation (as districts select virtual options to meet the new requirements)
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