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Keeping Virtual Schools Open Save Email Print
Posted: 1:47 AM Mar 11, 2008
Last Updated: 1:47 AM Mar 11, 2008

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A lawmaker reports an agreement has been reached to keep virtual charter schools open in Wisconsin.

Republican Representative Brett Davis of Oregon says Republican and Democratic leaders agreed on the plan. Under the deal, the enrollment in the schools could increase from the current number of about 3,400 students to a permanent cap of 5,250, not counting siblings.

About a dozen virtual schools have faced the prospect of closing after a December court ruling said they were operating illegally.

The Republican-controlled Assembly had approved a bill to bring the schools in compliance with several state laws while allowing the online learning option to keep growing rapidly. But the Democratic-controlled Senate included a two-year enrollment freeze in the bill it passed.

Davis says he expects the Assembly to take up the compromise Tuesday and the Senate later in the week.

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