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The Oregon State Board of Education recently decided that online charter schools can operate in the state but only under severe restrictions, including limiting enrollment to 100 students to each grade and securing operations permission from each local school district. Organizers of the Oregon Virtual Academy said they were unsure how difficult it would be for them to get permission from local school districts for students to enroll in their charter, but they plan to work hard to convince districts that the online school will be an effective learning option for some of their students. The fact that the state board will allow cyber-schools to open at all "is a very positive outcome for us," said Dianne Phillips, a Eugene parent who is on the school's founding board. "Their intent is to do what's right for kids."
Source: The Oregonian
Date: 03/14/2008
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