http://www.oregonlive.com/news/index.ssf/2009/06/senate_approves_1year_limit_fo.html
The Oregon Senate has approved, by 16-14, a one year limit to keep online public charter schools from opening or growing while the state develops regulations governing them. If signed into law, no new online public charters could open until fall 2011 and existing online schools could not grow beyond the number of students they enrolled this spring. Democratic senators voted to form a task force to create new governing rules to require more financial transparency and consider new limits on online schooling, such as outlawing them for students in the primary grades or requiring school districts to grant permission before a student living in their district could join an online school. In a bitter debate, Senate Republican lawmakers accused Democrats of being "bought off by union lobbyists and fearing progress." They agreed a task force should consider new rules for online charters, but they said principals, teachers and families from online schools should be part of the process. The measure now heads to the House for consideration.
Source: The Oregonian
Date: 06/10/2009
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