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Article: Senate votes to cap online-school enrollment; Measure goes against compromise to keep academies open
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- The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (Milwaukee, WI)
- Article date:
- February 20, 2008
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Madison -- It will take a new Capitol compromise to keep
Wisconsin's virtual schools open after action Tuesday by the state
Senate.
At the request of Gov. Jim Doyle, the Senate voted to cap
enrollment for online schools at the current level -- now about
3,500 students statewide -- while a study is done on virtual
learning.
Under the Senate changes, that number of online students could
not go up again until the 2011-'12 school year, and then only by
about 875 students. Dozens of parents and virtual school students
came to the Capitol on Tuesday to fight the enrollment cap.
The 18-15 vote by the Senate -- controlled by Democrats -- sends
the measure to the Assembly, which is run by Republicans.