Budget cuts threaten Missouri virtual school
Budget cuts could force Missouri’s statewide virtual school to close midway through the academic year, leaving students with half-earned credits scrambling to complete their education.
Some students, just a few credits shy of graduation, could wind up as high school dropouts. Others, struggling with cancer, could miss their only chance to earn a degree.
The school in question is the Missouri Virtual Instruction Program, which offers internet-based courses for everyone from kindergartners to high school seniors. The online public school began just three years ago and already has served a few thousand students.
About half the children are taking courses to supplement their education in traditional public or private school classrooms. For the other half, the online school is their only school.
Gov. Jay Nixon announced last week that he was halting state funding for the online school’s second semester as part of $204 million in budget cuts caused by declining state revenues.
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Budget cuts threaten Missouri virtual school by staff
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