The proposed initiative would give students the right to go elsewhere for a course required for admission to a UC or CSU campus if their school doesn’t offer it. While they could drive to a nearby district, they also could take the course online. It would establish a California Diploma, which would be awarded when a student completed the 15 required courses, known as A-G…
(The sponsoring) group has oral commitments for $500,000 of
the $2 million needed to collect 504,000 verified voter signatures, (a
spokesperson) said. Donors will start identifying themselves in coming weeks;
many of the backers are expected to be from Silicon Valley…
The official summary of the initiative reads:
Online K-12 Education.
College Preparatory Courses. Initiative Statute.
Summary Date: 01/03/12
| Circulation Deadline: 06/01/12 | Signatures Required: 504,760
Proponent: Phillip D.
Kohn (714) 641-3415
Authorizes school
districts, county offices of education, and charter schools to claim average
daily attendance funding for student participation in approved online courses.
Authorizes school districts to contract with public and private providers to
deliver online courses taught by credentialed teachers. Allows students to take
online courses offered by any school district, regardless of student's
residence. Provides students access to courses required for admission to state
universities, and establishes the California Diploma, which demonstrates
completion of courses required for University of California and California
State University admission. Summary of estimate by Legislative Analyst and
Director of Finance of fiscal impact on state and local government: In the long
term, local school district savings potentially in the hundreds of millions of
dollars annually if schools experience efficiencies and widespread
participation in the use of online courses. These savings would be offset in
small part by administrative costs to implement the measure, including local
costs for developing online curriculum, contracting with online providers, and
ensuring students access to online courses as well as state costs for changing
the existing school payment system and issuing California Diplomas to
qualifying students.
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