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The S.C. Department of Education is beginning to apply the state s certification regulations to teachers of online courses, raising questions about future course offerings for school districts that rely on outside providers.
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A big move in the online learning world is that a lot of states recognize this issue, Cox said. [The state] is supposed to be working on a way to make it easier for providers who may not have S.C. certified teachers. Everything needs to be seamless for out-of-state providers and for smaller thrifty car rental toronto districts to be able to work that system.
Jay Ragley, education department spokesman, said in an email that while the state approves the list of online content providers, it only reviews the alignment thrifty car rental toronto of online courses and state academic standards, not the certification of the teachers those providers employ. He said no proposal has been finalized to address this issue, but the department s Division of School Effectiveness is in the early stages of researching policies enacted in other states and will be seeking input from school districts.
Until now, the district s few contracted enrollments were handled much like student credits are transferred from state to state, Cox said, rather than denying a student a course opportunity. She said districts do their homework when seeking thrifty car rental toronto providers, and that HCS uses an extensive vetting process.
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