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Florida Raises Cyber School's Fiscal Status - Caroline Hendrie, Education Week

Under legislation awaiting Gov. Jeb Bush's signature, the Florida Virtual School would be financed in a manner similar to a full-blown school district— but with an innovative twist. Rather than continue as a line item in the annual budget, the nation's largest state-run online school would become part of the Sunshine State's regular per-pupil funding system. Yet the school's funding would be based not on how many students were enrolled on a given date— the basis for regular districts' state-aid allotments—but instead on how many students actually passed the school's online courses.

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