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Having invested more than $100 million in the online-only community college Calbright, launched in 2019, the state of California found only 12 students had graduated after the first year, with nearly 400 dropping out.
California Lawmakers Divided Over Future of Virtual Learning
As the state legislature begins negotiations over next year’s budget, educators and elected officials are discussing whether to keep remote learning as an option once everyone goes back to school in the fall.
May 10, 2021 •
e.Republic/David Kidd (TNS) Gov. Gavin Newsom and state lawmakers, both Democrats and Republicans, have been emphatic that public schools in California must reopen for full-time, in-person learning this fall.
But that push has inspired a new debate in Sacramento: Should they create an exception for students who prefer to stay remote or who learn better outside the classroom?
Should California allow distance learning in fall? Lawmakers, educators battle over how education should work
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Eulalia Thomas gives Cameron Brown, 7, and other first-graders hand sanitizer as they enter class at Cleveland Elementary School in Oakland.Santiago Mejia/The Chronicle
SACRAMENTO Gov. Gavin Newsom and state lawmakers, both Democrats and Republicans, have been emphatic that public schools in California must reopen for full-time, in-person learning this fall.
But that push has inspired a new debate in Sacramento: Should they create an exception for students who prefer to stay remote or who learn better outside the classroom?
The issue is dividing some lawmakers and educators as the Legislature wades into negotiations over a new state budget that could determine what, if any, amount of distance learning will be funded for schools.
32.7% of Californians are fully vaccinated.
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