How many students are served by Orlando-based Florida Virtual School – FLVS?”
Each year, Florida school districts get millions to reduce the size of their classes, as the law demands. But what about a school that has no classroom? The Florida Virtual School, which now draws 88,000 students to its online course offerings, received nearly $14 million in class-size reduction money this year, an amount that has grown by nearly 4,000 percent since it first received the funding in 2003. Now that the Legislature is forced to close a $3 billion budget deficit, lawmakers from both chambers say it’s time to take the school’s pot of money. “When you look at this logically, you have to wonder why it’s getting class-size reduction funding,” said Rep. Anitere Flores, R-Miami, and chairwoman of the House Pre-K-12 Appropriations Committee. Since voters set limits on how big class sizes can get, the state has recognized the Orlando-based Virtual School as a public school district.
6,896 individual students re served by Orlando-based Florida Virtual School – FLVS Sources: http://www.edweek.org/ew/articles/2003/06/11/40virtual.h22.html
