What is the Texas Virtual School Network?
During the 80th Texas Legislative Session, Senate Bill 1788 established a state virtual school network to provide online courses for Texas students. The legislation also set forth the operational, course evaluation, and professional development requirements. Region 10 Education Service Center, in collaboration with Harris County Department of Education, serves as TxVSN Central Operations to coordinate course registration and student enrollments, to ensure the eligibility of virtual school providers, provide an online catalog of approved courses, and to coordinate reporting requirements. Region 4 Education Service Center conducts the review of electronic courses to be offered in the TxVSN catalog. In addition, a cadre of professional development providers has been identified to train educators to deliver online instruction through the TxVSN. The Texas Virtual School Network (TxVSN) first offered courses to students in Texas districts and open enrollment charter schools beginning January
During the 80th Texas Legislative Session, Senate Bill 1788 established a state virtual school network to provide online courses for Texas students. The legislation also set forth the operational, course evaluation, and professional development requirements. Region 10 Education Service Center, in collaboration with Harris County Department of Education, serves as TxVSN Central Operations to coordinate course registration and student enrollments, to ensure the eligibility of virtual school providers, provide an online catalog of approved courses, and to coordinate reporting requirements. Region 10 Education Service Center conducts the review of electronic courses to be offered in the TxVSN catalog. In addition, a cadre of professional development providers has been identified to train educators to deliver online instruction through the TxVSN. The Texas Virtual School Network (TxVSN) first offered courses to students in Texas districts and open-enrollment charter schools beginning Januar
