Hillsborough County Public Schools Curriculum and Instruction
Action Item

DATE: Tuesday, July 27, 2010
TO: School Board Members
FROM: MaryEllen Elia, Superintendent

SUBJECT / RECOMMENDATIONS

Approve Agreement with Florida Virtual School for the 2010/2011 School Year (Instructional Programs)

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

We request approval of an agreement between Hillsborough County Public Schools (HCPS) and Florida Virtual School (FLVS) to provide an elementary virtual school program to students in the HCPS system.

The district partnership with FLVS has been of great benefit to our students. The district's virtual school committee recommends to the Board that we maintain our proactive role as a leader of virtual education in the state of Florida by contracting with FLVS as an elementary virtual school provider in addition to the current agreement with K12 Florida, LLC to serve the needs of students and parents for the 2010/2011 school year, thus meeting the requirements of the Virtual Instruction Program (VIP) for our resident students in accordance with the terms of 1002.45 Florida Statute. The expansion into offering both programs will further support the school choice initiatives within Hillsborough County Public Schools.

ANNUAL DISTRICT GOAL(S) AND CRITICAL SUCCESS FACTOR(S)

All Strategic Objectives

FINANCIAL IMPACT (Budgeted: No)

Expenses are paid from the FTE generated by student completion.

EVALUATION

Evaluation of the program will be based on the percent of students successfully promoted to the next grade.

SUBMITTED BY:

Pamela McAuley
Manager, Instructional Programs
(813) 273-7201
Wynne Tye
Assistant Superintendent, Curriculum and Instruction
(813) 272-4221
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