If online students fail to log into classes for too long, virtual schools must kick them out, under a new Indiana law signed Wednesday by Gov. Eric Holcomb.
Students who want to go to an online school now also have to complete an orientation session with a guardian to better understand the expectations of a virtual learning environment.
These new rules, which leave room for the state and charter authorizers to bring stronger oversight of virtual schools, come in response to years of poor student outcomes at Indiana’s online schools and a bubbling scandal at two large virtual charter schools on the brink of closure.
