Steve Mendive, an AP government teacher at Boise High School, told the Senate Education Committee "NCAA rule 2009-64 ... states, 'Online courses will not be accepted for Division 1 eligibility in the areas of English, math, science, social studies and foreign languages.' This will hurt many in Idaho who are going to college on an athletic scholarship." Sen. John Goedde asked him to double-check on that, because he said he'd heard that just applies to college-level classes; Mendive said he'd do so, but said, "I did check with my career counselor at Boise High right before I came over here, confirmed that this was the impression that people are under at the school level. But I will check on it."

Mendive told the committee, "I polled my students. One hundred percent are planning to graduate with bachelor's degrees." He said, "I paraphrase their unanimous consent: Don't waste our time with mandatory online classes. If you really want to help us," he said the students told him, offer advanced computer skills in the classroom starting in junior high. He added, "All of you, I invite you to come to my classrooms at Boise High and discuss these issues with my AP students."