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Luna backs move away from ‘asynchronous’ requirement in online course rule

The Senate Education Committee started its meeting late this afternoon; first up is state Superintendent of Schools Tom Luna, who said after yesterday's meeting, he met with representatives of the Meridian and Boise school districts, Idaho school superintendents and the school boards association, who indicated yesterday that they opposed the part of the state Board of Education's new online-course graduation requirement rule that required one of the courses be "asynchronous." Luna said those groups have agreed to support the rule if that's removed. "We think that is a fair request on their part," Luna said.

He said, "There are limits to what this committee can do to amend rules." Therefore, he's requesting that the committee approve the rule as-is, "with the understanding that in February the state board will propose a temporary rule that will remove the asynchronous requirement." That means that requirement would go away, he said.



Betsy Z. Russell
Betsy Z. Russell joined The Spokesman-Review in 1991. She currently is a reporter in the Boise Bureau covering Idaho state government and politics, and other news from Idaho's state capital.

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