Panel backs rule with change

The Senate Education Committee has voted to accept the State Board of Education’s online course rule requiring two online classes to graduate from high school in Idaho, with the caveat that it’ll be adjusted by the state board to remove a requirement that one of the courses be “asynchronous,” a term that means the course is delivered entirely online and teachers and students participate on their own schedules. Sen. Nicole LeFavour, D-Boise, cast the lone vote against the rule, saying she still had concerns about it.