Wisc. Governor OK’s aid for virtual schools
Gov. Jim Doyle signed a bill Monday that ensures virtual schools qualify for state aid but caps enrollment and subjects those schools to a program audit.
The new law guarantees the online schools can open this fall. Their future was in doubt after an appeals court ruled in December that one school - the Wisconsin Virtual Academy run by the Northern Ozaukee School District - did not qualify for state aid of $5,845 per student.