That change came at the behest of officials with the North Carolina Virtual Academy, the school backed by controversial for - profit online school operator K12, Inc., who complained to state officials that recording and reporting daily student attendance through the online reporting software that traditional schools use didn't work for them, according to DPI's interim director of the state's charter school office Adam Levinson. (ncpolicywatch.com)
Levinson explained that because students don't physically appear before a teacher each day, instead logging onto their computers from home to access instructional materials and lessons, requiring the recording and reporting of daily student attendance doesn't make sense for virtual online charter schools. (ncpolicywatch.com)
Previously the online virtual charter schools, which are taking part in a pilot program authorized by the legislature last year and set to begin this fall, would have had to record daily student attendance using the state's online reporting software — like traditional brick and mortar public schools — to comply with compulsory attendance laws. (ncpolicywatch.com)