Utah’s state senate missed a first opportunity to kick start the transformation of its education system to a student-centric one and leapfrog the rest of the nation when it failed to pass Senate Bill 65 (SB 65), also known as the "Statewide Online Education Program."
Thankfully the Senate is likely to resuscitate the bill this legislative session and get another swing at it, as the bill does some critical things for Utah’s education system, including allow any Utah student anywhere in the state to have access to the best online courses and teachers and push the online providers to compete on quality by withholding a large chunk of payment until a student successfully completes the course.
In the next couple of days, hopefully Utah's legislators will see the bigger picture and potential to create a whole host of quality options for students anywhere from providers who will be literally invested in the success of students they serve and pass SB 65.
Click here to read my complete post, which includes suggestions on how to make sure the fiscal impact of the measure is not too high.
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