Bill could pave the way for virtual charter schools in Alabama
Published: Sunday, April 08, 2012, 7:14 AM
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MONTGOMERY, Alabama -- The "Education Options Act" could allow primarily online, virtual charter schools to be created on a limited basis in Alabama, according to people familiar with the legislation, and some advocates favor taking the idea further.
The act is not specifically geared toward the creation of online-only charters and does not allow for the statewide virtual charter school model favored by K12 Inc., the nation’s largest online education company, which has taken an interest in the bill, K12 lobbyists said.
But a provision in an early draft of the bill, which would have prohibited virtual public charter
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