1. Virtual Education Reporting Presented by: Sally Roberts, Educational Policy Consultant Florida Department of Education 1

2. Virtual Program/School School Numbers Program Type Grade Levels Served Student Eligibility State Level Florida Virtual School (FLVS)Grades K-5 (0700) Grades 6-8 (0500) Grades 9-12 (0600) Part TimeGrades K-1 and 6-12 Grades 2-5 All students Eligibility per s. 1002.455 Florida Virtual School Full Time (FLVS FT) Grades K-8 (0300) Grades 9-12 (0400) Full Time Grades K-12All Students District Level District Virtual Instruction Program (VIP) Provider (7001) District (7023) Full Time Limited Part Time Grades K-5 Grades 6-12 Grades K-1 Grades 2-12 All Students Eligibility per s. 1002.455 All Students Eligibility per s. 1002.455 District Franchise of FLVS7004Same as FLVS District Virtual Course Offerings7006Part Time Full-Time Grades K-1 Grades 2-12 Grades K-5 Grades 6-12 All students Eligibility per s. 1002.455 All Students Eligibility per s. 1002.455 Virtual Charter SchoolIndividually Assigned on MSID Full TimeGrades K-5 Grades 6-12 All Students Eligibility per s. 1002.455 All students = Public, private and home education students Eligibility per s. 1002.455 = Students must meet one of the following criteria: Prior-year in Florida public school, siblings of virtual students enrolled in current and end of previous year, military dependents who recently moved to Florida, students in grades K-1, students in grades 2-5 enrolling in full-time virtual programs. Limited Part Time = Grades K-12 courses measured by FCAT, End of Course (EOC) assessments and AP exams; Courses offered to students enrolled in dropout prevention, academic intervention and Department of Juvenile Justice (DJJ) programs; core courses to meet class size requirements; or Florida college grades K-12 courses Florida’s Public Virtual Education Options 2012-13 2

3. A district VIP shall consist of the following: Full-time Virtual Instruction for students in grades K-12 Part-time virtual instruction for students in grades K-12 AP, FCAT-related and EOC courses Full-time or part-time virtual instruction for students in dropout prevention and academic intervention programs, DJJ programs, core courses to meet class size requirements and Florida college courses 3

4. Districts may: Offer a district-operated program Contract with Florida Virtual School (FLVS) Establish a franchise of FLVS Contract with a Florida College Contract with an approved provider Enter into an agreement with another school district Enter into an agreement with a charter school 4

5. 2010-11 to 2012-132012-13 to 2015-16 Advanced Academics Grades 6-12 Somerset Academy, Inc. Grades 6-12 Educational Options, Inc. Grades 6-12 Florida Connections Academy (Grades K-12) Kaplan Virtual Education (purchased by K12) K12 Florida Grades K-12 National Network of Digital Schools (Grades 6-12) National Network of Digital Schools (Grades K-5) 5

6. District enters into agreement with FLVS District provides administration and teachers and serves district students FLVS provides curriculum, LMS, SIS, professional development for teachers and administrators, mentoring, and other tools and resources 6

7. District Franchises can offer: Individual online courses for public, private and home education students in grades 6-12 Individual online courses for eligible students in grades K-5 (when available) Full-time K-12 public virtual instruction for students in grades K-12 (K-5 when available) Funding based on successful completions and limited to 1.0 FTE 7

8. PK-12 courses in Course Code Directory Eligible district students and eligible students from other districts may enroll in these online courses District of instruction, rather than home school district, reports course completions for funding Combined total of all school district reported FTE limited to 1.0 FTE per student per year 8

9. May serve eligible district students in grades K-12 Must offer full-time virtual program Must contract with a DOE-approved provider or FLVS for its virtual education program Must submit application to school district and be approved to operate a virtual charter Funding is based on successful completions and limited to 1.0 FTE 9

10. Report in all appropriate surveys Funding based on Successful Completions K-8: courses or prescribed level of content successfully completed 9-12: credits successfully completed All virtual options except FLVS PT (grades 6-12) limited to 1.0 FTE Districts/FLVS receive estimated funding throughout the year 10

11. Full-time virtual programs/schools may report FTE in all FEFP funding programs: 101-103 111-113 130 254-255 300 Part-time virtual programs/schools may report FTE in FEFP Basic Education and Career Education only: 101-103 111-113 300 11

12. 7001 for provider-operated VIP 7023 for district-operated VIP 7004 for franchises* 7006 for Virtual Course Offerings Traditional school number for online courses offered by traditional schools Virtual Charter School numbers assigned individually *Even if a franchise is used to meet VIP requirements, report all franchise students under 7004 12

13. Submit same record formats as for students in other district schools and programs Report 0 FTE on student course records Report Class Minutes, Weekly even though the reported FTE is zero. 13

14. Provider codes assigned to approved providers, FLVS and Florida colleges District-operated programs have own school number - 7023 Provider codes reported on student course records Provider Code Table in Appendix CC of student database manual: http://www.fldoe.org/eias/dataweb/database_1213/appendc c.pdf http://www.fldoe.org/eias/dataweb/database_1213/appendc c.pdf Provider Codes must be reported correctly in Surveys 2 and 3 to ensure provider accountability 14

15. Identifier Provider 071 Florida Virtual School FT (grades 9-12) 301 Florida Virtual School FT—Connections (grades K-8) 302 K12 Florida, LLC 303 Advanced Academics 305 Educational Options, Inc. 307National Network of Digital Schools 308Somerset Academy, Inc. 15

16. Imperative to collaborate and share information with Provider to ensure accuracy of data Verify data throughout school year (can use district reports) Use EIAS reports during Surveys 2 and 3 and share with provider Involve providers in Accountability Matching process during Survey 3 Make sure student ID and provider codes are accurate Course numbers should match in Surveys 2, 3, and 4 16

17. Available for Surveys 2 and 3 To verify student data for school 7001 Separate report for each provider Report lists student name, ID, grade level, VIP provider code and name Please share with provider early in process for both surveys 17

18. School of Enrollment = N998 School of Instruction = Virtual School # ◦ Grades K-1:VIP (7001 or 7023) District Virtual Course Offerings (7006) District franchise when available (7004) FLVS Part-time (District 71, School 0700) ◦ Grades 6-12: District franchise (7004) FLVS Part-time (District 71 – 0500, 0600) 18

19. Immunization Records and Reporting ◦ Required if they enter a district school for any reason (testing, classes, extracurricular) ◦ If not required, zero fill on Federal/State Indicator Status Record Format 19

20. Report all course records (successful and unsuccessful) Report FTE for successful completions up to 1.0 FTE for the year Report 0 FTE for successful course completions over 1.0 FTE Do not report non-virtual courses for part-time virtual students 20

21. Student Demographic Information Student Course Schedule Teacher Course Exceptional Student (ESE) 21

22. Created to provide the location of a student taking an online course from virtual schools Will be available for the calculation of capital outlay FTE Reported in Surveys 2, 3 and 4 22

23. Reported on Student Course Record ◦ S: The student is located in a public school district facility for the virtual instruction course ◦ N: the student is not located in a public school for virtual instruction course ◦ Z: Not applicable. This is not a virtual instruction course requiring this information 23

24. Required for courses provided by: District virtual schools 7001, 7023, 7004, 7006 Virtual charter schools FLVS (District of Instruction – 71)* *If the online course is provided by FLVS, the necessary student and school location information must be provided to FLVS so they can accurately report this information. 24

25.  All Survey 5 information should be reported for virtual students as for other district students  New data element ‘Online Course Exempt’ ◦ Indicates if student is exempt from online course graduation requirement ◦ Reported via Student End of Year Status format ◦ ‘D’-IEP indicates an online course would not be appropriate ◦ ‘T’-student enrolled in Florida high school less than one year ◦ ‘Z’-student not exempt or not in cohort that must meet this requirement 25

26. Count for Legislature Report students enrolled on 8/31 and 9/14 Student Demographic Information format only 26

27. Survey 8 For districts/schools using FAIR for Progress Monitoring July to September Surveys 2, 3 and 5 For districts/schools using other assessments for Progress Monitoring Use Student Assessment record format 27

28. Purpose: ◦ Pre-Gridding for CELLA ◦ ELL Students in Full-Time virtual programs 28

29. Performance funding based on successful completions District-operated full-time programs receive school grade (VIP and franchise) Full-time providers for VIP receive statewide school grade or school improvement rating School choice option for parents For virtual charters, student performance requirements in charters DOE developing evaluation methodology for part-time virtual providers 29

30. WEBSITES District Virtual Programs: http://www.fldoe.org/Schools/virtual-schools/ Database Information: http://www.fldoe.org/eias/dataweb/default.asp FTE General Instructions: http://www.fldoe.org/fefp/fteinstr.asp E-MAIL Sally.Roberts@fldoe.org Linda.Fleming@fldoe.org Mark.Eggers@fldoe.org 30

31. Questions ? 31