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Apr. 18, 2008
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Denial of distance learning plan challenged

By LISA KIM BACH
REVIEW-JOURNAL

A Nevada charter school barred from expanding its distance learning program by the Nevada Board of Education is seeking a legal remedy.

Nevada Virtual Academy, or NVVA, has filed a request for judicial review with the district court in Carson City. A court date to hear the matter has not been set.

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    • The school has unsuccessfully sought permission from the state board, which acts as its sponsor, to bring distance learning to students in kindergarten through third grade. It now enrolls students in grades four through eight.

    "The result is many children who need this school option are being denied access, including the younger siblings of students who are currently enrolled in NVVA," said Bill Bukovi, board chairman for the academy.

    The school's attorney, state Sen. Terry Care, D-Las Vegas, said in the petition that the board decision at issue was made on March 8, when five of 10 state board members voted against a motion to approve an amendment to the academy charter.

    "The reasons for the votes by the certain members were unsupported by objective grounds and the board did not issue any written findings of fact or conclusions of law to NVVA for the denial of the amendment application," Care said in the petition.

    The Nevada Department of Education is also named in the matter. State Superintendent of Schools Keith Rheault was not available for comment Thursday.

    The five state board members who voted against Virtual's request were Anthony Ruggiero, Cindy Reid, Merv Iverson, John Gwaltney and Marcia Washington. Transcripts of the proceeding were included with the petition.

    The charter school is asking the court to set aside the decision of the state board and require board members to comply with state law, which allows distance education in the primary grades.

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    Cody Claver wrote on April 21, 2008 09:03 PM: NVVA is not a business it is a school. Check with the SDE, they should have information. It is a public virtual charter school.


    Muvaffak GOZAYDIN, President, ONLINE Technologies Co.Ltd wrote on April 18, 2008 09:38 PM: Well. Whole world is seeking for better education at fair costs.
    Solution is found by European Union. ONLINE Education from cradle to grave. But USA could not find its way yet for salvation. ONBLINE is salvation of education problem for every nation in the world including USA.
    It is so sad that many places in the USA still could not understand that. In Turkey we just started implementing an ONLINE Program for 4-8 graders for 7,000,000 students in these grades. That means we are ahead of many countries in the world.
    I hope USA will find a solution to ONLINE: I have been educated in USA for 8 years therefore I feel indebted to America and American people.


    Mike Shaw wrote on April 18, 2008 07:40 AM: Again, please tell us all, Terry Care, where is the business license for Nevada Virtual Academy...according to NVVA website, its address is 187 E. Warm Springs Rd, Las Vegas, yet I can find no record for NVVA by name or address on the County Assessor, City of Las Vegas or Clark County buiness websites! No record of it on the Secretary of State's buiness search website either....

    Are the business license fees, workers compensation, employee tax, unemployment insurance premiums all "VIRTUAL" too?

    Nevada law says all businesses have to be registered, so where is the proof for your business being lawfully registered?