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Podcast: Cascade CounterPoint
Episode: QP: Oregon currently restricts students' education options - SB240 would change this
Description: We’ve heard a lot of bad news during the pandemic: business closures, job losses, weight gain. But, there’s one area that’s seen a massive boom—online charter schools.
Over the past year, enrollment in online charter schools has increased by a whopping 58%.
But, like many things, government is getting in the way of growth. Under Oregon law, online charter school enrollment is capped at 3% of a sponsoring district’s enrollment.
That could change. Oregon Senate Bill 240 would remove the cap on online charter school enrollment.
During this pandemic, families h...