Florida Senate - 2017                            (NP)    SR 1816
       
       
        
       By Senator Simmons
       
       
       
       
       
       9-02708A-17                                           20171816__
    1                          Senate Resolution                        
    2         A resolution commending the Florida Virtual School for
    3         20 years of successful operation and recognizing April
    4         5, 2017, as “Florida Virtual School Day.”
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    6         WHEREAS, the Florida Virtual School was created by the
    7  Florida Legislature in 1997 to bring innovation to education and
    8  to further enhance the education of students by providing unique
    9  opportunities in online learning, and
   10         WHEREAS, the Florida Virtual School has grown from 77
   11  enrollments in its first year and has now served a total of 3.1
   12  million successful semester enrollments in all 67 counties, and
   13         WHEREAS, the Florida Virtual School is recognized as a
   14  fully accredited, statewide public school district offering more
   15  than 150 online courses to students in kindergarten through
   16  grade 12, and
   17         WHEREAS, students at the Florida Virtual School are taught
   18  by certified teachers who engage their students in interactive
   19  content, and
   20         WHEREAS, the Florida Virtual School is identified as both a
   21  public school and a school of choice that helps to meet the
   22  needs of different families and lifestyles, serving students
   23  through both FLVS Flex and FLVS Full Time, offering students and
   24  their families maximum flexibility, and
   25         WHEREAS, the Florida Virtual School provides teacher
   26  driven, student-centered solutions to help blend digital
   27  learning into classrooms, and
   28         WHEREAS, the Florida Virtual School is known as a leader in
   29  online education and serves students, schools, and districts
   30  both in Florida and around the world, and
   31         WHEREAS, the Florida Virtual School is world-renowned for
   32  its development of award-winning curricula and delivery of
   33  content on a variety of subjects, NOW, THEREFORE,
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   35  Be It Resolved by the Senate of the State of Florida:
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   37         That the Florida Virtual School is commended for 20 years
   38  of successful operation in this state, and April 5, 2017, is
   39  recognized as “Florida Virtual School Day.”