Colorado’s top senator says he’ll introduce legislation to “rein in” online schools after his request for an online education audit was rejected Tuesday on a party-line vote by the Legislative Audit Committee. "I am very disappointed Republicans chose to make this into a partisan issue, instead of simply doing the right thing," said Senate President Brandon Shaffer, D-Longmont.
But Republican lawmakers said Shaffer’s request was political and they proposed an alternative – an audit focused on all K-12 schools, rather than narrowly tailored to online programs. That idea was rejected by Democrats.
Grace Hood reported earlier on this decision, and quoted Senator Scott Renfroe, R-Greeley, as saying:
“Let’s look at the big picture of this and truly audit something that will be useful instead of something that will be used as a political wedge on one form of education,”
EdNews' full article and additional coverage, including a link to the state auditors report, can be found at Education News Colorado. [source: Shaffer plans online ed bills in 2012 ]
