NASHVILLE – Efforts this year by the nation’s largest for-profit online education company to open a second statewide virtual school under contract with Campbell County schools are a no-go with the state for now.
The Tennessee Cyber Academy, which publicly traded K12 Inc. has a contract with the system to operate, was scheduled to start today.
But state officials, who are still grappling with low first-year student performance at K12 Inc.’s controversial Tennessee Virtual School in Union County, recently refused to approve the latest venture last month.
In a July 30 letter to Campbell County school district officials, state Education Commissioner Kevin Huffman’s office said the school system failed to provide key details officials need to assess its application for K12 Inc. to run its proposed school.
Instead, school officials in their application just checked off various boxes on a standard state form and attached a copy of what the state characterizes as a K12 Inc. company “brochure.”