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Title: Distance-learning certification passes board of education - Great Falls Tribune Post by: Mark David on May 15, 2007, 11:04:10 AM Over the objections of school administrators and parents, the Montana Board of Public Education unanimously passed an online education proposal Friday pushed by the teachers’ union. It requires that all distance learning, including college courses, be supervised by a Montana-certified K-12 teacher accredited in the discipline being taught. However, the board voted to delay implementation of the rule change to no later than July 1, 2009, to tweak the proposal and give the Legislature time to fund it. There was no estimate of what it might cost to provide accredited teachers in state school districts.
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