† Denotes grade removal for 2021-22 school year. * Denotes grade addition to already established virtual school for 2021-22 school year. In addition to these approvals, grade changes were approved for nine existing virtual schools, as indicated below: TheiLearnInstitute at Lenoir City SchoolsĪdditionally, Houston County Schools’ application to create the Houston Virtual Academy serving grades 6-12 is pending and under review. TennesseeOnline Public School at Greeneville

Tennessee Online Public School at BristolĬlarksville-Montgomery County School System The 29 Tennessee newly approved virtual schools for the 2021-22 school year are as follows: As a result, families desiring that their students continue to receive a significant portion of their instruction remotely must enroll their students in a virtual school.įor the 2021-22 school year, applications came from districts throughout the state working to implement a variety of instructional delivery modes that work best for the students, families and communities they serve. By the end of the 2020-2021 school year, all Tennessee offered in-person learning options, and in April 2021 the State Board passed a permanent rule which limits the ability for districts and public charter schools to utilize a CLP to provide remote instruction in the upcoming 2021-22 school year unless the Governor declares a state of emergency and the commissioner of education grants permission. Beginning in 2011, the Tennessee Virtual Public Schools Act was passed and allowed local education agencies to create virtual schools to offer an alternative mode of instruction for students.ĭue to COVID-19 disruptions during the 2020-21 school year, in June 2020 the Tennessee State Board of Education promulgated an emergency rule to require school districts and public charter schools to develop Continuous Learning Plans that addressed how they would continue to provide instruction in a fully virtual environment.

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