Each school year, MVLRI is directed by Section 98 of the State School Aid Act to strengthen teaching and learning for K-12 education by supporting and accelerating innovation and providing leadership in online and blended learning.
This report is being submitted in fulfillment of the following legislative directive:
The Michigan Virtual University shall provide a report to the legislature not later than November 1 of each fiscal year for which funding is allocated under this section that includes its mission, its plans, and proposed benchmarks it must meet, including a plan to achieve the organizational priorities identified in this section, to receive full funding for the next fiscal year for which funding is allocated under this section. By not later than March 1 of each fiscal year for which funding is allocated under this section, the Michigan Virtual University shall provide an update to the house and senate appropriations subcommittees on school aid to show the progress being made to meet the benchmarks identified.
Mission: Maximize learning and teaching by bringing together the best in people and technology.
2(a)(i) – Test, evaluate, and recommend as appropriate new technology-based instructional tools and resources.
Provide at least 3 innovative pilots that allow teachers and students to have hands-on, facilitated pilot experiences on advancements in educational technology and the impact on teaching and learning.
This fiscal year, Michigan Virtual has been involved with four innovative pilot projects. The first involves using virtual reality to explore career opportunities. Five districts and 12 teachers are participating in the pilot. Over 360 students have been part of this pilot. The second pilot is with AI tutoring. Eight districts, 24 teachers, and over 1,000 students are participating in this program. The third pilot uses a game-based learning program to improve learning comprehension in elementary students. Five districts, 12 teachers, and over 300 students are engaged in this effort. Finally, we have been working with a couple of districts to offer Michigan Virtual-designed content in the local school’s learning management system. To date, about 40 students have access to content through this pilot.
Continue to develop career-focused catalog of enrichment experiences, deployed through a next-generation learning engagement platform direct to parents, and through Michigan Virtual’s learning object repository for integration into local school digital learning systems.
Michigan Virtual has released an AI Literacy Series that covers eight topics:
Available to schools for free, the series contains engaging videos, teacher guides, student handouts and slide decks that ensure an easy and engaging introduction of AI into the classroom at any level. For an additional cost, we have accompanying online lessons to explore the learning further. These online lessons are also available for parent purchase.
Create interoperability channels for educator micro-credentials developed by Michigan Virtual within the MILearnerWallet system.
MI Learner Wallet, Eaton RESA, and Michigan Virtual will be meeting later this spring to kick off this program.
Publish, present on, or deliver workshops on findings around the exploration and use of learning tools and resources in-person, online through the Michigan Virtual Professional Learning Portal, and on the web.
On September 11, 2024, at the first Future of Learning Council meeting for the 2024-25 school year, Michigan Virtual Learning Research Institute provided hands-on demos to several of the digital technologies it is piloting. The event was attended by over 100 participants from 50+ districts and ISDs.
A research report on the Shoelace Learning pilot (supplemental, game-based, K-5 reading comprehension was published this February. One participating district will be presenting at MACUL in March about the experience.
Finally a demo-day of hands-on experiences and lessons learned will be incorporated as exhibits at the May Future of Learning Council and Michigan Virtual Summit.
2(a)(ii) – Research, design, and recommend virtual education delivery models for use by pupils and teachers that include age-appropriate multimedia instructional content.
Design and conduct research on the experiences of Michigan educators and students who participate in the Shoelace Learning pilot.
A pilot, implemented in conjunction with Shoelace Learning, was conducted in the fall and winter of 2024. Thirteen elementary school teachers from six Michigan school districts participated in the pilot. Participating teachers and classrooms played Dreamseeker Drift and/or Dreamscape (Shoelace’s educational games) for eight weeks. Overall, teachers had positive perceptions of the games and found them helpful in increasing learners’ enjoyment of reading and literacy. Additionally, classrooms that played the games above the minimum suggested threshold demonstrated moderate gains in reading comprehension level. Research results from the pilot will be shared jointly by Shoelace Learning and Michigan Virtual in spring 2025.
Design and conduct a research study exploring school district’s policies and practices around virtual learning grading decisions.
This study is underway, and some qualitative data has been gathered. A survey to gather quantitative data has been drafted with survey distribution planned for March. Results will be analyzed and synthesized into a white paper.
Continue collaboration with Dr. Andy Hung and Dr. Yu-Hui Ching on models of predicting at-risk students in Michigan Virtual courses and design a research study utilizing the at-risk model.
Research collaborations with Dr. Andy Hung and Dr. Yu-Hui Ching from Boise State University are ongoing. Discussions around how to integrate early warnings into existing Michigan Virtual analytics and interventions are continuing.
Collaborate with Dr. Jacqueline Zweig to conduct research with Michigan Virtual data and in Michigan Virtual courses.
Research with Dr. Jacqueline Zweig is ongoing. In the fall of 2024, Dr. Zweig worked with researchers at Michigan Virtual to understand course satisfaction data and its relationship to course outcomes. Dr. Zweig will coordinate with Michigan Virtual to research a new student pacing and grading model later in 2025.
Update data within its Virtual Benchmarking Tool to include data from the 2017-18 through 2020-21 school years.
Michigan Virtual updated the data within its Virtual Benchmarking Tool (https://michiganvirtual.org/research/effectiveness-reports/benchmarking-tool/) to include data from the 2017-18 through 2020-21 school years. This expanded set of data assists school users in understanding key virtual learning trends before, during, and after the pandemic. The 2023-24 school year data should be added by the end of April.
2(a)(iii) – Research, develop, and recommend annually to the department criteria by which cyber schools and virtual course providers should be monitored and evaluated to ensure a quality education for their pupils.
Serve in a leadership capacity for the NSQOL work, including improvement and promotion activities.
Michigan Virtual staff continued to serve on the NSQOL leadership team as the organization worked to lead the revision of the national standards for online programs, courses, and teaching. A new set of standards is also being written, which will focus on leading virtual learning programs. In addition to serving on the leadership team, a staff member served as the co-chair for the revision of the National Standards for Quality Online Programs. This newly revised set of standards was released to the public in late February 2025.
Revise and re-publish Michigan Virtual’s existing self-assessment tool that schools can use to evaluate the extent to which their programs measure up to the National Standards for Quality Online Learning Programs.
Michigan Virtual has been working closely with the Virtual Learning Leadership Alliance (VLLA) to develop and lead a comprehensive accreditation and certification service for K-12 virtual schools and programs. As part of this process, Michigan Virtual designed an accreditation/certification “readiness” tool in February 2025 to help virtual program leaders self-assess their programs’ alignment to the National Standards for Quality Online Programs. This tool was made freely available to all schools throughout the nation, and it serves the same purpose as the previously developed, and now outdated, self-assessment tool created by Michigan Virtual. Moving forward, Michigan Virtual will no longer be maintaining its self-assessment tool and will instead promote and utilize the VLLA readiness tool to help virtual learning leaders align their schools and programs to the national standards.
2(a)(iv) – Based on pupil completion and performance data reported to the department or the center from cyber schools and other virtual course providers operating in this state, analyze the effectiveness of virtual learning delivery models in preparing pupils to be college- and career-ready and publish a report that highlights enrollment totals, completion rates, and the overall impact on pupils. The Michigan Virtual Learning Research Institute shall submit the report to the house and senate appropriations subcommittees on school aid, the state budget director, the house and senate fiscal agencies, the department, districts, and intermediate districts by not later than March 31 of each fiscal year for which funding is allocated under this section.
Publish the Effectiveness Report on the Michigan Virtual website by March 31, 2025, with a link to the report and infographic sent to the house and senate appropriations subcommittees on state school aid, the state budget director, the house and senate fiscal agencies, and the department postmarked no later than March 31, 2024.
A draft of the 2023-24 Effectiveness Report is completed, and a copy was provided to the Michigan Department of Education (MDE) and Center for Educational Performance and Information (CEPI) for their review. A presentation to those organizations is scheduled for March 2025, to gather feedback and to receive permission to release the report. The report will be made publicly available through the Michigan Virtual website no later than March 31, 2025. As with the prior year, the entire report will be posted directly as a webpage on the Michigan Virtual website. Making the report available in this format helps users find the content more easily by improving search engines’ abilities to discover the findings and make them available to users. Putting the content directly into the website also helps meet web accessibility standards and provides a mobile-friendly version. Information about the report and how to view it online will be provided to the required subcommittee personnel and other government staff identified under this section.
Mail an At-a-Glance Report Infographic and cover letter detailing the online report and resources to superintendents and high school and middle school principals (approximately 2,000 people) no later than April 30, 2025.
A summary infographic and cover letter related to the report will be mailed to Michigan school superintendents as well as high school and middle school principals in April 2025, providing easy-to-consume key findings and communicating how to access the full report online.
Post recording covering key findings from the report on the Michigan Virtual website by April 30, 2025.
A recorded presentation that highlights key findings from the report is expected to be completed in April 2025. The recorded presentation, along with the infographic, will be linked to resources on the report webpage and available for on-demand viewing.
2(a)(v) – Provide an extensive professional development program to at least 30,000 educational personnel, including teachers, school administrators, and school board members, that focuses on the effective integration of virtual learning into curricula and instruction. The Michigan Virtual Learning Research Institute is encouraged to work with the MiSTEM council described in section 99s to coordinate professional development of teachers in applicable fields. In addition, the Michigan Virtual Learning Research Institute and external stakeholders are encouraged to coordinate with the department for professional development in this state, including professional development for employees in child care facilities, early childhood facilities, and after-school programs. By not later than December 1 of each fiscal year for which funding is allocated under this section, the Michigan Virtual Learning Research Institute shall submit a report to the house and senate appropriations subcommittees on school aid, the state budget director, the house and senate fiscal agencies, and the department on the number of teachers, school administrators, and school board members who have received professional development services from the Michigan Virtual University. The report must also include both of the following:
(A) The identification of barriers and other opportunities to encourage the adoption of virtual learning in the public education system.
(B) A link to, and explanation of, the Michigan Virtual University’s online course standards for professional development programming. The standards described in this sub-subparagraph must inform learners how to file a complaint about course content and detail the steps that will be taken for the review and resolution of complaints.
Develop and update professional learning courses based on the needs of schools and districts identified through market research.
Michigan Virtual is actively working to ensure our professional learning courses align with the evolving needs of schools and districts. Through ongoing market research, we are analyzing data from multiple sources, including user feedback and course evaluations to identify strengths and areas for improvement, focus groups and stakeholder input to engage educators, district leaders, and instructional experts in assessing emerging needs, and reviewing district and school professional development trends to align our offerings with their priorities.
Based on our findings, we are developing new courses and updating existing content to enhance relevance, accessibility, and impact. Michigan Virtual is working to create course offerings including Mentor Resources for Statewide Audiences, Successful Classroom Strategies, Mentoring and Induction of New Educators, and Learner-Centered Leadership. These courses are designed to provide practical strategies, support educator growth, and empower leadership at all levels.
Offer professional learning partnerships to schools, districts, and educational groups.
Michigan Virtual continues to expand our professional learning partnerships with schools, districts, and educational organizations to provide high-quality, impactful learning experiences. Our team is actively reaching out and engaging in conversations to collaborate with key partners, including the Michigan High School Athletic Association (MHSAA), the University of Michigan’s Interrupting Prolonged Sitting with Activity (InPACT) program, and the Michigan Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics Network (MiSTEM) to explore opportunities for meaningful professional development initiatives.
In addition to these new collaborations, Michigan Virtual is currently working with the Michigan Association of Superintendents & Administrators (MASA) to build learning experiences for prospective superintendents and partnering with the Michigan Department of Education (MDE) and the Office of Educator Excellence to support educators in understanding and navigating the Michigan Online Educator Certification System (MOECS). These partnerships allow us to align our offerings with the evolving needs of educators and leaders, ensuring accessible and relevant professional learning opportunities across Michigan.
Offer competency-based professional development courses to Michigan teachers and administrators.
Michigan Virtual continues to offer a series of eight micro-credential courses designed to guide educators who are supporting students in an online format. Additionally, Michigan Virtual offers micro-credential opportunities for those supporting literacy through K-12 Connect. Through its partnership with K-12 Connect, Michigan Virtual has successfully developed six micro-credentials focused on best practices in math, providing educators with targeted professional learning to enhance math instruction and student outcomes.
In addition to these micro-credentials, Michigan Virtual’s Online Teaching and Learning (OTL) program offers a structured pathway for educators to develop and refine their online instructional skills. With Level 1 and Level 2 courses, educators can engage in professional learning that covers essential topics such as student engagement, grading and feedback, classroom management, assessments, and community building in an online environment.
Host the 2025 Collaboration of the Minds professional learning conference for instructors and a fall event for online mentors.
Michigan Virtual held the annual Collaboration of the Minds professional learning conference in August 2024 and offered eight webinars for online mentors. The 2025 event is scheduled for August 6-7 in Dexter, MI.
Submit the 2024 PD report as part of a combined annual report that also includes Michigan Virtual’s annual Institute report specified under 2(b)(xiii) and the annual report required under subsection 7 for the Michigan Virtual School no later than December 1, 2024. This is a requirement from the previous fiscal year that crosses over fiscal years.
The 2023-2024 Professional Learning Report was sent to the legislature in December 2024 as part of the annual report, and it is also posted on the Michigan Virtual website at https://michiganvirtual.org/about/annual-reports/.
Submit the 2025 Professional Development report detailing Michigan Virtual’s professional learning services and the identification of barriers and opportunities report by December 1, 2025.
Michigan Virtual is on-track to submit the December 2025 report on time.
2(a)(vi) – Identify and share best practices for planning, implementing, and evaluating virtual and blended education delivery models with intermediate districts, districts, and public school academies to accelerate the adoption of innovative education delivery models statewide.
Host the Michigan Virtual Guides to Online Learning on our website.
Michigan Virtual continues to host a series of guides related to online learning, which are made available to students, parents, teachers, mentors, school administrators, and school board members. These guides are available on the Michigan Virtual website.
Design and conduct a research study investigating Computer Science enrollments and outcomes.
A research study intended to better understand the school-level demographics and course outcomes of students enrolling in Computer Science and AP Computer Science courses offered by Michigan Virtual is currently under design with data collection expected to start spring 2025.
Publish a blog series on innovative learning in Michigan on the Michigan Virtual website.
Since October 1, 2024, MVLRI has published three articles to the Digital Backpack:
Design and conduct a research study investigating course assignment completion patterns in Michigan Virtual courses.
The research design for the expanded student sequencing study has been planned. A subset of courses from all core subject areas and World Languages offered at Michigan Virtual was selected to reflect the department structure. To facilitate generalizability, the three highest enrollment courses from each subject area that were not sequential course offerings were selected (e.g., Algebra I and Geometry would be chosen instead of Algebra IA and Algebra IIA). The necessary data is currently being pulled by a member of Tech Ops.
Host quarterly Michigan meetings for the Digital Learning Collaborative.
As the State Affiliate for the nationally focused Digital Learning Collaborative, Michigan Virtual coordinated and hosted quarterly State Affiliate meetings with digital learning stakeholders. These meetings were designed around the identification and sharing of best improvement practices for digital learning environments, including but not limited to course content creation, instructional improvement, platform evaluation, and current research.
Present or exhibit at 15 or more Michigan professional learning conferences.
Michigan Virtual is active at Michigan education conferences as a thought leader and partner to Michigan education groups. Michigan Virtual has attended 17 conferences and hosted one, the 2nd Annual AI Summit, partnering with 17 key education groups. Staff have presented 55 professional learning sessions to educators, school leaders, and board members. To date, our Executive Team has had six public speaking opportunities at these conferences, sharing knowledge and research, introducing key speakers, and explaining the benefits of our support to conference participants. Presentations and outreach at these events include sharing our resources and experience with research-based online learning, AI integration in schools, school consulting services, mental health supports, and professional learning for educators. Looking forward, our calendar includes 10 additional conference opportunities with multiple engagements at each.
2(b)(i) – Develop and report policy recommendations to the governor and the legislature that accelerate the expansion of effective virtual learning in this state’s schools.
Before December 31, 2024, submit virtual learning policy recommendations to the house and senate appropriations subcommittees on state school aid, the state budget director, the house and senate fiscal agencies, and Michigan Department of Education.
Michigan Virtual submitted four recommendations to address current virtual learning issues. They included:
2(b)(ii) – Provide a clearinghouse for research reports, academic studies, evaluations, and other information related to virtual learning.
Create and distribute quarterly newsletters that highlight new resources and document progress toward newly added resources to the clearinghouse by the end of the fiscal year.
The first quarterly newsletter of the year was sent out to subscribers in January 2025.
Continue to promote and add resources in the form of blogs, publications, webinars, and podcasts to the clearinghouse and the Michigan Virtual website.
Resources are added to the Clearinghouse platform on a quarterly basis. The next round of resources will be added in March 2025.
Continue to maintain the clearinghouse platform and update as needed for improved functionality.
Michigan Virtual has continued to maintain the K-12 Research Clearinghouse website (http://k12onlineresearch.org/) and added additional resources to the website throughout the year.
2(b)(iii) – Promote and distribute the most current instructional design standards and guidelines for virtual teaching.
Include links to instructional design guidelines and standards in the Research Clearinghouse tagged under the keywords “instructional design” and “standards.”
Instructional design guidelines and standards have been added to, and will continue to be added to, the Research Clearinghouse tagged under the keywords “instructional design” and “standards.”
Add five new instructional design resources to the Clearinghouse.
Five new instructional design resources will be added to the Clearinghouse prior to October 1, 2025.
Promote the National Standards for Quality Online Learning by offering four professional learning courses.
Michigan Virtual has provided close to 300 enrollments in its online courses aligned to the National Standards for Quality Online Courses this fiscal year. Course titles included:
These four courses also equip educators with the knowledge and skills necessary for effective online content creation for their students.
Promote, maintain, and support free online professional development resources to train teachers in the instructional design of online content, including through the offering of online professional courses.
Michigan Virtual continues to offer other professional learning courses that support Michigan educators in learning and apply instructional design best practices. There is a series of courses on Universal Design for Learning in the catalog including:
Propose a session focused on instructional design best practices at least two Michigan-based education conferences.
Michigan Virtual continues to lead in the advancement of instructional design standards and best practices for virtual teaching. Our team remains committed to ensuring that educators and instructional designers have access to the most current research, frameworks, and guidelines to enhance online learning experiences. We actively engage with stakeholders across Michigan to promote high-quality virtual instruction and ensure alignment with state and national standards.
The following are two proposals for the 2024/2025 school year:
Michigan School Testing Conference: AI Tools & Assessment: Identifying Intersections
This session explores thinking about the integration of artificial intelligence technologies across all aspects of our education ecosystem with specific emphasis on AI tools that could augment our ability to assess highly personalized learning experiences and uncover student understanding that reaches for 21st- century skills and dispositions. These emerging explorations consider the potential benefits and risks. Session presenters include Michigan Virtual AI Lab presenters David Young, Director of Instructional Product Development, and Justin Bruno, AI Strategist. Michigan Virtual is dedicated to the ongoing study of AI in education and has offered their AI Integration Framework for School Districts – a rubric to outline key planning considerations around the use of AI in school districts.
MACUL: Integrating AI Literacy into Your Classroom
At the MACUL Conference, Michigan Virtual will deliver a session on AI literacy for students, equipping educators with strategies and resources to integrate AI concepts into their teaching. The session will provide practical approaches for embedding AI literacy skills across subject areas or designing a standalone AI literacy curriculum.
This session draws from Michigan Virtual’s AI Literacy curriculum designed for middle and high school students. Participants will leave with concrete strategies and resources to help students build essential AI skills for navigating an AI-powered world.
2(b)(iv) – In collaboration with the department and interested colleges and universities in this state, support implementation and improvements related to effective virtual learning instruction.
Work with interested Michigan teacher preparation institutions to coordinate access to the Michigan Virtual-hosted content, or where applicable, provide technical support for materials made available for self-hosting by the college or university.
We continue to host and partner with universities to offer courses on inclusive teaching and learning that can be accessed for free. We also continue to present best practices in online teaching and learning to pre-service teachers at the University of Michigan.
Continue to support an educational technology entrepreneurship program to support one cohort of educators/innovators interested in developing and scaling their education technology solutions with relevant stakeholders.
Our 2025 EdTech Pitch Competition and Innovation Bootcamp programs will be announced in Spring 2025. Once again, these initiatives will be conducted in partnership with Spartan Innovations at the MSU Research Foundation and SBDC Michigan. Designed to foster innovative thinking within Michigan’s education ecosystem, these programs support educators, entrepreneurs, and innovators in developing and sharing business ideas that have the potential to enhance teaching and learning through existing or emerging technologies.
Extend offers to provide presentations and workshops to interested educator preparation programs on the implementation of digital learning tools into K-12 learning.
A presentation on AI policy at the local, state and federal level was provided to the Michigan State University Education Policy Fellowship Program on January 6, 2025.
2(b)(v) – Pursue public/private partnerships that include districts to study and implement competency-based technology-rich virtual learning models.
Maintain membership in at least two national-level organizations that advocate for and support digital learning at the K-12 level.
Michigan Virtual maintains memberships with:
Collaborate with the Future of Learning Council to provide opportunities for Michigan school leaders to learn about next generation learning models, share design practices, and gain access to high quality professional learning.
Michigan Virtual continues to support the Future of Learning Council through coordination, staff support, and facility use. The Council is comprised of 57 districts, 14 ISDs, and several non-profit organizations including:
Continue to collaborate and partner with private and public sector organizations around Michigan to promote entrepreneurial activity, including an edtech accelerator program, for safe and ethical edtech development in Michigan.
Our 2025 EdTech Pitch Competition and Innovation Bootcamp programs will be announced in Spring 2025. Once again, these initiatives will be conducted in partnership with Spartan Innovations at the MSU Research Foundation and SBDC Michigan. Designed to foster innovative thinking within Michigan’s education ecosystem, these programs support educators, entrepreneurs, and innovators in developing and sharing business ideas that have the potential to enhance teaching and learning through existing or emerging technologies.
Promote 1EdTech’s “Trusted Apps Pledge” agreeing to a set of fair and acceptable business practices in the use of open standards by suppliers.
As a contributing member of 1EdTech, Michigan Virtual promotes the use of the Trusted Apps Dashboard to districts looking for ways to evaluate the adoption of technology tools into their schools. At Michigan Virtual, we evaluate enterprise applications through the 1EdTech Trusted Apps Dashboard process, including having several staff members certified as Trusted Apps Certified Leaders, to better demonstrate and understand the needs of districts when adopting tools.
Accelerate the awareness and adoption of the beneficial use of digital learning tools in K-12 schools in Michigan through developing a strong network of industry partners and K-12 schools, and through offering pilots and training opportunities, to assure K-12 schools in Michigan stay current on latest developments with the technology.
Michigan Virtual has engaged with the multiple providers to pilot innovative digital learning tools in classrooms across Michigan including:
2(b)(vi) – Create a statewide network of school-based mentors serving as liaisons between pupils, virtual instructors, parents, and school staff, as provided by the department or the center, and provide mentors with research-based training and technical assistance designed to help more pupils be successful virtual learners.
Continue to maintain resources for effective mentoring of virtual learners and state reporting practices.
Michigan Virtual sends a monthly newsletter to mentors with tips and resources for effective mentoring of virtual learners and state reporting practices and maintains an extensive Knowledge Base to support mentors with resources for best mentoring practices.
Offer opportunities for mentors to engage and collaborate with each other on topics such as pacing, building relationships, motivating students, and helping struggling students.
Michigan Virtual hosted a fall professional development series, Michigan Virtual Mentoring 101, that allowed mentors to collaborate on online mentoring best practices, systems navigation, and technical assistance. An additional session will be hosted later this spring.
Maintain and host two Mentor Advisory Council meetings annually.
Michigan Virtual hosts a fall and a spring meeting of the Mentor Advisory Council. The fall meeting typically occurs in September. The spring meeting is scheduled for April 2025.
2(b)(vii) – Convene focus groups and conduct annual surveys of teachers, administrators, pupils, parents, and others to identify barriers and opportunities related to virtual learning.
Convene a minimum of three focus groups of online students.
Two fall-semester focus groups were held with students at Almont High School and Eaton Rapids High School. At least one more focus group will be held in the spring semester.
Distribute an end-of-course survey to students and professional learners taking courses through the Michigan Virtual Student Learning Portal and the Professional Learning Portal.
All learners enrolled in Michigan Virtual professional and student courses are presented with an end-of-course questionnaire. From October 1, 2024, through January 31, 2025, the professional learning questionnaire has received 35,711 responses, and the student end-of-course questionnaire has received 6,652 responses. Our student end-of-course survey shows that 89% of respondents are highly satisfied thus far in 2024-25, while our professional learners have a highly satisfied rate of 97%. We also run a survey for students taking courses in our collaborative programs, in which we provide online courses that local teachers use with local students. With 159 responses, we saw a 94% highly satisfied rate between October 1, 2024, and January 31, 2025.
These surveys have been instrumental in advancing our understanding of a learner’s experience with our courses, platforms, and instructors, as well as their motivations for taking the courses. More specifically, our learning services and instructional design teams use the results to provide instructors with feedback and to improve both course content and instructional design in ways that enhance the student experience and overall course satisfaction. This includes course-specific items, such as broken links or confusing content, and broader design elements, such as the significant link between student satisfaction and clarity of course instructions and ease of platform navigation.
Distribute an end-of-year survey to mentors of students in Michigan Virtual courses.
A mid-year survey of mentors with students taking courses with Michigan Virtual was distributed in early February 2024 to align with the end of all Semester 1 courses. An additional survey is planned for May or June to collect year-end feedback.
Continue to convene a Mentor Advisory Board twice a year where mentor annual survey feedback is used to expand resources and effective training models for mentors.
The Mentor Advisory Board convened on September 23, 2024. The spring meeting is planned for April 30, 2025.
2(b)(viii) – Produce an annual consumer awareness report for schools and parents about effective virtual education providers and education delivery models, performance data, cost structures, and research trends.
Update the Consumer Awareness resource twice annually (fall and spring).
The Consumer Awareness report was updated in October 2024 to reflect fall 2024 course offerings and data. The report will be subsequently updated in spring 2025 to reflect spring enrollments.
Add Virtual Benchmarking Tool section to report.
The Consumer Awareness report will be updated in spring 2025 to include a new section on the new Virtual Benchmarking Tool (https://michiganvirtual.org/research/effectiveness-reports/benchmarking-tool/) and how it could be used to help evaluate virtual learning programs.
2(b)(ix) – Provide an internet-based platform that educators can use to create student-centric learning tools and resources for sharing in the state’s open educational resource repository and facilitate a user network that assists educators in using the content creation platform and state repository for open educational resources. As part of this initiative, the Michigan Virtual University shall work collaboratively with districts and intermediate districts to establish a plan to make available virtual resources that align to Michigan’s K to 12 curriculum standards for use by students, educators, and parents.
Provide leadership to the state’s GoOpen initiative by contributing staff who serve on the GoOpen strategy teams and sub-teams.
Michigan Virtual continues to make staff available to support the work of the states #GoOpen initiative.
Make available modules on the Professional Learning Portal that address open educational resources, including the state’s GoOpen initiative.
In partnership with Michigan #GoOpen, Michigan Virtual continues to host modules on our professional learning platform that help educators understand the initiative, explore open educational resources, and discover how they can contribute their own resources. These modules can be accessed at the following URL: https://michiganvirtual.org/course/dive-into-oer/
Provide funding for maintenance of Michigan’s GoOpen hub.
Michigan Virtual provides funding to support the Michigan #GoOpen Hub, ensuring that educators have access to a diverse collection of free digital learning materials. This platform empowers teachers to integrate OER into their instruction, enhancing learning opportunities while reducing costs.
Make available modules on the Professional Learning Portal that support educators in developing their own digital learning objects.
Michigan Virtual provides educators with modules that support the design of digital content including courses such as Assessments in the Blended Classroom and #GoOpen: Open Educational Resources in Michigan.
Expand pilot to reach 25 educators within Michigan schools to provide Michigan Virtual content through a learning object repository that allows for embedding in multiple Learning Management Systems and provide appropriate training resources around utilization of this tool.
Two pilots are currently running through A2 Virtual and Gull Lake Community Schools, with 3 teachers, to utilize Michigan Virtual course content in Agilix Buzz and Schoology LMS.
2(b)(x) – Create and maintain a public statewide catalog of virtual learning courses being offered by all public schools and community colleges in this state. The Michigan Virtual Learning Research Institute shall identify and develop a list of nationally recognized best practices for virtual learning and use this list to support reviews of virtual course vendors, courses, and instructional practices. The Michigan Virtual Learning Research Institute shall also provide a mechanism for intermediate districts to use the identified best practices to review content offered by constituent districts. The Michigan Virtual Learning Research Institute shall review the virtual course offerings of the Michigan Virtual University, and make the results from these reviews available to the public as part of the statewide catalog. The Michigan Virtual Learning Research Institute shall ensure that the statewide catalog is made available to the public on the Michigan Virtual University website and shall allow the ability to link it to each district’s website as provided for in section 21f. The statewide catalog must also contain all of the following:
(A) The number of enrollments in each virtual course in the immediately preceding school year.
(B) The number of enrollments that earned 60% or more of the total course points for each virtual course in the immediately preceding school year.
(C) The pass rate for each virtual course.
Maintain the public statewide catalog of virtual learning courses.
Michigan Virtual continues to maintain the statewide catalog of online courses located at https://micourses.org/.
Include information about the National Standards for Quality Online Learning on the About page of the Micourses website.
The Michigan Virtual Learning Research Institute has worked with other leading experts across the country to develop a list of nationally recognized best practices for virtual learning programs, teachers, and courses. These sets of standards are formally known as the National Standards for Quality Online Learning (https://www.nsqol.org/). These standards have been added to the Micourses catalog and can be used by Michigan Virtual, intermediate districts and districts to report the results of their quality course review.
Submit a minimum of ten MVS semester-length courses to Quality Matters for independent course quality reviews.
Michigan Virtual has already submitted 2 MVS semester-length courses to Quality Matters for independent course quality reviews. More courses are currently in various stages of development. We believe we are on pace to achieve this benchmark.
Implement code updates to the administrative interface.
Michigan Virtual has implemented technical enhancements to streamline customer workflows by introducing import and export features, reducing the need for manual term entry. Additionally, the “Add New Course (Syllabi)” page has been updated to remove the misleading “Save” button to prevent confusion. Administrative improvements also include the ability to export user data and filter by entity type.
Offer professional development courses to Michigan schools and districts specific to applying National Standards for Quality Online Courses when performing course reviews.
Michigan Virtual offers a series of four asynchronous professional development courses housed on its Professional Learning Portal in an effort to help schools understand ways in which they could develop high-quality online courses for students. These courses, aligned to the National Standards for Quality Online Courses, are titled: Online National Standards 1: Getting Started; Online National Standards 2: Course Content & Design; Online National Standards 3: Assessment; and Online National Standards 4: Meeting Needs. These courses are available at no cost to all Michigan schools.
Send out performance data communication request and upload received results to the catalog.
Toward the end of each school year, Michigan Virtual reaches out to each course provider that offered online courses that year and requests their performance data for inclusion in the catalog. MV staff uploads the performance data results it receives to the Micourses website.
Maintain Section 21f resources made available through the statewide catalog.
Lastly, Michigan Virtual will maintain the Section 21f documentation made available through the statewide catalog website.
2(b)(xi) – Support registration, payment services, and transcript functionality for the statewide catalog and train key stakeholders on how to use new features.
Provide technical and customer support for users of the statewide catalog.
Michigan Virtual continues to support the functionality of the course catalog, including providing technical and customer support for users
Based on customer feedback and help-desk tickets, update help documentation and user interface (when needed) to assist users to promptly resolve common issues.
Michigan Virtual continues to maintain a public-facing knowledge base allowing catalog users to browse for instant help.
2(b)(xii) – Collaborate with key stakeholders to examine district level accountability and teacher effectiveness issues related to virtual learning under section 21f and make findings and recommendations publicly available.
Evaluate Michigan Virtual teachers using the updated Danielson rubric and corresponding effectiveness rating categories.
Michigan Virtual has implemented the updated version of the Danielson Framework for Teaching (2022) for its annual evaluation process. This updated version utilizes more current language and practices that apply to both in-person and virtual settings which allows Michigan Virtual to move away from the modified version necessary in the past to align to a virtual environment. In addition, Michigan Virtual has adjusted to a three-category scoring rubric to align to current legislative requirements. The first round of walk-throughs was completed during semester 1. Evaluations are scheduled to be conducted beginning March 2024.
Add Virtual Benchmarking Tool section to Consumer Awareness Report.
Michigan Virtual added a new section to the Consumer Awareness Report that helps district leaders evaluate their virtual learning programs using data from the new Virtual Benchmarking Tool (https://michiganvirtual.org/research/effectiveness-reports/benchmarking-tool/).
2(b)(xiii) – Provide a report on the activities of the Michigan Virtual Learning Research Institute.
By December 1, 2024, submit the combined Annual Report for the 2023-24 year.
The 2032-24 Institute Report was sent to the legislature in December 2024 and is also posted on the Michigan Virtual website as part of the annual report page at https://michiganvirtual.org/about/annual-reports/.
By December 1, 2025, submit the combined Annual Report for the 2024-25 year.
Michigan Virtual is on track to submit this report by December 1.
(3) To further enhance its expertise and leadership in virtual learning, the Michigan Virtual University shall continue to operate the Michigan Virtual School as a statewide laboratory and quality model of instruction by implementing virtual and blended learning solutions for Michigan schools in accordance with the following parameters: (a) The Michigan Virtual School must maintain its accreditation status from recognized national and international accrediting entities.
Maintain accreditation during the 2025 fiscal year.
Michigan Virtual has maintained accreditation through Cognia during the 2025 fiscal year.
(b) The Michigan Virtual University shall use no more than $1,000,000.00 of the amount allocated under this section to subsidize the cost paid by districts for virtual courses.
Adopt a fiscal year 2025 budget which allocates no more than $1M to subsidize the virtual school.
In October 2024, Michigan Virtual’s Board of Directors approved its fiscal year 2025 budget fulfilling this benchmark.
Based on audited figures from the prior year, demonstrate that no more than $1M of the state allocation was used to subsidize the virtual school.
Based on audited figures from the 2023-24 school year, an independent third-party auditing firm concluded Michigan Virtual adhered to this requirement.
(c) In providing educators responsible for the teaching of virtual courses as provided for in this section, the Michigan Virtual School shall follow the requirements to request and assess, and the department of state police shall provide, a criminal history check and criminal records check under sections 1230 and 1230a of the revised school code, MCL 380.1230 and 380.1230a, in the same manner as if the Michigan Virtual School were a school district under those sections.
Conduct criminal background checks on Michigan Virtual staff and maintain appropriate related documentation.
Michigan Virtual is approved by the Michigan State Police (MSP) as a qualified entity to use the MSP Criminal History Record Internet Subscription Service (CHRISS) for fingerprinting for employment, assignment, or volunteer placement as authorized by the National Child Protection Act. Michigan Virtual works with its teachers and staff to complete background checks and MSP fingerprint checks through this process.
(4) From the funds allocated under subsection (1), the Michigan Virtual University shall allocate up to $500,000.00 to support the expansion of new online and blended educator professional development programs.
Design, test, and pilot new iterations of products and services associated with the delivery of effective professional learning for teaching in virtual and blended learning environments.
Michigan Virtual continues to refine its Online Teaching and Learning (OTL) Micro-Credentials by enhancing course content, piloting new learning pathways, and improving the overall user experience. As part of this effort, we have remixed our existing OTL courses to create Skill Sprints—concise, targeted learning modules that provide educators with focused, practical strategies for teaching in virtual and blended environments. These Skill Sprints equip educators with strategies to cultivate self-directed learning habits and empower students to become active, autonomous learners. By offering shorter, competency-based learning experiences, Michigan Virtual ensures that educators can efficiently develop the skills needed to enhance student engagement and success in digital learning settings.
Provide face-to-face and online professional development to districts, in the form of workshops, presentations, and courses, on the topic of digital learning tools and their impact on teaching, learning, and other functions of schools.
Michigan Virtual continues to expand its partnership with MiLeap, increasing access to online professional development opportunities for early childhood educators and daycare providers. Previously available only through face-to-face sessions, these learning experiences are now accessible in flexible, online formats, enabling educators to enhance their skills at their own pace.
Additionally, we are collaborating with MAISA’s Early Literacy Team to develop a blended learning model for their content. In this approach, facilitators provide in-person support, while learners can engage with course materials anytime through our platform. This model ensures that educators receive personalized guidance while benefiting from the convenience of online access.
Facilitate a study tour for educators, administrators, and/or education stakeholders in attending one national-level conference around innovation in educational technology.
Michigan Virtual works with the Future of Learning Council and ASU+GSV to distribute 32 scholarships to the following 8 districts for leadership teams to attend the ASU+GSV Summit in April 2025.
Review and update blended learning courses.
Formerly offered as a Continuing Education Unit (CEU) course, Designing a Blended Classroom: Skill Application has been redesigned and now offers 10 State Continuing Education Clock Hours (SCECHs). This course provides educators with practical strategies for implementing blended learning in their classrooms and includes light facilitation to guide participants through key concepts and applications.
(5) From the funds allocated under subsection (1), the Michigan Virtual University shall allocate up to $500,000.00 to operate a comprehensive statewide laboratory designed to function as a hub for cutting-edge research, the identification and dissemination of best practices, rigorous experimentation, policy formulation, and proactive efforts to enhance awareness about the responsible utilization of artificial intelligence in schools.
Deliver 15 free AI awareness sessions through conferences, regional meetings, or partner venues.
As of February 13, 2025, AI Strategists and MVLRI AI Lab staff have provided 16 free sessions at the following conferences, regional meetings, or partner venues:
Train at least 5 regional leaders who will recruit and support up to 100 educators in AI readiness.
The kick-off for the AI Ambassador program occurred in February 2025. Twelve regional AI Ambassadors, representing various geographically diverse K-12 districts and ISDs across Michigan, were selected:
Enroll at least 500 educators in the online AI learning series.
Enrollments since Oct. 1, 2024:
Host a student focused event on safe and ethical AI use with at least 100 attendees.
Michigan Virtual is working to host an event in collaboration with an intermediate school district to promote AI literacy among secondary students.
Increase capacity of Michigan Virtual annual AI Summit for up to 1,000 attendees and at least 20 AI-related presentations.
On December 17, 2024, Michigan Virtual held the 2nd annual AI Summit at the Lansing Center. It was attended by over 860 participants and included 3 keynote sessions and 22 breakout sessions from Michigan educators on topics ranging from building awareness to advanced use cases and implementation stories on AI in K-12 by schools in Michigan. The 860-participant figure is more than double the number of attendees from the prior year.
Publish three comprehensive guides on responsible AI use and distribute them through the Michigan Virtual website.
The Teacher Guide to Artificial Intelligence was released in December 2024. It provides a comprehensive overview of the potential shift in educator roles as schools adopt AI into classrooms for student support. The guide is distributed as an interactive application through the Michigan Virtual website that allows educators to leverage an AI chatbot built right into the guide, allowing them to explore concepts embedded in the guide.
An Administrator Guide to Artificial Intelligence is currently under development with the expectation of release in late Spring 2025.
A Student Guide to Artificial Intelligence is currently under development, built upon exploration of Michigan Virtual’s AI Literacy content, widely available to Michigan districts, in classrooms and student needs arising from those discussions. The release date is scheduled for August 2025.
Disseminate AI literacy materials to 75% of Michigan districts by the end of the year.
Released in December 2024, Michigan Virtual’s AI Literacy Series is available to schools for free. The series contains engaging videos, teacher guides, student handouts and slide decks that ensure an easy and engaging introduction of AI into the classroom at any level. An early literacy awareness campaign is being launched in late February to coincide with National AI Literacy Day on March 28, 2025. Covering 8 areas with 24 videos, the topics are:
(6) If the course offerings are included in the statewide catalog of virtual courses under subsection (2)(b)(x), the Michigan Virtual School operated by the Michigan Virtual University may offer virtual course offerings, including, but not limited to, all of the following:
(a) Information technology courses.
(b) College level equivalent courses, as that term is defined in section 1471 of the revised school code, MCL 380.1471.
(c) Courses and dual enrollment opportunities.
(d) Programs and services for at-risk pupils.
(e) High school equivalency test preparation courses for adjudicated youth.
(f) Special interest courses.
(g) Professional development programs for teachers, school administrators, other school employees, and school board members.
Continue to offer over 240 teacher-facilitated online courses for middle school and high school student enrollment.
In the 2024-2025 school year, Michigan Virtual has offered a total of 263 teacher-led online courses for middle school and high school, including:
In addition, Michigan Virtual has provided 195 semester-length middle school and high school online courses, hosted on its learning management system (LMS) available to be taught by teachers employed by local schools within a collaborative partnership model, and access to 12 personalized independent study paths within EdReady Math and EdReady English powered by The NROC Project.
(7) If a home-schooled or nonpublic school student is a resident of a district that subscribes to services provided by the Michigan Virtual School, the student may use the services provided by the Michigan Virtual School to the district without charge to the student beyond what is charged to a district pupil using the same services.
Produce 2024-25 pricing with no additional charges for a home-school or nonpublic school student.
Michigan Virtual’s prices for the 2024-25 school year are the same for home-schooled and nonpublic school students as they are for district students using the same services. Pricing information is available on the Michigan Virtual website at https://michiganvirtual.org/students/pricing/.
(8) By not later than December 1 of each fiscal year for which funding is allocated under this section, the Michigan Virtual University shall provide a report to the house and senate appropriations subcommittees on school aid, the state budget director, the house and senate fiscal agencies, and the department that includes at least all of the following information related to the Michigan Virtual School for the preceding fiscal year:
(a) A list of the districts served by the Michigan Virtual School.
(b) A list of virtual course titles available to districts.
(c) The total number of virtual course enrollments and information on registrations and completions by course.
(d) The overall course completion rate percentage.
Publish MVS Annual Report no later than December 1, 2024.
The 2023-24 report on the Michigan Virtual School was sent to the legislature in December 2024 and is posted on the Michigan Virtual website as part of the annual report page at https://michiganvirtual.org/about/annual-reports/. The 2024-25 report will be provided in December 2025.
(9) In addition to the information listed in subsection (8), the report under subsection (8) must also include a plan to serve at least 600 schools with courses from the Michigan Virtual School or with content available through the internet-based platform identified in subsection (2)(b)(ix).
Serve at least 600 Michigan schools through the Michigan Virtual School or our internet-based platform efforts.
This school year, Michigan Virtual has already served close to 500 Michigan schools through its student course offerings. The remainder of the schools are expected to come from educators who are using the #GoOpen Michigan website.
(10) The governor may appoint an advisory group for the Michigan Virtual Learning Research Institute established under subsection (2). The members of the advisory group serve at the pleasure of the governor and without compensation. The purpose of the advisory group is to make recommendations to the governor, the legislature, and the president and board of the Michigan Virtual University that will accelerate innovation in this state’s education system in a manner that will prepare elementary and secondary students to be career and college ready and that will promote the goal of increasing the percentage of residents of this state with high-quality degrees and credentials to at least 60% by 2025.
Since this section pertains to the actions of the Governor’s office rather than Michigan Virtual, no plan has been created by Michigan Virtual.
(11) By not later than November 1 of each fiscal year for which funding is allocated under this section, the Michigan Virtual University shall submit to the house and senate appropriations subcommittees on school aid, the state budget director, and the house and senate fiscal agencies a detailed budget for that fiscal year that includes a breakdown on its projected costs to deliver virtual educational services to districts and a summary of the anticipated fees to be paid by districts for those services. By not later than March 1 each fiscal year for which funding is allocated under this section, the Michigan Virtual University shall submit to the house and senate appropriations subcommittees on school aid, the state budget director, and the house and senate fiscal agencies a breakdown on its actual costs to deliver virtual educational services to districts and a summary of the actual fees paid by districts for those services based on audited financial statements for the immediately preceding fiscal year.
No later than November 1, 2024, submit a detailed budget for 2024-25 fiscal year that includes a breakdown on Michigan Virtual’s projected costs to deliver virtual educational services to districts and a summary of the anticipated fees to be paid by districts for those services.
A detailed budget breaking down 2024-25 projected costs to deliver virtual educational services to districts and a summary of the anticipated fees to be paid by districts for those services was submitted by November 1, 2024.
No later than March 1, 2025, submit a breakdown on Michigan Virtual’s actual costs to deliver virtual educational services to districts and a summary of the actual fees paid by districts for those services based on audited financial statements for the immediately preceding fiscal year.
The breakdown of Michigan Virtual’s actual costs to deliver virtual educational services to districts and a summary of the actual fees paid by districts for those services based on audited financial statements for the immediately preceding fiscal year was included for legislators in the same mailing as this update.
This report is being submitted in fulfillment of the following legislative directive:
The Michigan Virtual University shall provide a report to the legislature not later than November 1 of each fiscal year for which funding is allocated under this section that includes its mission, its plans, and proposed benchmarks it must meet, including a plan to achieve the organizational priorities identified in this section, to receive full funding for the next fiscal year for which funding is allocated under this section. By not later than March 1 of each fiscal year for which funding is allocated under this section, the Michigan Virtual University shall provide an update to the house and senate appropriations subcommittees on school aid to show the progress being made to meet the benchmarks identified.
Mission: Maximize learning and teaching by bringing together the best in people and technology.
2(a)(i) – Test, evaluate, and recommend as appropriate new technology-based instructional tools and resources.
Michigan Virtual will explore different applications associated with defined innovation pathways around using technology to increase instructional capacity and improve effectiveness, learner engagement and communications, access to educational technology and curriculum, and demonstrate personal and professional learning. This work will encompass exploring the impact of next generation learning engagement platforms, safe and ethical use of digital tools in classrooms, student and professional credentials and badges, and the impact of digital learning tools on physical space and infrastructure. Bringing together interested schools, partners, and tool providers, Michigan Virtual will organize pilots to enable continuous design and iteration of digital tool use in classrooms.
Michigan Virtual will also continue to participate in the learning interoperability standards body 1EdTech as a contributing member to continue to develop a deeper understanding of digital learner records and how it impacts the recognition and portability of student achievements and outcomes in K-12 settings.
Michigan Virtual will engage in year-round enrichment programs that explore next generation learning platforms and offer innovative learning opportunities to students as supplemental learning in-school and out-of-school environments. These programs will be offered at a low cost through schools, community-based organizations and direct to parents interested in providing enrichment opportunities for students.
Michigan Virtual will publish posts, research articles, presentations and workshops documenting applications for creating new educator and student pathways using technology to achieve instructional goals in their online, blended, and traditional classrooms in a variety of student-centered learning models.
2(a)(ii) – Research, design, and recommend virtual education delivery models for use by pupils and teachers that include age-appropriate multimedia instructional content.
In an effort to expand available offerings Michigan Virtual will partner with Shoelace Learning to conduct a pilot implementation in Michigan schools, and associated research study, of the educational games Dreamseeker Drift and Dreamscape. Both games are designed to increase middle-grades students’ reading comprehension. The research study will investigate ease of use, teacher perceptions of effectiveness, student perceptions of the games, and measure growth in enjoyment of student reading. Findings from this research will be made available on the Michigan Virtual website.
Michigan Virtual will also design and conduct a research study exploring school district’s policies and practices around virtual learning grading decisions. Researchers will take a mixed-methods approach to the study gathering both qualitative and quantitative data to better understand how schools and districts translate and record the course grades students receive in their virtual courses. Findings from this study will help Michigan Virtual better understand and serve Michigan schools.
Michigan Virtual will continue a collaboration with researchers Dr. Andy Hung and Dr. Yu-Hui Ching from Boise State University on a research study that uses Michigan Virtual course data to train an AI predictive model designed to identify students at risk of earning less than 65% of the available course points. Part of this collaboration will include designing a research study to be implemented in Michigan Virtual courses that provides identification of, and relevant interventions to at-risk students.
Michigan Virtual will also continue to collaborate with Dr. Jacqueline Zweig to research Michigan Virtual student perceptions and learning behaviors and their relationship to course outcomes. Dr. Zweig will work with Michigan Virtual staff to identify, design, and conduct research using Michigan Virtual data and within Michigan Virtual courses.
Finally, Michigan Virtual will update the data within its Virtual Benchmarking Tool (https://michiganvirtual.org/research/effectiveness-reports/benchmarking-tool/) to include data from the 2017-18 through 2020-21 school years. This expanded set of data will assist school users in understanding key virtual learning trends before, during, and after the pandemic.
2(a)(iii) – Research, develop, and recommend annually to the department criteria by which cyber schools and virtual course providers should be monitored and evaluated to ensure a quality education for their pupils.
Michigan Virtual will continue to be heavily involved with co-leading the work on the National Standards for Quality Online Learning (NSQOL) (https://www.nsqol.org/). NSQOL includes separate quality standards for programs, teaching, and courses.
To better support online learning programs throughout Michigan, Michigan Virtual developed a tool and process that school leaders can use to self-evaluate the extent to which their programs measure up to the National Standards for Quality Online Learning Programs. These national standards are scheduled to be revised during the 2024-25 school year, so Michigan Virtual will revise the existing self-assessment tool to reflect this revision.
2(a)(iv) – Based on pupil completion and performance data reported to the department or the center from cyber schools and other virtual course providers operating in this state, analyze the effectiveness of virtual learning delivery models in preparing pupils to be college- and career-ready and publish a report that highlights enrollment totals, completion rates, and the overall impact on pupils. The Michigan Virtual Learning Research Institute shall submit the report to the house and senate appropriations subcommittees on school aid, the state budget director, the house and senate fiscal agencies, the department, districts, and intermediate districts by not later than March 31 of each fiscal year for which funding is allocated under this section.
By March 31, 2025, Michigan Virtual will produce the Effectiveness Report in a form and method consistent with the past version as it has been well-received and represents the most in-depth, state-level analysis of virtual course enrollments in the country. Like past reports, Michigan Virtual will also create an infographic summarizing key findings from the report. A link to the infographic and the report will be mailed to required recipients and published on the Michigan Virtual website. The report’s author will produce a recording that will be made available on-demand through the Michigan Virtual website.
2(a)(v) – Provide an extensive professional development program to at least 30,000 educational personnel, including teachers, school administrators, and school board members, that focuses on the effective integration of virtual learning into curricula and instruction. The Michigan Virtual Learning Research Institute is encouraged to work with the MiSTEM council described in section 99s to coordinate professional development of teachers in applicable fields. In addition, the Michigan Virtual Learning Research Institute and external stakeholders are encouraged to coordinate with the department for professional development in this state, including professional development for employees in child care facilities, early childhood facilities, and after-school programs. By not later than December 1 of each fiscal year for which funding is allocated under this section, the Michigan Virtual Learning Research Institute shall submit a report to the house and senate appropriations subcommittees on school aid, the state budget director, the house and senate fiscal agencies, and the department on the number of teachers, school administrators, and school board members who have received professional development services from the Michigan Virtual University. The report must also include both of the following:
(A) The identification of barriers and other opportunities to encourage the adoption of virtual learning in the public education system.
(B) A link to, and explanation of, the Michigan Virtual University’s online course standards for professional development programming. The standards described in this sub-subparagraph must inform learners how to file a complaint about course content and detail the steps that will be taken for the review and resolution of complaints.
Michigan Virtual will continue to advance its professional development services by gathering and acting on feedback from individuals currently taking professional development courses, individuals who may be seeking professional development in the future, and from the field in general. Michigan Virtual will also develop new partnerships with schools or educational groups to provide professional learning services while integrating professional learning communities to build engagement. The Michigan Virtual professional development platform will be continuously improved through course updates, new courses, and pilots to explore opportunities for more competency-based learning at scale.
Michigan Virtual will continue to host the annual event called Collaboration of the Minds (COM). COM is an annual professional development conference that serves as an opportunity to bring the large remote teaching staff of Michigan Virtual, many of whom have full-time teaching positions in local school districts, together to learn, explore, and collaborate with each other. This is an opportunity for all instructors to meet face-to-face and provides time for like-content instructors to explore best practices and strategies for supporting students. The event introduces new learning in the virtual environment, training in effective practices, and collaboration time to explore with fellow instructors. Michigan Virtual is also putting on a virtual fall event for mentors of online learners to strengthen effective practices and expand their professional learning community.
Michigan Virtual will fulfill the PD report’s requirement through publishing its annual report. The report will include a section addressing identified barriers and other opportunities to encourage the adoption of virtual learning in the public education system. It will also include a link to a page on the Michigan Virtual website that identifies our online course standards for professional development programming. Along with the link, the report will document steps a learner can take to share feedback, including a complaint about course content, and outline how that feedback will be reviewed and resolved.
2(a)(vi) – Identify and share best practices for planning, implementing, and evaluating virtual and blended education delivery models with intermediate districts, districts, and public school academies to accelerate the adoption of innovative education delivery models statewide.
Michigan Virtual developed a series of guides related to online learning, which are made available to students, parents, teachers, mentors, school administrators, and school board members. Michigan Virtual will host these guides on the Michigan Virtual website.
Michigan Virtual will design and conduct a research study intended to better understand the school-level demographics and course outcomes of students enrolling in Computer Science and AP Computer Science courses offered by Michigan Virtual. This study also seeks to understand when students are working on their Computer Science courses and other learning behaviors associated with course success. This research continues a trajectory of research in this area by Michigan Virtual to expand access to high-quality Computer Science courses for non-traditional student populations and increase CS access statewide.
Michigan Virtual will continue to conduct research on innovative learning models in Michigan schools and provide effective practices and recommendations to Michigan schools and districts through a blog series in the Michigan Virtual Digital Backpack.
Student pacing is inextricably linked with student learning outcomes and in order to better understand how to support learners Michigan Virtual designed and conducted a research study that investigated how students moved through their STEM course content. This previous year’s study found that small deviations from the pacing guide were common and had little effect on overall course success. Large deviations however, were ultimately detrimental to student learning and course outcomes. This year, Michigan Virtual will design and conduct a follow-up to this research study expanding the course scope to understand pacing beyond STEM courses.
As digital learning tools for hybrid and blended learning become more sophisticated and embedded in daily use in classrooms and schools throughout Michigan, Michigan Virtual will continue to conduct emerging research on the integration and innovations that emerge from adoption of these tools in schools.
As the State Affiliate for the nationally focused Digital Learning Collaborative, Michigan Virtual will coordinate and host quarterly State Affiliate meetings with digital learning stakeholders. These meetings will be designed around the identification and sharing of best improvement practices for digital learning environments, including but not limited to course content creation, instructional improvement, platform evaluation, and current research.
Finally, Michigan Virtual is active at Michigan education conferences. Staff will be presenting or exhibiting at 15 or more Michigan professional learning conferences. Presentation and outreach at these events will include sharing our resources and experience with research-based online learning for students, innovation with an emphasis on adoption of digital tools, school redesign, mental health awareness, and professional learning for educators.
2(b)(i) – Develop and report policy recommendations to the governor and the legislature that accelerate the expansion of effective virtual learning in this state’s schools.
Michigan Virtual will provide feedback on current virtual learning policies and make recommendations that will accelerate the use of effective virtual learning in the state.
2(b)(ii) – Provide a clearinghouse for research reports, academic studies, evaluations, and other information related to virtual learning.
Michigan Virtual will maintain the existing clearinghouse website (http://k12onlineresearch.org/) and add additional resources to the website throughout the fiscal year. Currently, the nationally recognized clearinghouse acts as an aggregator of K-12 online and blended research and key publications. To date, there are over 1,350 resources cataloged in the clearinghouse. On a quarterly basis, Michigan Virtual will email a clearinghouse newsletter to the MVLRI mailing list and share it via social media to highlight resources added during that time.
2(b)(iii) – Promote and distribute the most current instructional design standards and guidelines for virtual teaching.
Michigan Virtual will maintain and update the instructional design guidelines and standards tagged in the Research Clearinghouse. At least five new instructional design resources will be added to the Clearinghouse to assist Michigan schools in developing and delivering their own digital content to students.
Michigan Virtual will also promote the National Quality Standards for Online Teaching, National Quality Standards for Online Programs, and National Quality Standards for Online Courses (https://www.nsqol.org/), which will all help to inform Michigan-based work in online and blended learning. This includes offering four free online professional learning courses focused on different aspects of the national standards.
Michigan Virtual will also offer courses on instructional design and on creating digital content and effective online assessments. Michigan Virtual will submit at least two presentation proposals to Michigan-specific education conferences to promote and share best practices related to instructional design and standards of quality.
2(b)(iv) – In collaboration with the department and interested colleges and universities in this state, support implementation and improvements related to effective virtual learning instruction.
Michigan Virtual will make available a wide variety of online resources and courses to institutions that operate teacher and administrator preparation programs. These resources, which include digital content and professional learning related to early literacy; online, blended, and student-centered learning; and the use of open educational resources, will be available to colleges and universities through Michigan Virtual-hosted environments. In some cases, these resources may be made available in university-hosted environments.
Michigan Virtual will continue to collaborate with university entrepreneurship programs and technology accelerators / tech transfer teams to promote educational technology entrepreneurship and to catalyze teachers’ creation of new technology to solve educational challenges. This program includes a series of experiences that bring together college students, faculty, education technology entrepreneurs, and Michigan Virtual to support innovation in education throughout the state.
Where applicable, Michigan Virtual will work with educator preparation programs to help drive awareness and understanding around the impact of digital learning tools in K-12 learning.
2(b)(v) – Pursue public/private partnerships that include districts to study and implement competency-based technology-rich virtual learning models.
Michigan Virtual will continue to lead conversations about digital learning throughout Michigan. Maintaining memberships and affiliations with national digital learning organizations such as the Digital Learning Consortium and Aurora Institute will help gain insight into other state and national trends as they relate to key issues in digital learning, policy development, and effective program practices, in general. Michigan Virtual will gather and share such information with schools and districts throughout the state as they continue to implement digital learning opportunities for their students.
Michigan Virtual will also provide direct support to the Future of Learning Council through a professional collaboration that provides a structured environment for Michigan leaders to learn about next generation learning models, share design practices, and gain access to high quality professional learning with other innovative school leaders. Both Michigan Virtual and the Future of Learning Council believe we have a unique opportunity to chart a new course regarding the structure of schools by blending the best of our traditional instructional models with an intentional focus on innovations in learning to better serve all children.
Michigan Virtual will continue to collaborate with national and regional technology accelerator programs to promote educational technology entrepreneurship, catalyze teachers’ creation of innovative technology to solve educational challenges, and promote high-quality educational technology development and implementations in Michigan. This includes promoting standards-based educational technology that promotes an agile, scalable, ethical & safe edtech ecosystem within K-12 districts.
2(b)(vi) – Create a statewide network of school-based mentors serving as liaisons between pupils, virtual instructors, parents, and school staff, as provided by the department or the center, and provide mentors with research-based training and technical assistance designed to help more pupils be successful virtual learners.
Michigan Virtual will continue to provide a critical service to schools by highlighting the importance of mentors in virtual learner success. Mentors will have access to resources, share assets and practices, and explore emerging tools to support students’ engagement and success in online learning. Mentors will have access to both in-person and virtual training opportunities.
Michigan Virtual staff will offer events including a virtual fall conference where mentors examine effective practices, develop resources, discuss the latest pupil accounting policies, and strengthen their professional learning community.
Michigan Virtual will maintain a Mentor Advisory Council consisting of 8-12 members representing schools across the state. Michigan Virtual will host bi-annual council meetings to explore new goals and initiatives within the virtual school program and elicit feedback from the advisory council on next steps and directions that will benefit school partners.
2(b)(vii) – Convene focus groups and conduct annual surveys of teachers, administrators, pupils, parents, and others to identify barriers and opportunities related to virtual learning.
Michigan Virtual will collect feedback from key users and stakeholders through surveying, focus groups, and other means. Student focus groups will center on the student experience in online learning, their motivations for taking an online course, and their preferences for online or in person learning. The results will help Michigan Virtual refine its offerings and identify opportunities to improve virtual learning for students.
Surveys will be used with students and professionals to focus on the learner experience, their motivations, and opportunities for Michigan Virtual to improve its offerings and the outcomes for learners. The professional learning survey results will be filtered by the learner’s role (teacher, administrator, parent, support staff, etc.) to help identify and understand opportunities that may be unique to each role.
Michigan Virtual will also survey mentors of virtual students and conduct advisory committee meetings to learn from the field, gathering information on what supports work best for students in virtual learning and what does not work in terms of supports, content, and systems.
2(b)(viii) – Produce an annual consumer awareness report for schools and parents about effective virtual education providers and education delivery models, performance data, cost structures, and research trends.
The Consumer Awareness resource (https://michiganvirtual.org/research/consumer awareness/) is available as an important link on the About page of Michigan’s Online Course Catalog (https://micourses.org/). The report includes sections devoted to background, providers, delivery models, performance data, cost structures, research trends, conclusions, and resources. Including the Consumer Awareness resource as part of Michigan’s Online Course Catalog provides high visibility for parents, students, and schools exploring Section 21f options. Data on areas such as the school districts that are putting courses in the catalog, the distribution of courses by ISD, PSA, LEA, and Michigan Virtual, and disaggregation by key variables such as who is providing the content or the instructor, are updated in the fall and in the spring to reflect the changes in those two enrollment windows.
Michigan Virtual will add a new section to the report this year that introduces stakeholders to the new Virtual Benchmarking Tool (https://michiganvirtual.org/research/effectiveness-reports/benchmarking-tool/) and how it could be used to help evaluate virtual learning programs.
2(b)(ix) – Provide an internet-based platform that educators can use to create student-centric learning tools and resources for sharing in the state’s open educational resource repository and facilitate a user network that assists educators in using the content creation platform and state repository for open educational resources. As part of this initiative, the Michigan Virtual University shall work collaboratively with districts and intermediate districts to establish a plan to make available virtual resources that align to Michigan’s K to 12 curriculum standards for use by students, educators, and parents.
Michigan Virtual acts as a close partner with the Michigan Department of Education and the #GoOpen Michigan Strategy Team to make available a common Open Educational Resources system throughout the state. On the GoOpen Michigan website, educators can access open educational resources for modification and use in the classroom. In addition to providing leadership on the platform, Michigan Virtual will also cover the cost of maintenance of this platform for continued use.
Michigan Virtual also supports educators in the creation and sharing of digital learning objects by providing courses on its Professional Learning Portal. These courses provide training to educators on how to develop their own learning objects as well as learning more about open educational resources, including how GoOpenMichigan can be leveraged for use in their classrooms.
As districts increase their reliance on digital tools, many teachers are being asked to be instructional designers, creating new learning objects to support their curriculum, and learning facilitators. To enable district staff to use digital learning objects more effectively, Michigan Virtual will continue to build an advanced learning object repository (LOR) that allows for efficient and intuitive access to the Michigan Virtual catalog of digital curriculum objects and courses to supplement local curriculum. Building upon lessons learned from a pilot the previous year, Michigan Virtual will work to ramp up access to Michigan Virtual-owned digital learning assets in progressively more teacher-customizable models.
2(b)(x) – Create and maintain a public statewide catalog of virtual learning courses being offered by all public schools and community colleges in this state. The Michigan Virtual Learning Research Institute shall identify and develop a list of nationally recognized best practices for virtual learning and use this list to support reviews of virtual course vendors, courses, and instructional practices. The Michigan Virtual Learning Research Institute shall also provide a mechanism for intermediate districts to use the identified best practices to review content offered by constituent districts. The Michigan Virtual Learning Research Institute shall review the virtual course offerings of the Michigan Virtual University, and make the results from these reviews available to the public as part of the statewide catalog. The Michigan Virtual Learning Research Institute shall ensure that the statewide catalog is made available to the public on the Michigan Virtual University website and shall allow the ability to link it to each district’s website as provided for in section 21f. The statewide catalog must also contain all of the following:
(A) The number of enrollments in each virtual course in the immediately preceding school year.
(B) The number of enrollments that earned 60% or more of the total course points for each virtual course in the immediately preceding school year.
(C) The pass rate for each virtual course.
Michigan Virtual continues to maintain the statewide catalog of online courses located at https://micourses.org/.The Michigan Virtual Learning Research Institute has worked with other leading experts across the country to develop a list of nationally recognized best practices for virtual learning programs, teachers, and courses. These sets of standards are formally known as the National Standards for Quality Online Learning (https://www.nsqol.org/). These standards have been added to the Micourses catalog and can be used by Michigan Virtual, intermediate districts and districts to report the results of their quality course review. Michigan Virtual will also submit a minimum of 10 MVS semester-length courses to Quality Matters for independent course quality reviews.
Michigan Virtual will also implement technical enhancements to reduce customers’ manual entry of terms by adding import and export features. Additionally, the “Add New Course (syllabi)” page will be updated to remove the misleading “Save” button to prevent customer confusion. Administrative updates will include the ability to export users and filter by entity types.
Michigan Virtual offers a series of four asynchronous professional development courses housed on its Professional Learning Portal in an effort to help schools understand ways in which they could develop high-quality online courses for students. These courses, aligned to the National Standards for Quality Online Courses, are titled: Online National Standards 1: Getting Started; Online National Standards 2: Course Content & Design; Online National Standards 3: Assessment; and Online National Standards 4: Meeting Needs. These courses are available at no cost to all Michigan schools.
Toward the end of each school year, Michigan Virtual will reach out to each course provider that offered online courses that year and request their performance data for inclusion in the catalog. MV staff will upload the performance data results we receive to the Micourses website.
Lastly, Michigan Virtual will maintain the Section 21f documentation made available through the statewide catalog website.
2(b)(xi) – Support registration, payment services, and transcript functionality for the statewide catalog and train key stakeholders on how to use new features.
Michigan Virtual will continue to support the functionality of the course catalog, including providing technical and customer support for users. Michigan Virtual will also continue to maintain a public-facing knowledge base allowing catalog users to browse for instant help.
2(b)(xii) – Collaborate with key stakeholders to examine district level accountability and teacher effectiveness issues related to virtual learning under section 21f and make findings and recommendations publicly available.
Michigan Virtual will implement the updated Danielson evaluation rubric with three effectiveness rating categories for all instructors both full- and part-time (a minimum of 200 instructors). This process allows Michigan Virtual to continue its effort to support district-level accountability and teacher effectiveness issues.
As mentioned above, Michigan Virtual will add a new section to the Consumer Awareness Report that helps district leaders evaluate their virtual learning programs using data from the new Virtual Benchmarking Tool (https://michiganvirtual.org/research/effectiveness-reports/benchmarking-tool/).
2(b)(xiii) – Provide a report on the activities of the Michigan Virtual Learning Research Institute.
Submit required reports detailing Michigan Virtual Learning Research Institute activities.
(3) To further enhance its expertise and leadership in virtual learning, the Michigan Virtual University shall continue to operate the Michigan Virtual School as a statewide laboratory and quality model of instruction by implementing virtual and blended learning solutions for Michigan schools in accordance with the following parameters: (a) The Michigan Virtual School must maintain its accreditation status from recognized national and international accrediting entities.
Michigan Virtual is accredited through Cognia, and it will complete any necessary requirements from Cognia to maintain that accreditation.
(b) The Michigan Virtual University shall use no more than $1,000,000.00 of the amount allocated under this section to subsidize the cost paid by districts for virtual courses.
Michigan Virtual will pass a board-approved budget that caps appropriation spending for Michigan Virtual School to no more than $1M.
(c) In providing educators responsible for the teaching of virtual courses as provided for in this section, the Michigan Virtual School shall follow the requirements to request and assess, and the department of state police shall provide, a criminal history check and criminal records check under sections 1230 and 1230a of the revised school code, MCL 380.1230 and 380.1230a, in the same manner as if the Michigan Virtual School were a school district under those sections.
Michigan Virtual will conduct background checks through a private security firm that uses the FBI’s LiveScan fingerprinting process to comply with these requirements.
(4) From the funds allocated under subsection (1), the Michigan Virtual University shall allocate up to $500,000.00 to support the expansion of new online and blended educator professional development programs.
Michigan Virtual will continue to provide support for and collaborate with the Future of Learning Council. This will result in supporting the specific professional learning needs of district teams participating in FLC activities and creating new opportunities to use the FLC as a feedback mechanism for professional and student learning needs across the state to address personalized competency-based learning. Michigan Virtual will work with the Future of Learning Council to address areas, identified by the participating districts, to develop, test, and pilot professional learning products and services focused on instruction in virtual and blended learning environments. These collaborations will provide opportunities to increase the reach and impact of both existing and newly identified professional learning programs for Michigan teachers.
In partnership with the Future of Learning Council, Michigan Virtual will offer one virtual and one face-to-face blended and online learning professional development to prepare educators for utilizing virtual and blended learning in the classroom.
Michigan Virtual will organize a study tour for educators, administrators, and education stakeholders, to attend a national educational technology networking event around innovation in education. The purpose of this tour will be to provide opportunities to connect and participate in next generation learning models, with the intent to build a strong innovation hub in Michigan schools to drive educational change.
Michigan Virtual will continue to offer a suite of courses focused on blended learning and will continue to create and offer course content specific to blended learning.
(5) From the funds allocated under subsection (1), the Michigan Virtual University shall allocate up to $500,000.00 to operate a comprehensive statewide laboratory designed to function as a hub for cutting-edge research, the identification and dissemination of best practices, rigorous experimentation, policy formulation, and proactive efforts to enhance awareness about the responsible utilization of artificial intelligence in schools.
Michigan Virtual is working to improve AI knowledge and literacy in our schools. The work for 2024-2025 focuses on providing school leaders, educators, and students with a variety of publicly available offerings and opportunities to explore the use of AI in K-12 learning.
Michigan Virtual will offer a multitude of free AI awareness sessions at conferences and regional meetings. These sessions are targeted at building basic AI fluency in school personnel.
To empower more local expertise, Michigan Virtual will work with at least five regional educators to develop their AI subject matter expertise, allowing them to provide more in-depth support and training in their region on AI readiness in schools. These regional AI ambassadors will recruit and shepherd a cohort of up to 100 regionally diverse participants through a three-part train the trainer series provided by Michigan Virtual.
To support a geographically diverse set of educators, Michigan Virtual will continue our strong tradition of creating high quality online professional learning, targeted at implementation of AI in learning for school leaders and educators.
To focus on more student-centered practices in AI, Michigan Virtual will host a spring AI Literacy event targeted towards K-12 students ethical use of AI.
Michigan Virtual will publish a series of AI literacy resources for students that schools can use to help teach critical AI literacy skills.
Michigan Virtual will plan and execute the 2nd annual AI Summit working with the Statewide AI Workgroup, consisting of the 14 education associations. The expected attendance will be 1,000 educators from across Michigan and will focus primarily on moving from awareness building to active implementation of AI into instructional design.
Michigan Virtual also plans to continue the tradition of providing accessible materials to help school districts navigate the adoption of AI with the publication of guides for the responsible use of AI in schools. These guides will be both available in print and web versions.
All these activities work together to prepare Michigan schools for AI readiness and implementation. We believe this will continue the work to help Michigan’s school personnel and students with the critical AI Literacy skills they need into the future.
(6) If the course offerings are included in the statewide catalog of virtual courses under subsection (2)(b)(x), the Michigan Virtual School operated by the Michigan Virtual University may offer virtual course offerings, including, but not limited to, all of the following:
(a) Information technology courses.
(b) College level equivalent courses, as that term is defined in section 1471 of the revised school code, MCL 380.1471.
(c) Courses and dual enrollment opportunities.
(d) Programs and services for at-risk pupils.
(e) High school equivalency test preparation courses for adjudicated youth.
(f) Special interest courses.
(g) Professional development programs for teachers, school administrators, other school employees, and school board members.
Michigan Virtual offers over 240 online courses, taught by Michigan certified teachers, for middle school and high school students in a wide variety of subjects that fulfill grade level and high school graduation requirements, other elective offerings, credit recovery, and Advanced Placement courses. Michigan Virtual also provides opportunities for personalized, independent study pathways in mathematics and English and access to online courses and content that can be taught by local educators.
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(7) If a home-schooled or nonpublic school student is a resident of a district that subscribes to services provided by the Michigan Virtual School, the student may use the services provided by the Michigan Virtual School to the district without charge to the student beyond what is charged to a district pupil using the same services.
Michigan Virtual will continue to adhere to this requirement. Michigan Virtual makes available its courses to Michigan home-schooled or nonpublic students at the advertised base rate. Michigan Virtual pricing is available at https://michiganvirtual.org/students/pricing/.
(8) By not later than December 1 of each fiscal year for which funding is allocated under this section, the Michigan Virtual University shall provide a report to the house and senate appropriations subcommittees on school aid, the state budget director, the house and senate fiscal agencies, and the department that includes at least all of the following information related to the Michigan Virtual School for the preceding fiscal year:
(a) A list of the districts served by the Michigan Virtual School.
(b) A list of virtual course titles available to districts.
(c) The total number of virtual course enrollments and information on registrations and completions by course.
(d) The overall course completion rate percentage.
Submit the report detailing Michigan Virtual School activities for 2023-24 school year as part of an annual report that also includes the Michigan Virtual’s professional development report specified under 2(a)(v) and the Institute annual report required under 2(b)(xiii) no later than December 1, 2024.
(9) In addition to the information listed in subsection (8), the report under subsection (8) must also include a plan to serve at least 600 schools with courses from the Michigan Virtual School or with content available through the internet-based platform identified in subsection (2)(b)(ix).
Michigan Virtual plans to serve over 600 schools through the Michigan Virtual School and the internet-based platform. Our student programming offers online courses for over 240 middle school and high school titles. Our internet-based platform includes support for the #GoOpen Michigan initiative (https://goopenmichigan.org/). The #GoOpen Michigan website has thousands of registered educators who represent many schools throughout the state.
(10) The governor may appoint an advisory group for the Michigan Virtual Learning Research Institute established under subsection (2). The members of the advisory group serve at the pleasure of the governor and without compensation. The purpose of the advisory group is to make recommendations to the governor, the legislature, and the president and board of the Michigan Virtual University that will accelerate innovation in this state’s education system in a manner that will prepare elementary and secondary students to be career and college ready and that will promote the goal of increasing the percentage of residents of this state with high-quality degrees and credentials to at least 60% by 2025.
Since this section pertains to the actions of the Governor’s office rather than Michigan Virtual, no plan has been created by Michigan Virtual.
(11) By not later than November 1 of each fiscal year for which funding is allocated under this section, the Michigan Virtual University shall submit to the house and senate appropriations subcommittees on school aid, the state budget director, and the house and senate fiscal agencies a detailed budget for that fiscal year that includes a breakdown on its projected costs to deliver virtual educational services to districts and a summary of the anticipated fees to be paid by districts for those services. By not later than March 1 each fiscal year for which funding is allocated under this section, the Michigan Virtual University shall submit to the house and senate appropriations subcommittees on school aid, the state budget director, and the house and senate fiscal agencies a breakdown on its actual costs to deliver virtual educational services to districts and a summary of the actual fees paid by districts for those services based on audited financial statements for the immediately preceding fiscal year.
Michigan Virtual will continue to submit the required materials in accordance with the identified deadlines.
For work from past years, please see our Annual Reports page.
