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[CC] 00:04:05 Parents, educators, students gather on the lawn of the State Capitol today all in the name of education. They are protesting a funding cut proposal which many put the schools out of business. CBS 5 reports they protested with passion. These kids are among the 20,000 plus students who attend various Distance Learning schools across the state. These are truly public schools. Public school kids and every dollar is going to serve these students. Distance learning is just that, for various reasons students study at home using the internet and virtual classrooms. You have to go with the rest of the class. When you do it online, you can go at your own speed. We run through the lessons each day like in school, they take their tests at home and they progress just as they would at school, it is in a different environment. Parents and students alike want their voices heard. Even if they have to sing their message. They want the state legislature to say no to a proposed $30 million school funding cut which could mean the end to the alternative school. Should we be deprived our education because we're on computers? 00:07:05

00:04:02 Hundreds of parents, teachers and students are protesting at the State Capitol because lawmakers are considering cutting up to 50 percent of the budget for distance learning programs...Sequoia School Superintendent says Distance Learning helps kids who have a hard time in public schools. 00:07:02

00:37:56 Students who are schooled via the internet, might have to go back to the classroom. If a plan to cut funding for distance learning goes through. katie James says "I got bored at school, I was just part of the poster board." Katie says she is acceling in the Distance Learning program she's participating in. 00:40:56

00:27:14 Hundreds of Valley parents upset after learning lawmakers may cut funding for a popular school program...Sarah Campbell says, "I don't worried about my children being bullied." Sarah Campbell's children are enrolled in Distance Learning, which allows children to take classes with a more flexible schedule. 00:30:14