Welcome to MoVIP

Summer School registration is now open!™

MoVIP, the state virtual school for Missouri, was established in 2007. MoVIP offers virtual classes to Missouri students in grades K-12.  MoVIP has transitioned to a tuition program offering classes to public, private and home school students. 

Students take MoVIP classes for many reasons.  Missouri students can now access advanced classes or foreign language classes on MoVIP that are not currently offered by their local school district.  Some students take MoVIP classes to graduate early or to solve class scheduling problems; other students take advantage of the “foundation classes” offered for credit recovery.  A number of Missouri students are not able to attend their local “brick and mortar” schools for medical reasons, or they are involved in special activities or are presently outside of the state.

Online education offers students flexibility is a variety of ways.  MoVIP classes are self-paced so students can move through the classes at a faster or slower pace if necessary.  MoVIP offers various start dates

 

Summer School 2012 Start and End Dates
8-week courses, not counting the week of the July 4th holiday
Start	End
May 22	July 20
May 29	July 27
June 5	August 3
June 12	August 10
June 19	August 17
June 26	August 24

 

In total, MoVIP offers 172 different courses including seven different foreign languages and 19 Advanced Placement classes.  For a complete list of courses, as well as course descriptions, click on “Course Information” on the left hand side of this page.  Tuition costs are also listed there.

 

The State of Missouri offers state-funded seats for a limited number of medically fragile students.  Information about applying for these state-funded seats is at the bottom of this web page. Missouri Revised Statue 162.1250 now allows school districts to pay for online classes and receive state funding for these classes.  Local policies will determine if the district will pay for these classes.  Parents/guardians can pay for the classes as well.

    

Registering for classes is a two-step process.  You first fill out the application on this website by clicking “Enter MoVIP”.  After completing the application, you pay the online vendor one week prior to the start of the class.  Information about paying the vendor can be found at:

www.movip.org/How_to_enroll/how_to_enroll.html.  

ENROLLMENT PROCESS

 

New for Missouri School Districts

DESE is offering the option for school districts to offer MoVIP courses in combination with their teachers. For more information, contact the MoVIP office at 573-751-2453.

Medically Fragile Students

The Missouri Legislature in the budget process appropriated funds to offer free MoVIP classes to students who have been designated as medically fragile and cannot attend school due to this condition. 

To be considered, a Medically Fragile Application must be completed and faxed to the MoVIP office at 573-522-1134.

Basic information about this group of students:

1. The medically fragile seats in MoVIP are not for temporary medical conditions (six weeks or less)
2. Students who apply and are accepted into the medically fragile program are expected to participate for an entire semester.
3. If sufficient funds are not available to meet demand, priority will be given to medically fragile students who absolutely cannot attend school for medical reasons.
4. Interested students who do not qualify as medically fragile and not chosen, may attend MoVIP by paying tuition.
5. In 2009 Missouri Revised Statue 162.1250 became law.  This law allows school districts to collect state aid for any student taking a virtual class without having to keep track of attendance hours.  For virtual education classes, students can take the classes at any location and the district can still collect state aid with 94% attendance as assigned by the law.  Students may consult with their local school district.

For new students enrolled as medically fragile we reccommend up to four classes per semester under this program.