DES MOINES Tempers flared during a House committee meeting on online education that saw one lawmaker walk out in disgust, claiming she was disrespected by the CEO of a company that has set up an online school in Iowa.

The expansion of online learning in the state has become one of the most controversial parts of the governors education reform proposal, now that two school districts have set up online schools and run recruitment ads for the past few months.

Lawmakers have asked for a legal opinion from the Attorney Generals Office on whether the schools were set up legally under current law, while both the House and the Senate have changed the portions of the governors education reform proposal that allow the schools to continue to operate.

On Wednesday, the House education committee asked representatives of the two companies that plan to open online schools in the fall to talk to lawmakers.

K12 Inc. partnered with Clayton Ridge Community School District to operate a K-6 school. It has received 141 applications, according to Superintendent Allan Nelson. The CAM Community School District partnered with Connections Academy for a K-12 school. According to Connections Academy CEO Barbara Dreyer, the school has 593 applications.

Lawmakers peppered Dreyer with questions about class size, teacher salaries and curriculum.

Teacher salaries vary from state-to-state, Dreyer told lawmakers, with an average salary of about $45,000. Maximum class sizes can be up to 50 students for elementary school children and 210 for high school students.

Rep. Jeremy Taylor, R-Sioux City, a teacher in his home district, said those teacher-student ratios dont give teachers enough time with the students.

Our teachers do not have to provide lesson plans. We provide those, Dreyer responded. Our teachers do not have to engage in classroom management to the extent of other teachers. She said because of this, the company is able to create efficiencies that allow instructors to take a higher number of students.

Rep. Mary Mascher, D-Iowa City, a retired teacher, told Dreyer that teaching isnt just about course work, but making a connection with students.

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University of Mississippi alumnus Bill Courtney didnt plan on changing anyones life when he started coaching at Manassas High School, located in the impoverished area of North Memphis. He also did not realize that documenting his last season at Manassas would bring home an Oscar for best documentary. It all started in 2004 after his friend Jim Tipton told the school he knew a guy who could help out. Courtney agreed, with no intention of staying there long much less for six years. My business is about a mile away from the school, Courtney said. In the past, I coached football and taught school. They had only 17 kids and had only won a couple of games. So I went over and coached. Because North Memphis was a different area than what he was used to, the kids Courtney would end up coaching were not like the ones he had experience with. However, Courtney said this did not change how he coached the players. You are talking about an area that is riddled with abject poverty, he said. Young men are more likely to get incarcerated than go to college. I didnt coach those kids differently than in the suburbs. If the kids believe that you care about them, they respond to coaching. In the 110 years since the school was founded, the Manassas football team had not won a single playoff game. The Tigers would pay rival teams in pay games to beat them and raise funds for the team. Little by little, Courtney and his fellow coaches, along with a new group of promising students, changed the football program at Manassas. By fall 2009, there was hope that the Tigers would make it to the playoffs. A producer caught wind of the Manassas football team around February 2009 after the Tigers were featured in an article. A Commercial Appeal reporter wrote about a student who was going to live with coach Mike Ray part-time so he could be tutored and make good-enough grades to play on the football team. As the documentary Undefeated began, the focus turned to three players on the team: senior left tackle O.C. Brown, senior offensive lineman Montrail, or Money, and junior linebacker Chavis. These three young men and their relationship with coach Courtney is the driving force behind the documentary. During the course of the football season, an injured player may get to finish playing his last year, a hothead may have to stay off the team due to his volatile nature and a player that needs to make the grades to play college football may achieve his goals. Because the documentary focused on the players instead of football, it has gained a lot of positive attention. Courtney said he wasnt surprised at the reactions because it is something anyone can relate to. There was an older lady who saw the movie in a focus group in L.A., he said. She said, This is the best movie Ive ever seen; its my all-time favorite movie. She had no idea that it wasnt actors that it was real people. Undefeated has nothing to do with wins and losses. The positive feedback may not have been unexpected, but Courtney said the Academy Award nomination was a huge shock. I was asleep; I had been at the office the night before, he said. The phone rang at 7:20 (a.m.) and I had to go into work at 8:30 (a.m.). The director who was in L.A. called me and I asked him, What are you calling me for at 5:20? He then told me, Your story got nominated for an Oscar. I told him OK and hung up. I called him back as soon as I woke back up. Things have changed for Courtney and the players since the documentary won an Oscar, but Courtney said hes doing his best to keep things in perspective. It is surreal, he said. I do want to enjoy it. Honestly though, it is just a moment. For an 18 year old, they have a long, miserable life (ahead) if this is what has defined them. It doesnt need to define us. Its going to college, getting a degree, having a family not a damn movie. It is humbling and great. Nineteen seniors went to college. Courtney taught and coached at several schools before Manassas, but whether he was in the suburbs or North Memphis, he said he didnt deal with the kids any differently. In two ways I related to kids, he said. As a kid, I lived in it and played with those guys. I know what it is like to be lost and lonely. I just coached them; I didnt treat them any different. They have the same fears and anxieties. You coach and mentor and love; you love in spite of, not because. As a student at Ole Miss, football played an big role in Courtneys life. He was a junior when the Sigma Nu Charity Bowl was founded to honor Ole Miss football player Chucky Mullins, who broke his neck and was paralyzed. If you are willing to put that garbage to the side and work together for a common purpose, it truly is amazing, he said. Courtney said he wrote to Dean of Students Sparky Reardon when Undefeated was nominated for an Oscar. Reardon, who taught Courtney during his undergraduate tenure at Ole Miss, said this was his first year to watch the Oscars. I knew him as an undergrad and he had a great deal of self confidence, but he was very respectful, Reardon said. Bill is passionate. He was passionate when he was a sports writer at The DM. I am just real proud of Bill and everyone who has had a hand in this; its a real testament to Ole Miss. Courtney left Manassas after the 2009 season, but he will always be connected to the school, the team and the players. Not a day goes by that I dont talk to them, he said.

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23-12-2011 22:33 This is a video of a previos transformation that I recorded on a blog that I started arond the time I was getting married. My motivatio back then was beia healthy husband. This ttransformation was kind of fast and not so healthy. I did a few fad diets.. This was all before the children came and I shifted my focus from strictly working out to strictly parenting. Neither were a good balance and my current situation is the result. Hello everybody, my name is Lee I am a stay at home dad . My channel and videos are all about physical mental and spiritual health . Although many stay at home dads get benefit from my videos many stay at home moms can benefit also . So if you are a stay at home dad or a stay at home mom superdadtv is the channel for you. Even if you are not a stay at home dad or a stay at home dad , health and fitness is good for everyone . Whether you work from home , business professional , stay at home mom , stay at home dad , teenager , young adult , middle aged or senior citizen it is all good . So everybody no matter what your professional personal or career status come join me on my journey to overall well being . I am into all natural bodybuilding I don't use much supplimentation outside of multivitamins . I'm not big on eating a lot of protein . I think that with most of your normal diet you can reach your max potential that should naturally see with gains.

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17-01-2012 09:31 Hello everybody, my name is Lee I am a stay at home dad . My channel and videos are all about physical mental and spiritual health . Although many stay at home dads get benefit from my videos many stay at home moms can benefit also . So if you are a stay at home dad or a stay at home mom superdadtv is the channel for you. Even if you are not a stay at home dad or a stay at home dad , health and fitness is good for everyone . Whether you work from home , business professional , stay at home mom , stay at home dad , teenager , young adult , middle aged or senior citizen it is all good . So everybody no matter what your professional personal or career status come join me on my journey to overall well being . I am into all natural bodybuilding I don't use much supplimentation outside of multivitamins . I'm not big on eating a lot of protein . I think that with most of your normal diet you can reach your max potential that should naturally see with gains.

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06-03-2012 21:17 After the Army I immediately enrolled in college, started working and volunteering for a community organization. Over the next few years my life transitioned from being focused around health and fitness to work, studying, traveling, snowboarding and "enjoying life", then came marriage and daughter, daughter, daughter. I was forgetting one of the most important things....to keep my body looking good. After a few comments from friends and family regarding my body, I started feeling down about how I looked, and the downward spiral only continued as I worked 50-70+ hr work weeks after college. I finally grew fed up with it when I was forced with either having to buy new pants, of a larger pant size, or get my ass back in the old ones. I chose the later. And thanks to P90X it is working out so far. Loving P90x. Loving the workouts and the nutrition plan. Living in Switzerland makes staying 100% disciplined difficult, especially with the snow we have had in the surrounding alps this year, but I have done workouts on days I snowboarded, and made up those that I missed after being too fatigued from some aggressive riding! P90X is no joke. Been days I was almost in bed after snowboarding and my mind wouldn't let me go to bed without pushing it harder that day. Still only half way, but enjoying it. Give it a shot. But be willing and ready to commit 110%. Won't regret it! Either way. Enjoy.

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