The Hernando County School Board has given tentative approval to continue an exchange program with a Chinese boarding school.

According to the Tampa Bay Times, more than 50 students from the Beijing New Talent Academy attended Challenger K-8 School of Science and Mathematics for about three months last spring.

This year's program would be smaller, with only 15 to 30 participants, but would have the same general format.

School officials say last year's program was a success for both the Challenger and Chinese students.