1st Sub. S.B. 80
         STATEWIDE ONLINE EDUCATION AMENDMENTS

House Floor Amendments

Amendment 1 March 11, 2014 5:50 PM



Representative Bradley G. Last proposes the following amendments:

1.    Page 1, Lines 14 through 16 :    

             14     
{       .    allows an institution within the state system of higher education to offer a secondary

             15      school level course or a concurrent enrollment course through the Statewide Online
             16      Education Program;  
}


2.    Page 2, Line 35 :    

             35          
{   53A-15-1205, as last amended by Laws of Utah 2012, Chapter 238   }


3.    Page 6, Lines 156 through 166 :    

             156          
{   Section 4. Section 53A-15-1205 is amended to read:

             157          53A-15-1205. Authorized online course providers.
             158          The following entities may offer online courses to eligible students through the
             159      Statewide Online Education Program:
             160          (1) [beginning with the 2011-12 school year,] a charter school or district school created
             161      exclusively for the purpose of serving students online; [and]
             162          (2) [beginning with the 2011-12 school year,] an LEA program, approved by the LEA's
             163      governing board, that is created exclusively for the purpose of serving students online[.]; and
             164          (3) a program of an institution of higher education listed in Section 53B-2-101 that:
             165          (a) offers secondary school level courses or concurrent enrollment courses; and
             166          (b) is created exclusively for the purpose of serving students online.  
}


4.    Page 10, Line 302 through Page 11, Line 306 :    

             302          53A-15-1218. Services to a private school or home school student with a disability.
             303          
  (1)       A private school or home school student with a disability who enrolls in an online

             304      course, and who may need additional education services or accommodations, may
  :

    (a)  
request

             305      appropriate education services or accommodations through the student's school district of
             306      residence
{   .   }        ; and

    (b) may receive special education services through the student's school district of residence,
if the private school or home school student qualifies for special education services under Part 3, Education of Children with Disabilities, and rules adopted by the State Board of Education under that part.


    (2) A school district that provides special education services to a private school or home school student with a disability in accordance with Part 3, Education of Children with Disabilities, and rules adopted by the State Board of Education under that part, qualifies for funding for students with disabilities under Section 53A-17a-111 to the extent the private school or home school student is enrolled in an online course.  


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