S.B. 178
         STATEWIDE ONLINE EDUCATION PROGRAM AMENDMENTS

Senate Floor Amendments

Amendment 2 February 24, 2012 2:51 PM



Senator Howard A. Stephenson proposes the following amendments:

1.    Page 2, Line 35 :    

             35      requirements of the Statewide Online Education Program;
{   and   }       

    . delays the Electronic High School's participation in the Statewide Online Education Program and provides for an audit of the Electronic High School; and  


2.    Page 2, Lines 39 through 40 :    

             39      Other Special Clauses:
             40          
{   None   }        This bill provides revisor instructions.      


3.    Page 2, Line 44 :    

             44          53A-15-1204, as enacted by Laws of Utah 2011, Chapter 419
      53A-15-1205, as enacted by Laws of Utah 2011, Chapter 419      


4.    Page 2, Line 51 :    

             51      ENACTS:
      53A-15-1008, Utah Code Annotated 1953      


5.    Page 2, Line 55 :    

             55          53A-15-1216, Utah Code Annotated 1953
  Uncodified Material Affected:

AMENDS UNCODIFIED MATERIAL:
    Uncodified Section 20, Laws of Utah 2011, Chapter 419
     This uncodified section affects Sections 53A-15-1002 (Superseded 07/01/12), 53A-15-1002 (Effective 07/01/12), 53A-15-1006 (Superseded 07/01/12), and 53A-15-1006 (Effective 07/01/12).  


6.    Page 2, Line 57 :    

             57      Be it enacted by the Legislature of the state of Utah:
      Section 1. Section 53A-15-1008 is enacted to read:

    53A-15-1008. Review by legislative auditor general.
    (1) The legislative auditor general shall conduct a performance audit of the Electronic High School.

    (2) In conducting the performance audit of the Electronic High School, the legislative auditor general shall develop performance metrics using factors such as:
    (a) course completion rate;
    (b) number of credits earned; and
    (c) cost of providing online courses.
    (3) The legislative auditor general shall use the performance metrics developed under Subsection (2) to evaluate the Electronic High School in comparison with other online programs.  


7.    Page 5, Line 126 :    

             126      Education, may not give preference to an online course or online course provider.
    
  Section 4. Section 53A-15-1205 is amended to read:      

     53A-15-1205 .   Authorized online course providers.
     The following entities may offer online courses to eligible students through the Statewide Online Education Program:
     (1) beginning with the
{   2012-13   }        2013-14       school year, the Electronic High School established in Part 10, Electronic High School Act;

     (2) beginning with the 2011-12 school year, a charter school or district school created exclusively for the purpose of serving students online; and
     (3) beginning with the 2011-12 school year, an LEA program, approved by the LEA's governing board, that is created exclusively for the purpose of serving students online.

8.    Page 13, Line 385 :    

             385      with this part.
      Section 13. Uncodified Section 20, Laws of Utah 2011, Chapter 419 is amended to read:      

    Section 20. Effective date.
    This bill takes effect on July 1, 2011, except the amendments to Sections 53A-15-1002 and 53A-15-1006 take effect on July 1,
{   2012   }        2013       .

      Section 14. Revisor instructions.

     The Legislature intends that the Office of Legislative Research and General Counsel, in preparing the Utah Code database for publication, change the effective date in Sections 53A-15-1002 (Superseded 07/01/12), 53A-15-1002 (Effective 07/01/12), 53A-15-1006 (Superseded 07/01/12), and 53A-15-1006 (Effective 07/01/12) from July 1, 2012 to July 1, 2013.  


    Renumber remaining sections accordingly.

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