S.B. 37

This document includes Senate Committee Amendments incorporated into the bill on Wed, Feb 19, 2014 at 11:49 AM by lpoole. --> This document includes House Floor Amendments incorporated into the bill on Tue, Mar 11, 2014 at 3:00 PM by lerror. -->             


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Senate Committee Amendments 2-19-2014 lp/aos
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STATEWIDE ONLINE EDUCATION PROGRAM REVISIONS

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2014 GENERAL SESSION

             3     
STATE OF UTAH

             4     
Chief Sponsor: Daniel W. Thatcher

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House Sponsor: Keven J. Stratton

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             7      LONG TITLE
             8      General Description:
             9          This bill modifies provisions related to the dissemination of information on the
             10      Statewide Online Education Program.
             11      Highlighted Provisions:
             12          This bill:
             13          .    requires the State Board of Education to develop a notice about the Statewide
             14      Online Education Program; and
             15          .    requires a local education agency that enrolls eligible students to distribute the
             16      notice as a full page S. [ at the front of ] in a prominent location in .S its registration materials
             16a      and publish the notice in
             17      a prominent location on its website.
             18      Money Appropriated in this Bill:
             19          None
             20      Other Special Clauses:
             21          None
             22      Utah Code Sections Affected:
             23      AMENDS:
             24          53A-15-1212, as last amended by Laws of Utah 2012, Chapter 238
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             26      Be it enacted by the Legislature of the state of Utah:
             27          Section 1. Section 53A-15-1212 is amended to read:



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          53A-15-1212. Dissemination of information on the Statewide Online Education
             29      Program.
             30          (1) The State Board of Education shall develop a website for the Statewide Online
             31      Education Program which shall include:
             32          (a) a description of the Statewide Online Education Program, including its purposes;
             33          (b) information on who is eligible to enroll, and how an eligible student may enroll, in
             34      an online course;
             35          (c) a directory of online course providers;
             36          (d) a link to a course catalog for each online course provider; and
             37          (e) a report on the performance of online course providers as required by Section
             38      53A-15-1211 .
             39          (2) An online course provider shall provide the following information on the online
             40      course provider's website:
             41          (a) a description of the Statewide Online Education Program, including its purposes;
             42          (b) information on who is eligible to enroll, and how an eligible student may enroll, in
             43      an online course;
             44          (c) a course catalog;
             45          (d) scores aggregated by test on statewide assessments administered under Chapter 1,
             46      Part 6, Achievement Tests, taken by students at the end of an online course offered through the
             47      Statewide Online Education Program;
             48          (e) the percentage of an online course provider's students who complete online courses
             49      within the applicable time period specified in Subsection 53A-15-1206 (4)(c);
             50          (f) the percentage of an online course provider's students who complete online courses
             51      after the applicable time period specified in Subsection 53A-15-1206 (4)(c) and before the
             52      student graduates from high school; and
             53          (g) the online learning provider's pupil-teacher ratio for the online courses combined.
             54          (3) The State Board of Education shall develop a notice about the Statewide Online
             55      Education Program that includes:
             56          (a) a description of the Statewide Online Education Program, including its purposes;
             57          (b) information on who is eligible to enroll; and
             58          (c) information on how an eligible student may enroll, including how to enroll through



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House Floor Amendments 3-11-2014 le/aos

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Senate Committee Amendments 2-19-2014 lp/aos
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     an online course provider directly S. and any other available enrollment method .S .
             60          (4) An LEA that enrolls eligible students shall H. :
             60a          (a) .H distribute the notice described in
             61      Subsection (3) as a full page S. [ at the front of ] in a prominent location in .S the LEA's
             61a      registration materials H. that are provided to eligible students; .H and
             61b      H. (b) .H publish the
             62      notice in a prominent location on the LEA's website.





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