S.B. 37
1
2
3
4
5
6
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 at the front of its registration materials 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
25
26 Be it enacted by the Legislature of the state of Utah:
27 Section 1. Section 53A-15-1212 is amended to read:
28 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
59 an online course provider directly.
60 (4) An LEA that enrolls eligible students shall distribute the notice described in
61 Subsection (3) as a full page at the front of the LEA's registration materials and publish the
62 notice in a prominent location on the LEA's website.
Legislative Review Note
as of 12-16-13 11:25 AM