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ONLINE EDUCATION COURSE AMENDMENTS

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2023 GENERAL SESSION

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STATE OF UTAH

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Chief Sponsor: Kera Birkeland

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Senate Sponsor: Lincoln Fillmore

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7     LONG TITLE
8     General Description:
9          This bill requires notification to students of the opportunity to complete high school
10     graduation requirements and exit high school early.
11     Highlighted Provisions:
12          This bill:
13          ▸     requires notification to students of the opportunity to complete high school
14     graduation requirements and exit high school early;
15          ▸     replaces an obsolete term for the correct term for "average daily membership;" and
16          ▸     makes technical and conforming changes.
17     Money Appropriated in this Bill:
18          None
19     Other Special Clauses:
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21     Utah Code Sections Affected:
22     AMENDS:
23          53F-4-509, as renumbered and amended by Laws of Utah 2018, Chapter 2
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25     Be it enacted by the Legislature of the state of Utah:
26          Section 1. Section 53F-4-509 is amended to read:
27          53F-4-509. Online course credit hours included in daily membership --
28     Limitation.
29          (1) Subject to Subsection (2), a student's primary LEA of enrollment shall include
30     online course credit hours in calculating daily membership.
31          (2) (a) [A] An LEA may not count a student [may not count as] for more than one
32     [FTE] ADM, unless the student intends to complete high school graduation requirements, and
33     exit high school, early, in accordance with the student's plan for college and career readiness.
34          (b) An LEA shall inform students and students' parents that students have the option to
35     complete high school graduation requirements and exit high school early, in accordance with
36     the student's plan for college and career readiness.
37          (3) A student who enrolls in an online course may not be counted in membership for a
38     released-time class, if counting the student in membership for a released-time class would
39     result in the student being counted [as] for more than one [FTE] ADM.
40          (4) Except as provided in Subsection (5), a student enrolled in an online course may
41     earn no more credits in a year than the number of credits a student may earn in a year by taking
42     a full course load during the regular school day in the student's primary LEA of enrollment.
43          (5) A student enrolled in an online course may earn more credits in a year than the
44     number of credits a student may earn in a year by taking a full course load during the regular
45     school day in the student's primary LEA of enrollment:
46          (a) if the student intends to complete high school graduation requirements, and exit
47     high school, early, in accordance with the student's plan for college and career readiness; or
48          (b) if allowed under local school board or charter school governing board policy.