Section 22-30-8 – Evaluation of regional education cooperative distance learning networks.
A network developed by regional education cooperatives three, eight and nine shall serve as a regional host in fiscal year 2008. The statewide cyber academy shall provide a preliminary report to the governor and the legislature by January 1, 2008 on the quality and cost-effectiveness of the provision of distance learning courses by the regional […]
Section 22-30-1 – Short title.
Sections 1 through 7 [and 11] of this act [Chapter 22, Article 30 NMSA 1978] may be cited as the “Statewide Cyber Academy Act”. History: Laws 2007, ch. 292, § 1 and Laws 2007, ch. 293, § 1. ANNOTATIONS Bracketed material. — The bracketed material was inserted by the compiler and is not part of […]
Section 22-30-2 – Definitions.
As used in the Statewide Cyber Academy Act: A. “course provider” means a person that supplies educational course content for distance learning courses; B. “distance learning course” means an educational course that is taught where the student and primary instructor are separated by time or space and linked by technology; C. “distance learning student” means […]
Section 22-30-3 – Statewide cyber academy created.
The “statewide cyber academy” program is created in the department. The statewide cyber academy is a collaborative program among the department, the higher education department, telecommunications networks and representatives of other state agencies engaged in providing distance education. The statewide cyber academy shall provide distance learning courses for grades six through twelve and professional development […]
Section 22-30-4 – Department rules.
The department shall promulgate rules to carry out the provisions of the Statewide Cyber Academy Act. History: Laws 2007, ch. 292, § 4 and Laws 2007, ch. 293, § 4. ANNOTATIONS Compiler’s notes. — Laws 2007, ch. 292, § 4 and Laws 2007, ch. 293, § 4 enacted identical new sections, effective June 15, 2007.
Section 22-30-5 – Statewide cyber academy; duties.
The statewide cyber academy shall: A. establish a distance learning course delivery system that is efficient and cost-effective and that uses a statewide service center and regional hosts to provide approved distance learning courses; B. select regional hosts based on pre-existing experience and capacity to facilitate the delivery of distance educational programs, including public post-secondary […]
Section 22-30-6 – Distance learning students.
A. A student must be enrolled in a public school or a state-supported school and must have the permission of the student’s local distance education learning site to enroll in a distance learning course. A distance learning student shall only be counted in the student’s primary enrolling district for the purpose of determining the membership […]
Section 22-30-7 – Distance learning and computer-based courses.
Public schools that offer distance learning and computer-based courses of study shall provide accompanying electronic formats that are usable by a person with a disability using assistive technology, and those formats shall be based on the American standard code for information interchange, hypertext markup language and extensible markup language. History: Laws 2003, ch. 162, § […]