Effective 5/5/2021 53F-4-502. Statewide Online Education Program created — Designated as program of the public education system — Purposes. (1) The Statewide Online Education Program is created to enable an eligible student to, through the completion of publicly funded online courses: (a) earn high school graduation credit; or (b) earn middle school credit. (2) Pursuant […]
Effective 5/5/2021 53F-4-503. Option to enroll in online courses offered through the Statewide Online Education Program. (1) Subject to Subsections (2), (3), and (9), an eligible student may enroll in an online course offered through the Statewide Online Education Program if: (a) the student meets the course prerequisites; (b) the course is open for enrollment; […]
Effective 5/5/2021 53F-4-504. Authorized online course providers — Certified online course providers. (1) The following entities may offer online courses to eligible students through the Statewide Online Education Program: (a) a charter school or district school created exclusively for the purpose of serving students online; (b) an LEA program, approved by the LEA governing board, […]
Effective 5/5/2021 53F-4-505. Payment for an online course. (1) For the 2012-13 school year, the fee for a .5 credit online course or .5 credit of a 1 credit online course is: (a) $200 for the following courses, except a concurrent enrollment course: (i) financial literacy; (ii) health; (iii) fitness for life; and (iv) computer […]
Effective 1/24/2018 53F-4-506. Withdrawal from an online course. (1) An online course provider shall establish a start date for an online course, including a start date for the second .5 credit of a 1 credit online course. (2) Except as provided in Subsection (3), a student may withdraw from an online course: (a) within 20 […]
Effective 5/14/2019 53F-4-507. State board to deduct funds and make payments — Plan for the payment of online courses taken by private and home school students. (1) For a fiscal year that begins on or after July 1, 2018, and subject to future budget constraints, the Legislature shall adjust the appropriation for the Statewide Online […]
Effective 5/14/2019 53F-4-508. Course credit acknowledgment. (1) A student’s primary LEA of enrollment and the student’s online course provider shall enter into a course credit acknowledgment in which the primary LEA of enrollment and the online course provider acknowledge that the online course provider is responsible for the instruction of the student in a specified […]
Effective 1/24/2018 53F-4-509. Online course credit hours included in daily membership — Limitation. (1) Subject to Subsection (2), a student’s primary LEA of enrollment shall include online course credit hours in calculating daily membership. (2) A student may not count as more than one FTE, unless the student intends to complete high school graduation requirements, […]
Effective 5/14/2019 53F-4-510. Administration of statewide assessments to students enrolled in online courses. (1) A student enrolled in an online course that is a course for which a statewide assessment is administered under Title 53E, Chapter 4, Part 3, Assessments, shall take the statewide assessment. (2) (a) The state board shall make rules providing for […]
Effective 5/14/2019 53F-4-511. Report on performance of online course providers. (1) The state board, in collaboration with online course providers, shall develop a report on the performance of online course providers, which may be used to evaluate the Statewide Online Education Program and assess the quality of an online course provider. (2) A report on […]
Effective 5/14/2019 53F-4-512. Dissemination of information on the Statewide Online Education Program. (1) The state board shall develop a website for the Statewide Online Education Program which shall include: (a) a description of the Statewide Online Education Program, including its purposes; (b) information on who is eligible to enroll, and how an eligible student may […]
Effective 5/5/2021 53F-4-513. Time period to enroll in an online course. (1) To provide an LEA and online course providers with estimates of online course enrollment, a student should enroll in an online course, or declare an intention to enroll in an online course: (a) for a high school online course, during the time period […]
Effective 5/5/2021 53F-4-514. State board — Rulemaking — Fees. (1) The state board shall make rules in accordance with this part and Title 63G, Chapter 3, Utah Administrative Rulemaking Act, that: (a) establish a course credit acknowledgement form and procedures for completing and submitting to the state board a course credit acknowledgement; (b) establish procedures […]
Effective 1/24/2018 53F-4-515. Review by legislative auditor general. The legislative auditor general shall conduct a review and issue a report on the Statewide Online Education Program after the conclusion of the 2013-14 school year. Renumbered and Amended by Chapter 2, 2018 General Session
Effective 5/14/2019 53F-4-516. Report of noncompliance — Action to ensure compliance. (1) The state superintendent shall report to the state board any report of noncompliance of this part made to a member of the staff of the state board. (2) The state board shall take appropriate action to ensure compliance with this part. Amended by […]
Effective 1/24/2018 53F-4-517. Agreements for online instruction. (1) In addition to offering online courses to students through the Statewide Online Education Program, a school district or charter school may enter into an agreement with another school district or charter school or a consortium of school districts or charter schools to provide online instruction to the […]
Effective 5/4/2022 53F-4-518. Small school student access to college and career readiness courses. Subject to legislative appropriations and notwithstanding Subsections 53F-4-509(2) and (3), in lieu of a deduction described in Subsection 53F-4-507(2), the state board shall use funds from an appropriation for the Statewide Online Education Program to pay for an online course fee described […]
