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(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 for the administration of a statewide assessment to a student enrolled in an online course; and
(c) establish protocols for an online course provider to obtain approval to become a certified online course provider, including:
(i) the application procedure for an online course provider to obtain approval to become a certified online course provider; and
(ii) the standards that a certified online course provider and any online course the certified online course provider offers shall meet.
(2)(a) When establishing the standards described in Subsection (1)(c)(ii), the state board shall:
(i) establish rules and minimum standards regarding accreditation;
(ii) require an online course to be aligned with the core standards described in Section 53E-4-202;
(iii) require proof that a national organization responsible for college athletics endorses:
(A) the certified online course provider; or
(B) the online course that a certified online course provider offers;
(iv) permit an open-entry, open-exit method of instructional delivery that allows a student the flexibility to:
(A) schedule in response to individual needs or requirements;
(B) demonstrate competency when the student has mastered knowledge and skills;
(C) begin or end study at any time; and
(D) progress through course material at the student's own pace; and
(v) require an individual who teaches a course for a certified online course provider to hold a teaching license issued by the state board.
(b) When establishing the standards described in Subsection (1)(c)(ii), the state board may not:
(i) specify a minimum duration for an online course;
(ii) specify a minimum amount of time that a student must spend in an online course; or
(iii) limit the class size of an online course.
(3) The state board may establish a fee, in accordance with Section 63J-1-504, in an amount to pay the costs to the state board of the application approval process and the monitoring of a certified online course provider's compliance with the standards described in Subsection (1)(c)(ii).
(4)(a) Fee revenue collected in accordance with Subsection (3) shall be:
(b) deposited into the Uniform School Fund as a dedicated credit; and
(c) used to pay the costs to the state board of reviewing certified online course providers' applications and compliance with the standards described in Subsection (1)(c)(ii).
Cite this article: FindLaw.com - Utah Code Title 53E. Public Education System--State Administration § 53F-4-514. State board--Rulemaking--Fees - last updated May 05, 2022 | https://codes.findlaw.com/ut/title-53e-public-education-system-state-administration/ut-code-sect-53f-4-514/
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