Utah Code Title 53F. Public Education System--Funding § 53F-4-508. Course credit acknowledgment

(a) enter into a course credit acknowledgment in which the primary LEA of enrollment and the authorized online course provider acknowledge that the authorized online course provider is responsible for the instruction of the student in a specified online course; and

(b) agree upon a process to provide the primary LEA with the ability to ensure consistency of a course request with a student's:

(a) the authorized online course provider shall receive a payment in the amount provided under Section 53F-4-505; and

(b) the student's primary LEA of enrollment acknowledges that the state board will deduct funds allocated to the LEA under Chapter 2, State Funding--Minimum School Program, in the amount and at the time the authorized online course provider qualifies to receive payment for the online course as provided in Subsection 53F-4-505(4).

(3)(a) A course credit acknowledgment may originate with either an authorized online course provider or primary LEA of enrollment.

(b) The originating entity shall submit the course credit acknowledgment to the state board who shall forward it to the primary LEA of enrollment for course selection verification or the authorized online course provider for acceptance.

(d) An authorized online course provider may only reject a course credit acknowledgment if:

(e) Except as provided in Subsection (5), a primary LEA of enrollment or authorized online course provider shall submit an acceptance or rejection of a course credit acknowledgment to the state board within 24 business hours of the receipt of a course credit acknowledgment from the state board pursuant to Subsection (3)(b).

(f) If an authorized online course provider accepts a course credit acknowledgment, the authorized online course provider shall forward to the primary LEA of enrollment the online course start date as established under Section 53F-4-506.

(g) If an authorized online course provider rejects a course credit acknowledgment, the authorized online course provider shall include an explanation which the state board shall forward to the primary LEA of enrollment for the purpose of assisting a student with future online course selection.

(h) Except as provided in Subsection (5), if a primary LEA of enrollment does not submit an acceptance or rejection of a course credit acknowledgment to the state board within 24 business hours of the receipt of a course credit acknowledgment from the state board pursuant to Subsection (3)(b), the state board shall consider the course credit acknowledgment accepted.

(4)(a) A primary LEA of enrollment may not reject a course credit acknowledgment, because the LEA is negotiating, or intends to negotiate, an online course fee with the authorized online course provider pursuant to Subsection 53F-4-505(6).

(b) If a primary LEA of enrollment negotiates an online course fee with an authorized online course provider before the start date of an online course, a course credit acknowledgment may be amended to reflect the negotiated online course fee.