Current through March 20, 2024
Pursuant to section
79-1333
R.R.S., the Council shall coordinate distance education in Nebraska. The
Council shall be composed of one administrator or his or her designee from each
educational service unit.
003.01 The
Council shall hire an administrator and such other personnel as necessary to
carry out the functions of the Council.
003.02 The Council shall be funded from
appropriations by the Legislature and fees established for services provided to
educational entities.
003.03 The
powers and duties of the Distance Education Council include but are not limited
to:
003.03A Providing public access to lists
of qualified distance education courses;
003.03B Collecting and providing school
schedules for participating educational entities;
003.03C Facilitation of scheduling for
qualified distance education courses;
003.03D Brokering of qualified distance
education courses to be purchased by educational entities;
003.03E Assessment of distance education
needs and evaluation of distance education services;
003.03F Compliance with technical standards
as set forth by the Nebraska Information Technology Commission and academic
standards as set forth by the State Department of Education related to distance
education;
003.03G Establishment of
a system for prioritizing courses if the demand for Network Nebraska exceeds
the capacity available for distance education and for choosing receiving
educational entities when the demand for a course exceeds the capacity as
determined by either the technology available or the course provider;
003.03H Scheduling and prioritization for
access to Network Nebraska by educational entities in cooperation with the
Chief Information Officer and using scheduling software or scheduling services
which meet any applicable standards established by the commission;
003.03I Administration of learning management
systems that are in compliance with any applicable standards of the commission
either through the staff of the council or by delegation to an appropriate
educational entity with the funding for such systems provided by participating
educational entities; and
003.03J
Coordination with educational service units and postsecondary educational
institutions to provide assistance for instructional design for both two-way
interactive video distance education courses and the offering of graduate
credit courses in distance education.
003.04 The Distance Education Council shall
only provide assistance in brokering or scheduling courses to educational
entities that have access to Network Nebraska.
003.04A All costs to the council associated
with assisting private, denominational, or parochial schools and private
postsecondary educational institutions shall be paid by such private,
denominational, or parochial school or private postsecondary educational
institution.
003.04B Any services
of the council may also be offered to other public entities with access to
Network Nebraska on a contractual basis.
003.04C The Council shall not approve
technology purchases for the council in excess of ten thousand dollars without
approval of the technical panel of the Nebraska Information Technology
Commission that the purchases are in compliance with any applicable commission
standards.
