New Mexico Administrative Code
Title 6 - PRIMARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION
Chapter 30 - EDUCATIONAL STANDARDS - GENERAL REQUIREMENTS
Part 8 - DISTANCE LEARNING
Section 6.30.8.10 - STATE DISTANCE EDUCATION SERVICES
Current through Register Vol. 35, No. 18, September 24, 2024
A. The department and HED shall create and maintain a single central facility for statewide distance education services in New Mexico known as IDEAL-NM in cooperation with RECs, public school districts, charter schools, and post-secondary institutions to facilitate the delivery of distance learning courses statewide for students, training courses for state agency employees, and professional development courses for teachers, instructional support providers and school administrators. IDEAL-NM shall, at a minimum, provide distance learning courses for grades 6-12. Training courses for state agency employees and professional development courses for teachers, instructional support providers and school administrators shall be provided as resources permit.
B. IDEAL-NM shall define and coordinate the roles and responsibilities of the collaborating agencies to establish a distance learning governance and accountability framework.
C. IDEAL-NM shall develop and maintain a distance education services plan that is statewide in scope and that contains short- and long-term goals that supports the work of the council on technology in education.
D. IDEAL-NM shall provide technology and program support to regional hosts and local distance learning sites via help desk, academic service, student service, and outreach training.
E. IDEAL-NM shall only use teachers who meet the highly qualified teacher requirements of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 [20 U.S. Code 6301], or who are public post-secondary faculty members.
F. Cost allocation:
G. IDEAL-NM shall comply with all federal and state statutes pertaining to student privacy, the posting of images on the internet, copyright, or duplication of materials, and rules pertaining to the public broadcasting of audio and video technology.
H. IDEAL-NM shall report online coursework completed by students to the enrolling districts, which, in turn shall award grades and credits according to local standards.
I. Schools shall release student demographic and course completion information to IDEAL-NM for statistical purposes.
J. IDEAL-NM shall facilitate the delivery of online dual credit courses in accordance with the provisions of dual credit rules as per 5.55.4 NMAC and 6.30.7 NMAC.
K. IDEAL-NM shall provide an annual report to the secretaries of the department and HED, the legislative education study committee and legislative finance committee.