Utah Administrative Code
Topic - Education
Title R277 - Administration
Rule R277-726 - Statewide Online Education Program
Section R277-726-4 - Eligible Student and Parent Rights and Responsibilities
Universal Citation: UT Admin Code R 277-726-4
Current through Bulletin 2024-06, March 15, 2024
(1) An eligible student may register for program credits consistent with Section 53F-4-503 and this rule.
(2) An eligible student may exceed a full course load during a regular school year if:
(a) the student's plan for college and career
readiness indicates that the student intends to complete high school graduation
requirements and exit high school before the rest of the student's high school
cohort; or
(b) the student's local
school board or charter school governing board has a policy that allows
students to enroll in additional courses.
(3)
(a)
Only original credit may be funded through the program.
(b) Competency-based award of credit without
engagement in a course of digital, teacher-led instruction may not be funded
under Statewide Online Education Program and Minimum School Program
provisions.
(4)
(a) An eligible student is expected to
complete courses in which the student enrolls in a timely manner consistent
with Section
53F-4-505 and requirements for
attendance and participation in accordance with Subsection
R277-726-7(15)
and Subsection R277-726-2(17).
(b) If a student changes the student's
enrollment in the student's primary LEA or withdraws from an online course for
any reason, it is the student's or student's parent's responsibility to notify
the provider immediately.
(5) A student shall enroll in online courses, or declare an intention to enroll, during the school course registration period designated by the primary LEA of enrollment for regular course registration, provided the student's LEA notifies students of the opportunity to enroll in the program as described in Section 53F-4-513.
(6)
(a) A
student may alter a course schedule by dropping a traditional course and adding
an online course in accordance with the primary school of enrollment's same
established deadline for dropping and adding traditional courses.
(b) A student may enroll in a course outside
of the primary school of enrollment's established deadline for dropping and
adding traditional courses if the student is not seeking to alter a course
schedule by dropping a traditional course and adding an online course but is
instead seeking to add courses above full-time-enrollment consistent with an
approved plan for early graduation.
(7)
(a)
Notwithstanding Subsection (5), an underenrolled student may enroll in an
online course at any time during a calendar year.
(b) If an underenrolled student enrolls in an
online course as described in Subsection (7)(a), the primary school of
enrollment may immediately claim the student for the adjusted portion of
enrollment by entering the course into the primary LEA's student information
system and increasing membership, if necessary.
(8)
(a) An
authorized online course provider shall reasonably accommodate a request of a
student's parent to visit and observe any class the student attends, including
allowing appropriate access to digital systems of course delivery, as required
in Section
53G-6-803.
(b) An authorized online course provider
shall reasonably accommodate and record an excused absence at the request of a
student's parent as an "approved absence" as described in Subsection
53G-6-803(5) if:
(i) the parent submits a written statement at
least one school day before the scheduled absence; and
(ii) the student agrees to make up coursework
for school days missed for the scheduled absence in accordance with LEA
policy.
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