The State Board of Education shall establish rules and regulations to maximize the number of students, beginning with students entering ninth grade in the 2014-2015 school year, who complete prior to graduation at least one course containing online learning. This shall be met through an online course offered by the Georgia Virtual School established pursuant to Code Section 20-2-319.1, through the clearing-house established pursuant to Code Section 20-2-319.3, through an online dual enrollment course offered by a postsecondary institution, or through a provider pursuant to Code Section 20-2-319.4. This shall also include enrollment in a full-time or part-time virtual instruction program pursuant to Code Section 20-2-319.4.
(Code 1981, §20-2-140.1, enacted by Ga. L. 2012, p. 893, § 1/SB 289; Ga. L. 2015, p. 1376, § 5/HB 502.)
The 2015 amendment, effective July 1, 2015, in the second sentence, inserted "through the clearing-house established pursuant to Code Section 20-2-319.3," and substituted "pursuant to Code Section 20-2-319.4" for "approved pursuant to subsection (c) of Code Section 20-2-319.4".
Code Commission notes.- Pursuant to Code Section 28-9-5, in 2012, "Code Section 20-2-319.4" was substituted for "Code Section 20-2-319.3" at the end of the second and last sentences.