State board -- Rulemaking -- Fees.

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  • (1) The state board shall make rules in accordance with this part and Title 63G, Chapter 3, Utah Administrative Rulemaking Act, that:
    • (a) establish a course credit acknowledgement form and procedures for completing and submitting to the state board a course credit acknowledgement;
    • (b) establish procedures for the administration of a statewide assessment to a student enrolled in an online course; and
    • (c) establish protocols for an online course provider to obtain approval to become a certified online course provider, including:
      • (i) the application procedure for an online course provider to obtain approval to become a certified online course provider; and
      • (ii) the standards that a certified online course provider and any online course the certified online course provider offers shall meet.
  • (2)
    • (a) When establishing the standards described in Subsection (1)(c)(ii), the state board shall:
      • (i) establish rules and minimum standards regarding accreditation;
      • (ii) require an online course to be aligned with the core standards described in Section 53E-4-202;
      • (iii) require proof that a national organization responsible for college athletics endorses:
        • (A) the certified online course provider; or
        • (B) the online course that a certified online course provider offers;
      • (iv) permit an open-entry, open-exit method of instructional delivery that allows a student the flexibility to:
        • (A) schedule in response to individual needs or requirements;
        • (B) demonstrate competency when the student has mastered knowledge and skills;
        • (C) begin or end study at any time; and
        • (D) progress through course material at the student's own pace; and
      • (v) require an individual who teaches a course for a certified online course provider to hold a teaching license issued by the state board.
    • (b) When establishing the standards described in Subsection (1)(c)(ii), the state board may not:
      • (i) specify a minimum duration for an online course;
      • (ii) specify a minimum amount of time that a student must spend in an online course; or
      • (iii) limit the class size of an online course.
  • (3) The state board may establish a fee, in accordance with Section 63J-1-504, in an amount to pay the costs to the state board of the application approval process and the monitoring of a certified online course provider's compliance with the standards described in Subsection (1)(c)(ii).
  • (4)
    • (a) Fee revenue collected in accordance with Subsection (3) shall be:
    • (b) deposited into the Uniform School Fund as a dedicated credit; and
    • (c) used to pay the costs to the state board of reviewing certified online course providers' applications and compliance with the standards described in Subsection (1)(c)(ii).




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