Utah Admin. Code R277-726-5 - LEA Requirements and Responsibilities
(1) A primary school of enrollment shall
facilitate student enrollment with any eligible providers selected by an
eligible student consistent with course credit limits.
(2) A primary school of enrollment and a
provider LEA shall use the CCA application, records, and processes provided by
the Superintendent for the program.
(3) In accordance with Subsection
53F-4-509(5), if
a student enrolled in a program course intends to graduate early and exceeds a
full course load during a regular school year, a primary LEA of enrollment may
mark the student as an early graduate and increase membership in accordance
with Section R277-419-6, Section
R277-700-6 and Rule R277-484 to
account for credits in excess of full-time enrollment in a local student
information system.
(4) A primary
school or LEA of enrollment shall provide information about available online
courses and programs:
(a) in registration
materials;
(b) on the LEA's
website; and
(c) on the school's
website.
(5) To
facilitate enrollment as required by Section
53F-4-513, a primary school or
LEA of enrollment shall provide the notice required under Subsection (4)
concurrent with the high school course registration period designated by the
LEA for the upcoming school year.
(6) A primary school of enrollment shall
include a student's online courses in the student's enrollment records and,
upon course completion, include online course grades and credits on the
student's transcripts, including high school coursework completed before grade
9 using course title and core codes.
(7) A primary school of enrollment shall
recognize credit earned toward high school graduation by a participating
student through courses completed before grade 9 for purposes of high school
graduation.
(8) A primary school of
enrollment shall determine fee waiver eligibility for participating public
school students pursuant to Rule R277-407.
(9)
(a) If
a participating student qualifies for a fee waiver, the student's primary LEA
or school of enrollment shall provide the participating student access to an
online course by:
(i) allowing a student
access to necessary technology in a computer lab or other space within the
school building during a school period or during the regular school day for the
student to participate in an online course; or
(ii) providing a participating student
technology and Wi-Fi needed for the student to participate outside of the
school building.
(b) If a
participating student who qualifies for a fee waiver is a home or private
school student, the online course provider shall provide the participating home
or private school student access to the online course.
(10) Where students access program courses
using LEA-owned and managed devices, an LEA shall configure devices to
participating students to form a separate user account or otherwise allow
access to program provider materials using credentials supplied by a program
provider.
(11) A primary school of
enrollment shall provide participating students access to facilities for the
student to participate in an online course during the regular school day,
student leadership opportunities, sports, extracurricular and co-curricular
activities, counseling, graduation, and other services offered to students
generally without consideration of relative levels of participation in
traditional courses versus program courses.
(12)
(a)
Course completions conferring high school credit shall be recorded in a
student's record of credit and course completion for grade 9 to allow
recognition toward grades 9-12, and high school graduation
requirements.
(b) A primary LEA of
enrollment accepting credit toward high school requirements is not required to
independently verify:
(i) early graduation
status; or
(ii) that high school
courses taken through the program did not replace middle school courses for a
student.
(13)
When a student satisfactorily completes an online semester or quarter course:
(a) for high school credit, in accordance
with the LEA's procedures, a designated counselor or registrar at the primary
school of enrollment shall forward records of grades and high school graduation
credit, listing core codes for each completed course; or
(b) for a student participating in the
program before grade 9, the student's grade 9 primary school of enrollment
shall record grades and credit per Subsection (11) once the student completes
grade 8.
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