53F-4-504. Authorized online course providers -- Certified online course providers.

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Effective 10/14/2025

(1)The following entities are known as an authorized online course provider and may offer online courses to eligible students through the Statewide Online Education Program:

(a)a school within an LEA created exclusively for the purpose of serving students online;

(b)an LEA program, approved by the LEA governing board, that is created exclusively for the purpose of serving students online;

(c)a program of an institution of higher education listed in Section 53H-1-102 that:

(i)offers secondary school level courses; and

(ii)is created exclusively for the purpose of serving students online; and

(d)a certified online course provider.

(2)The state board shall approve an online course provider as a certified online course provider if the online course provider:

(a)complies with the application procedures described in Section 53F-4-514 ;

(b)meets the standards described in Section 53F-4-514 ; and

(c)has prior experience offering online courses to secondary students.

(3)The state board may revoke the approval described in Subsection

(2)if the state board:

(a)finds that a certified online course provider is not complying with the requirements described in Section 53F-4-514 ;

(b)provides written notice describing the findings of non-compliance to the certified online course provider;

(c)provides the certified online course provider with at least 60 days to remedy the findings of non-compliance;

(d)reevaluates the findings of non-compliance at least 60 days after the certified online course provider's remedy period described in Subsection (3)(c) ; and

(e)finds after reevaluation that the certified online course provider has failed to satisfactorily remedy the findings of non-compliance.

Amended by Chapter 9 , 2025 Special Session 1