Section 22-30-6 - Distance learning students.

22-30-6. Distance learning students.

A.     A student must be enrolled in a public school or a state-supported school and must have the permission of the student's local distance education learning site to enroll in a distance learning course.  A distance learning student shall only be counted in the student's primary enrolling district for the purpose of determining the membership used to calculate a school district's state equalization guarantee.  A student shall have only one primary enrolling district.

B.     A home school student may participate in the statewide cyber academy by enrolling for one-half or more of the minimum course requirements approved by the department for public school students in the school district in which the student resides; or, if the student is enrolled for less than one-half of the minimum course requirements, the student may participate in the statewide cyber academy by paying not more than thirty-five percent of the current unit value per curricular unit.

C.     A student enrolled in a nonpublic school may participate in the statewide cyber academy if the school in which the student is enrolled enters into a contract with the school district in which the nonpublic school is located.

D.     A student who is detained in or committed to a juvenile detention facility or a facility for the long-term care and rehabilitation of delinquent children may participate in the statewide cyber academy if the facility in which the student is enrolled enters into a contract with the school district in which the facility is located.