2023 Utah Code › Title 53F - Public Education System -- Funding › Chapter 4 - State Funding -- Contracted Initiatives › Part 5 - Statewide Online Education Program › Section 508 - Course credit acknowledgment.

Effective 5/14/2019
53F-4-508.
Course credit acknowledgment.
(1) A student's primary LEA of enrollment and the student's online course provider shall enter into a course credit acknowledgment in which the primary LEA of enrollment and the online course provider acknowledge that the online course provider is responsible for the instruction of the student in a specified online course.
(2) The terms of the course credit acknowledgment shall provide that:
(a) the online course provider shall receive a payment in the amount provided under Section 53F-4-505; and
(b) the student's primary LEA of enrollment acknowledges that the state board will deduct funds allocated to the LEA under Chapter 2, State Funding -- Minimum School Program, in the amount and at the time the online course provider qualifies to receive payment for the online course as provided in Subsection 53F-4-505(4).
(3)
(a) A course credit acknowledgment may originate with either an online course provider or primary LEA of enrollment.
(b) The originating entity shall submit the course credit acknowledgment to the state board who shall forward it to the primary LEA of enrollment for course selection verification or the online course provider for acceptance.
(c)
(i) A primary LEA of enrollment may only reject a course credit acknowledgment if:
(A) the online course is not aligned with the student's plan for college and career readiness;
(B) the online course is not consistent with the student's IEP, if the student has an IEP;
(C) the online course is not consistent with the student's international baccalaureate program, if the student participates in an international baccalaureate program; or
(D) the number of online course credits exceeds the maximum allowed for the year as provided in Section 53F-4-503.
(ii) Verification of alignment of an online course with a student's plan for college and career readiness does not require a meeting with the student.
(d) An online course provider may only reject a course credit acknowledgment if:
(i) the student does not meet course prerequisites; or
(ii) the course is not open for enrollment.
(e) A primary LEA of enrollment or online course provider shall submit an acceptance or rejection of a course credit acknowledgment to the state board within 72 business hours of the receipt of a course credit acknowledgment from the state board pursuant to Subsection (3)(b).
(f) If an online course provider accepts a course credit acknowledgment, the online course provider shall forward to the primary LEA of enrollment the online course start date as established under Section 53F-4-506.
(g) If an online course provider rejects a course credit acknowledgment, the online course provider shall include an explanation which the state board shall forward to the primary LEA of enrollment for the purpose of assisting a student with future online course selection.
(h) If a primary LEA of enrollment does not submit an acceptance or rejection of a course credit acknowledgment to the state board within 72 business hours of the receipt of a course credit acknowledgment from the state board pursuant to Subsection (3)(b), the state board shall consider the course credit acknowledgment accepted.
(i)
(i) Upon acceptance of a course credit acknowledgment, the primary LEA of enrollment shall notify the student of the acceptance and the start date for the online course as established under Section 53F-4-506.
(ii) Upon rejection of a course credit acknowledgment, the primary LEA of enrollment shall notify the student of the rejection and provide an explanation of the rejection.
(j) If the online course student has an individual education plan (IEP) or 504 accommodations, the primary LEA of enrollment shall forward the IEP or description of 504 accommodations to the online course provider within 72 business hours after the primary LEA of enrollment receives notice that the online course provider accepted the course credit acknowledgment.
(4)
(a) A primary LEA of enrollment may not reject a course credit acknowledgment, because the LEA is negotiating, or intends to negotiate, an online course fee with the online course provider pursuant to Subsection 53F-4-505(6).
(b) If a primary LEA of enrollment negotiates an online course fee with an online course provider before the start date of an online course, a course credit acknowledgment may be amended to reflect the negotiated online course fee.
Amended by Chapter 186, 2019 General Session