File:  IJNDA - On-Line Instruction

The Board of Education recognizes that enhanced educational services are available as a result of technological advances and that such services can be customized to serve the diverse needs of today´s student population.  For these reasons, a district on-line program of instruction shall be created to provide a sequential program of instruction for the education of students through services accessible on the world wide web.

The on-line program shall be established and administered by the district coordinator and both the district coordinator and site coordinator shall monitor the program. The site coordinator is any counselor or teacher who monitors the progress of a student participating in the on-line program.

At a minimum, the program shall include education in reading, writing, mathematics, geography, history, civics, literature, science and the Constitution of the United States.  The program shall be designed to support a standards-based curriculum and on-line students´ attainment of state and district content standards.

Eligibility

The program shall be open to all students of the district who meet the following criteria:

1.  possess the appropriate electronic equipment and resources to participate in the program  [note: the district may provide such equipment and resources, at its option]

2.  possess the self-discipline and initiative necessary for successful online program completion

3.  provide daily time logs and any other documentation needed for district attendance count purposes

4.  agree to the terms of the district´s Acceptable Use Agreement (JS*-E)

Resident students of other school districts in Colorado shall be eligible to participate in the program in accordance with policy JFBB (Inter-District Choice/Open Enrollment).

Student Assessments

The program shall include regular assessment by the site coordinator to determine whether the student is progressing on a regular basis toward assigned work and toward attainment of state and district content standards.  The site coordinator shall meet with the student in person as part of this determination.  Each student shall be evaluated, tested and monitored at the same intervals as other students of the same grade level in the student´s regular school and shall take all state and district assessments.  The site coordinator shall notify any student who is not performing satisfactorily in the program and shall identify other educational alternatives available to the student.

Student activities

A student participating in the on-line program may participate on an equal basis in any extracurricular or interscholastic activity offered by the district.

Student records

The records of each student participating in the on-line program shall be maintained on a permanent basis by this school district.  The records shall include, but are not limited to, test, evaluation and district and state assessment results and immunization records.

Serving expelled students

If the on-line program is part of services provided to a student who has been expelled, mentoring services deemed necessary by the site coordinator shall be part of the program.  An expelled student who is participating in the on-line program is not entitled to participate in any extracurricular or interscholastic activity offered by the district.

Adopted:  January 2003

LEGAL REF.:  C.R.S. 22-33-104.6 (On-line Program)

NOTE:  A charter school or group of charter schools is authorized by state law to create an on-line program.  If an on-line program is provided by a charter school the site coordinator shall have sole responsibility for monitoring the program and ensuring that each student meets in person with the side coordinator.  The records of students participating in the program shall be maintained by the charter school rather than by the district.  The charter school is entitled to count the student and receive 100% of the per pupil funding.