22-30-2.  Definitions.

As used in the Statewide Cyber Academy Act [22-30-1 NMSA 1978]:

     A. “course provider” means a person that supplies educational course content for distance learning courses;

     B. “distance learning course” means an educational course that is taught where the student and primary instructor are separated by time or space and linked by technology;

     C. “distance learning student” means a qualified student as defined in Section 22-8-2 NMSA 1978 who is enrolled in one or more distance learning courses for credit;

     D. “learning management system” means a software application that facilitates online instruction and interaction between teachers and distance learning students;

     E. “local distance learning site” means a school district or charter school that offers and grants credit for distance learning courses to distance learning students enrolled in the school district or charter school;

     F. “primary enrolling district” means the school district or charter school in which the distance learning student is enrolled;

     G. “regional host” means an educational institution, school district or other entity selected by the statewide cyber academy to coordinate the delivery of distance learning courses within a broad geographic region of the state;

     H. “service center” means the single central facility where administrative and management functions of the statewide cyber academy are physically located in New Mexico; and

     I. “statewide cyber academy” means the department’s collaborative program that offers distance learning courses to all local distance learning sites.