N.H. Code Admin. R. Ed 306.22

Current through Register No. 17, April 25, 2024

Section Ed 306.22 - Distance Education

(a) In this section, "distance education" means correspondence, video-based, internet-based, and online courses.

(b) If a district chooses to offer distance education, the provisions of (c) - (f) below shall apply.

(c) The local school board shall be responsible for:

(1) The approval, coordination, and supervision of distance education courses offered for instructional purposes or high school credit, or both, in the district; and

(2) Identifying district and graduation competencies to be achieved and demonstrated through the distance education opportunity and acknowledging student achievement of these competencies.

(d) School districts may cooperate to share delivery of distance education courses.

(e) The local school board shall adopt policies relative to all distance education courses offered by the school district to require that:

(1) The courses comply with all federal and state statutes pertaining to student privacy and to public broadcasting of audio and video;

(2) Courses require students to meet similar district and graduation competencies as required by the school for students enrolled in similar courses offered by the school;

(3) Only students approved by the school principal or designee shall be eligible to receive acknowledgement of achievement for distance education courses; and

(4) Students earning acknowledgement of achievement for distance education courses shall participate in all assessments required by the statewide education improvement and assessment program.

(f) The local school board shall adopt policies relative to all distance education courses offered by the school district relative to:

(1) The number of students an educator might be required to supervise;

(2) Monitoring of student progress, grading of assignments, and testing;

(3) Security of individual student records, provided that no individual student records obtained through participation in distance education courses shall be used for any purposes other than those that support the instruction of the individual student; and

(4) Gathering and disseminating of district-level aggregated data obtained through participation in distance education courses.

N.H. Code Admin. R. Ed 306.22

#5546, eff 7-1-93; ss by #6366, eff 10-30-96; amd by #7512, eff 7-1-01; ss by #8206, INTERIM, eff 11-18-04, EXPIRED: 5-17-05; New. #8354, eff 7-1-05.

Adopted by Volume XXXIV Number 16, Filed April 17, 2014, Proposed by #10556, Effective 3/27/2014, Expires3/27/2024.

Amended by Volume XLI Number 36, Filed September 9, 2021, Proposed by #13245, Effective 7/29/2021, Expires 7/29/2031

Amended by Volume XLII Number 14, Filed April 7, 2022, Proposed by #13356, Effective 3/23/2022, Expires 3/23/2032 (See Revision Note #3 at part heading for Ed 306)