Section 72-3712 - Same; definitionsAs used in the virtual school act:
(a) "Virtual school" means any school or educational program that: (1) Is offered for credit;(2) uses distance-learning technologies which predominately use internet-based methods to deliver instruction;(3) involves instruction that occurs asynchronously with the teacher and student in separate locations;(4) requires the student to make academic progress toward the next grade level and matriculation from kindergarten through high school graduation;(5) requires the student to demonstrate competence in subject matter for each class or subject in which the student is enrolled as part of the virtual school; and(6) requires age-appropriate students to complete state assessment tests.(b) "School district" means any school district which offers a virtual school.(c) Except as provided by the virtual school act, words and phrases shall have the meanings ascribed thereto in K.S.A. 72-5132, and amendments thereto.Amended by L. 2017, ch. 95,§ 65, eff. 7/1/2017.Amended by L. 2015, ch. 4,§ 35, eff. 7/1/2015. L. 2008, ch. 147, § 2; July 1.