                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

DEFINITIONS (§ 22.1-212.23)

As used in this article:
		&#8220;Multidivision online provider&#8221; means (i) a private or nonprofit
organization that enters into a contract with a local school board to provide
online courses or programs through that school board to students who reside in
Virginia both within and outside the geographical boundaries of that school
division; (ii) a private or nonprofit organization that enters into contracts
with multiple local school boards to provide online courses or programs to
students in grades K through 12 through those school boards; or (iii) a local
school board that provides online courses or programs to students who reside in
Virginia but outside the geographical boundaries of that school division.
However, &#8220;multidivision online provider&#8221; shall not include (a) a
local school board&#8217;s online learning program in which fewer than 10
percent of the students enrolled reside outside the geographical boundaries of
that school division; (b) multiple local school boards that establish joint
online courses or programs in which fewer than 10 percent of the students
enrolled reside outside the geographical boundaries of those school divisions;
(c) local school boards that provide online learning courses or programs for
their students through an arrangement with a public or private institution of
higher education; or (d) local school boards providing online courses or
programs through a private or nonprofit organization that has been approved as a
multidivision online provider.
		&#8220;Online course&#8221; means a course or grade-level subject instruction
that (i) is delivered by a multidivision online provider primarily
electronically using the Internet or other computer-based methods and (ii) is
taught by a teacher primarily from a remote location, with student access to the
teacher given synchronously, asynchronously, or both.
		&#8220;Virtual school program&#8221; means a series of online courses with
instructional content that (i) is delivered by a multidivision online provider
primarily electronically using the Internet or other computer-based methods;
(ii) is taught by a teacher primarily from a remote location, with student
access to the teacher given synchronously, asynchronously, or both; (iii) is
delivered as a part-time or full-time program; and (iv) has an online component
with online lessons and tools for student and data management.
		An online course or virtual school program may be delivered to students at
school as part of the regularly scheduled school day.

HISTORY: 2010, cc. 537, 817.