                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

INFORMATION REGARDING ONLINE COURSES AND VIRTUAL PROGRAMS; REPORT (§
22.1-212.25)

A. The Department shall develop and maintain a website that provides objective
information for students, parents, and educators regarding online courses and
virtual programs offered through local school boards by multidivision online
providers that have been approved in accordance with &#xA7; 22.1-212.24 and
courses offered through the Virtual Virginia Program. The website shall include
information regarding the overall instructional programs, the specific content
of individual online courses and online programs, a direct link to each
multidivision online provider&#8217;s website, how to register for online
learning programs and courses, teacher qualifications, course completion rates,
and other evaluative and comparative information. The website shall also provide
information regarding the process and criteria for approving multidivision
online providers. Multidivision online providers shall provide the Department
the required information for the website as a condition of maintaining Board
approval.

B. The Superintendent shall develop model policies and procedures regarding
student access to online courses and online learning programs that may be used
by local school divisions.
			Nothing in this article shall be deemed to require a local school division to
adopt model policies or procedures developed pursuant to this section.

C. The Board shall include in its annual report to the Governor and the General
Assembly information regarding multidivision online learning during the previous
school year. The information shall include but not be limited to student
demographics, course enrollment data, parental satisfaction, aggregated student
course completion and passing rates, and activities and outcomes of course and
provider approval reviews.

D. Local school boards shall post on their websites information regarding online
courses and programs that are available through the school division and Virtual
Virginia. Such information shall include but not be limited to the types of
online courses and programs available to students through the school division,
when the school division will pay course fees and other costs for nonresident
students, and the granting of high school credit.

HISTORY: 2010, cc. 537, 817; 2014, c. 436; 2022, c. 355.