Texas Education Code Title 2, Chapter 30a - State Virtual School Network

SUBCHAPTER A GENERAL PROVISIONS

• Texas Section 30A.001 - Definitions
  In this chapter: (1) "Administering authority" means the entity designated under Section 30A.053 to administer the state virtual school network. (2) "Board" means the State...
• Texas Section 30A.002 - Student Eligibility
  (a) A student is eligible to enroll in a course provided through the state virtual school network only if the student: (1) on September 1...
• Texas Section 30A.003 - Provision Of Computer Equipment Or Internet Service
  This chapter does not: (1) require a school district, an open-enrollment charter school, a course provider, or the state to provide a student with home...
• Texas Section 30A.004 - Applicability Of Chapter
  (a) Except as provided by Subsection (c), this chapter does not affect the provision of a course to a student while the student is located...
• Texas Section 30A.005 - Telecommunications Or Information Services Network Not Created
  This chapter does not create or authorize the creation of a telecommunications or information services network. Added by Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1337...
• Texas Section 30A.006 - Authorization For Certain Electronic Courses And Programs
  (a) An electronic course or program that was offered or could have been offered during the 2008-2009 school year under Section 29.909, as that section...

SUBCHAPTER B ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS

• Texas Section 30A.007 - Local Policy On Electronic Courses
  (a) A school district or open-enrollment charter school shall adopt a written policy that provides district or school students with the opportunity to enroll in...
• Texas Section 30A.051 - Governance Of Network
  (a) The commissioner shall: (1) administer the state virtual school network; and (2) ensure: (A) high-quality education for students in this state who are being...
• Texas Section 30A.052 - General Powers And Duties Of Commissioner
  (a) The commissioner shall prepare or provide for preparation of a biennial budget request for the state virtual school network for presentation to the legislature....
• Texas Section 30A.053 - Designation Of Administering Authority
  The commissioner shall designate an agency employee or a group of agency employees to act as the administering authority for the state virtual school network....
• Texas Section 30A.054 - Student Performance Information
  To the extent permitted under the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act of 1974 (20 U.S.C. Section 1232g), the commissioner shall make information relating to...
• Texas Section 30A.055 - Limitations On Administering Authority Powers
  The administering authority may not provide educational services directly to a student. Added by Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1337 (S.B. 1788), Sec. 1,...

SUBCHAPTER C PROVISION OF ELECTRONIC COURSES

• Texas Section 30A.056 - Contracts With Virtual School Service Providers
  (a) Each contract between a course provider and the administering authority must: (1) provide that the administering authority may cancel the contract without penalty if...
• Texas Section 30A.101 - Eligibility To Act As Course Provider
  (a) A school district or open-enrollment charter school is eligible to act as a course provider under this chapter only if the district or school...
• Texas Section 30A.102 - Listing Of Electronic Courses
  (a) The administering authority shall: (1) publish the criteria required by Section 30A.103 for electronic courses that may be offered through the state virtual school...
• Texas Section 30A.1021 - Public Access To User Comments Regarding Electronic Courses
  (a) The administering authority shall provide students who have completed or withdrawn from electronic courses offered through the virtual school network and their parents with...
• Texas Section 30A.103 - Criteria For Electronic Courses
  (a) The board by rule shall establish an objective standard criteria for an electronic course to ensure alignment with the essential knowledge and skills requirements...
• Texas Section 30A.104 - Course Eligibility In General
  (a) A course offered through the state virtual school network must: (1) be in a specific subject that is part of the required curriculum under...
• Texas Section 30A.1041 - Driver Education Courses
  (a) A school district, open-enrollment charter school, public or private institution of higher education, or other eligible entity may seek approval to offer through the...
• Texas Section 30A.1042 - Reciprocity Agreements With Other States
  (a) The administering authority may enter into a reciprocity agreement with one or more other states to facilitate expedited course approval. (b) An agreement under...
• Texas Section 30A.105 - Approval Of Electronic Courses
  Sec. 30A.105. APPROVAL OF ELECTRONIC COURSES. (a) The administering authority shall: (1) establish a submission and approval process for electronic courses that occurs on a...
• Texas Section 30A.1051 - Electronic Course Portability
  A student who transfers from one educational setting to another after beginning enrollment in an electronic course is entitled to continue enrollment in the course....
• Texas Section 30A.1052 - Inducements For Enrollment Prohibited
  (a) A course provider may not promise or provide equipment or any other thing of value to a student or a student's parent as an...
• Texas Section 30A.106 - Appeal To Commissioner
  (a) A course provider may appeal to the commissioner the administering authority's refusal to approve an electronic course under Section 30A.105. (b) If the commissioner...
• Texas Section 30A.107 - Options For Providers And Students
  (a) A course provider may offer electronic courses to: (1) students and adults who reside in this state; and (2) students who reside outside this...
• Texas Section 30A.108 - Informed Choice Reports
  (a) Not later than a date determined by the commissioner, the administering authority shall create and maintain on the state virtual school network's Internet website...
• Texas Section 30A.109 - Compulsory Attendance
  The commissioner by rule shall adopt procedures for reporting and verifying the attendance of a student enrolled in an electronic course provided through the state...
• Texas Section 30A.110 - Applicability Of Accountability Requirements
  (a) Chapter 39 applies to an electronic course offered through the state virtual school network in the same manner that that chapter applies to any...
• Texas Section 30A.111 - Teacher And Instructor Qualifications
  (a) Each teacher of an electronic course offered by a school district or open-enrollment charter school through the state virtual school network must: (1) be...
• Texas Section 30A.112 - Educator Professional Development
  (a) The state virtual school network shall provide or authorize providers of electronic professional development courses or programs to provide professional development for teachers who...
• Texas Section 30A.1121 - Alternative Educator Professional Development
  (a) Subject to Subsection (b), a course provider may provide professional development courses to teachers seeking to become authorized to teach electronic courses provided through...
• Texas Section 30A.113 - Criteria For Electronic Professional Development Courses
  The commissioner by rule shall establish objective standard criteria for quality of an electronic professional development course provided under Section 30A.112. Added by Acts 2007,...
• Texas Section 30A.114 - Regional Education Service Centers
  The commissioner by rule shall allow regional education service centers to participate in the state virtual school network in the same manner as course providers....

SUBCHAPTER D FUNDING

• Texas Section 30A.115 - Additional Resources
  The commissioner by rule may establish procedures for providing additional resources, such as an online library, to students and educators served through the state virtual...
• Texas Section 30A.151 - Costs To Be Borne By State
  (a) Except as authorized by Section 30A.152 or this section, the state shall pay the cost of operating the state virtual school network. (b) The...
• Texas Section 30A.152 - Grants And Federal Funds
  (a) The commissioner may accept a grant for purposes of this chapter from a public or private person and shall use those funds in accordance...
• Texas Section 30A.153 - Foundation School Program Funding
  (a) Subject to the limitation imposed under Subsection (a-1), a school district or open-enrollment charter school in which a student is enrolled is entitled to...
• Texas Section 30A.155 - Fees
  Sec. 30A.155. FEES. (a) A school district or open-enrollment charter school may charge a fee for enrollment in an electronic course provided through the state...

Last modified: September 28, 2016