This bill establishes a private and home school online course choice program. This bill: - removes references to a contractor from the Statewide Online Education Program statute; - creates an online course choice program specifically for private and home school students; - requires the program be administered by an independent program manager contracted by the State Board of Education; - allows eligible students to earn credits through online courses, including courses in blended-learning environments; - requires separate funding from public education programs; - requires the program manager to:approve and oversee course providers;approve and oversee courses offered;establish payment structure for courses; and annually report on program performance; and - makes technical changes.

Statutes affected:
Introduced: 53F-4-501, 53F-4-503, 53F-4-505, 53F-4-507, 53F-4-511, 53F-4-512, 53F-4-514, 53F-4-516, 53F-6-401