SECTION 777:10-5-3. Statewide virtual charter school sites


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  • (a)   Face-to-face instruction. No statewide virtual charter school or employee of the statewide virtual charter school shall provide face-to-face instruction to any charter school student unless the instruction occurs at either:
    (1)   The legal residence of a student or the parent/legal guardian of a student; or
    (2)   A facility approved as a charter school site of the statewide virtual charter school in which the student is enrolled.
    (b)   Approval of statewide virtual charter school sites. The Board may approve a charter school site if the following conditions have been met:
    (1)   The statewide virtual charter school submits an application at least sixty (60) days prior to beginning face-to-face instruction at the facility;
    (2)   The facility complies with all federal and state statutes and regulations governing safety that are applicable to public school facilities; and
    (3)   The facility has been approved by the State Department of Education Office of Accreditation.
    (c)   Reporting of approved statewide virtual charter school sites. No later than July 1 prior to each school year, each statewide virtual charter school shall provide the State Department of Education with a list of all approved statewide virtual charter school sites. A statewide virtual charter school shall not be eligible to obtain funding for instruction provided at any statewide virtual charter school site not approved and reported in accordance with the provisions of this Section and all other applicable statutes and regulations pertaining to charter school facilities.
    (d)   Transportation supplement funding. A statewide virtual charter school shall not be eligible to receive transportation supplement funding for transportation to a statewide virtual charter school site in accordance with the provisions of 70 O.S. § 3-141 for any school year without a written transportation plan approved by the Statewide Virtual Charter School Board. The statewide virtual charter school shall submit its approved transportation plan to the State Department of Education Office of State Aid no later than July 1 prior to the school year for which the transportation plan has been approved.
[Source: Added at 31 Ok Reg 672, eff 7-1-14 (emergency); Added at 32 Ok Reg 1442, eff 8-27-15; Amended at 36 Ok Reg 1272, eff 8-11-19]