South Carolina · statute · S.C. Code tit. 59, ch. 16 · 8 active provisions
(A) The General Assembly finds that: (1) through the use of technology, South Carolina can create educational opportunities for the students of this State that may not exist without such technology; and (2) using technology to deliver instruction can provide effective alternatives for credit recovery, meeting graduatio…
(A) The State Board of Education is authorized to establish a virtual education program to provide South Carolina students access to distance, online, or virtual learning courses offered for an initial unit of credit. Additionally, the virtual education program shall offer access to credit recovery programs for student…
(A) The South Carolina Virtual School Program shall be housed in and managed by the State Department of Education. The department may contract for distance learning courses, develop courses, or approve courses submitted by entities. (B) Each course offered for a unit of credit shall be reviewed for correlation with the…
The State Board of Education shall develop guidelines and promulgate regulations to include, but may not be limited to, the following: (1) procedures and criteria to be used for the selection of online courses to be offered for a unit of credit; (2) qualifications and registration requirements of students who may enrol…
Through the use of an online pilot program, the State Department of Education shall examine the feasibility of providing services of the South Carolina Virtual School Program to students enrolled in adult education programs and shall make recommendations to the General Assembly no later than January 1, 2008.
Annually, the State Board of Education shall provide the General Assembly a report that shall include, but not be limited to, the following information: (1) list of courses offered through the virtual school; (2) number of local school districts and number of the district students participating in the virtual school; (…
At the end of each semester, the State Department of Education shall provide student records, including course grades and performance on state assessments, to the Education Oversight Committee. The Education Oversight Committee shall monitor the impact of credits earned in the virtual school, on the school and district…
The implementation of the provisions contained in this chapter are contingent upon the appropriation of funds by the General Assembly.