2012 North Dakota Century Code Title 15 Education Chapter 15-19 Distance Education
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CHAPTER 15-19
DISTANCE EDUCATION
15-19-01. Distance education courses - Establishment - Enrollment of students Courses of instruction.
The state shall provide distance education courses through the center for distance
education under the following provisions:
1. A complete curriculum by distance education which has been specifically determined
by the superintendent of public instruction as proper and suitable for instruction under
distance education methods, such determination and approval to be made not less
than once in each school year, must be maintained upon the campus of one of the
state institutions of higher education.
2. Unless specifically excused in writing upon the course application forms by the
superintendent or an administrator of the school approving the enrollment application,
or as provided in subsection 5, all students under the age of sixteen taking advantage
of the provisions of this chapter must be required to attend their local district schools
and to study their distance education lessons under the supervision of a local
supervisor. If not required to attend their local schools, their work may be done at a
place designated by the state director. If in attendance at a local school, students must
be supplied with desk space in their respective school without charge and shall attend
school regularly and be under the same disciplinary supervision of the teachers as the
other school students.
3. The center for distance education may provide services to persons who are not North
Dakota residents.
4. Distance education students shall pay for books and materials used by them, postage
required to mail reports to the center, and other fees as may be prescribed by the state
director.
5. Students exempt from the compulsory school attendance laws pursuant to
subdivision e of subsection 1 of section 15.1-20-02 may enroll in distance education
courses offered through the center for distance education. These students may study
their distance education lessons in their learning environment under the supervision of
a parent. The tests for the distance education study must be administered by an
individual who is licensed to teach by the education standards and practices board or
approved to teach by the education standards and practices board and employed
either by the public school district in which the parent resides or a state-approved
private or nonpublic school.
15-19-02. Administration - Director of center for distance education - Appointment
and duties.
The program of and all activities related to the center for distance education are the
responsibility of and under the supervision of the educational technology council. The
educational technology council shall hire a state director of the center for distance education
who must be classified under the state personnel merit system. The director shall carry out the
director's responsibilities in the administration of the center for distance education in the manner
approved by the educational technology council.
15-19-03. Duties of superintendents of schools - Authorization of enrollments.
All applications for enrollment of persons under the age of sixteen years must be approved
by the superintendent or an administrator of a school in the district prior to acceptance of
enrollment by the center for distance education. All applications for enrollment of persons under
the age of sixteen not residing in a high school district must be approved by the county
superintendent of schools prior to the acceptance of such enrollment.
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15-19-04. Duty of superintendent - Advertising.
The superintendent or an employee of the department of public instruction designated by
the superintendent shall ensure that the courses offered by the center for distance education
meet state content standards and shall monitor compliance with sections 15.1-18-02 and
15.1-18-03. The center for distance education may advertise its distance education program.
15-19-05. Study centers - Adult classes.
Repealed by S.L. 1965, ch. 127, § 6.
15-19-06. Special funds - Deposit of collections - Transfers from general fund
appropriations.
1. A special operating fund for the center for distance education must be maintained
within the state treasury and all income and fees collected by the center for distance
education from any source must be remitted monthly by the director to the state
treasurer and credited to the special operating fund. All expenditures from the fund
must be within the limits of legislative appropriations and must be made upon
vouchers, signed and approved by the technology director appointed by the
educational technology council. Upon approval of the vouchers by the office of the
budget, warrant-checks must be prepared by the office of management and budget.
The state treasurer shall make periodic transfers upon order of the director of the office
of management and budget from the center for distance education general fund
appropriation to the special operating fund whenever its balance falls so low as to
require supplementation.
2. The educational technology council may establish an administrative operational fund,
of not to exceed ten thousand dollars, out of the special operating fund for the center
for distance education. The administrative operational fund must be deposited in the
Bank of North Dakota and may be drawn upon by the state director of the center for
distance education for the payment of necessary expenses in the administration and
operation of the center for distance education within the limits and rules prescribed by
the educational technology council. The director shall submit a full, minute, and
itemized statement of every expenditure made during the month to the council in
accordance with the rules adopted by the council, and thereafter the council may
periodically authorize additional transfers to the administrative operational fund, but
the balance in the fund may never exceed ten thousand dollars, and any
unencumbered balance at the end of any biennium must revert to the state treasury.
The administrative operational fund may not be used to pay salaries or expenses of
the director.
3. The educational technology council may establish a scholarship fund to provide
financial grants to students enrolled in courses offered through the center for distance
education. The scholarship fund may consist only of those funds specifically
appropriated by the legislative assembly and property received by the council or the
center for distance education as a gift, devise, or bequest. Any gift, devise, or bequest
of property received by the council or center for distance education which is
designated by the council and donor for the scholarship fund must be deposited in the
scholarship fund at the Bank of North Dakota. The state director of the center for
distance education may draw only on the interest earned by the scholarship fund for
the award of scholarships within the limits and rules adopted by the educational
technology council. The interest earned by the scholarship fund is appropriated to the
center for distance education.
15-19-07. Fees collected deposited in general fund.
Repealed by S.L. 1965, ch. 127, § 6.
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15-19-08. Distance education work.
The amount of money appropriated by the legislative assembly for distance education work
for a biennium, or so much thereof as may be necessary, must be expended first for work by
distance education.
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