§ 22-30-2 — Definitions

As used in the Statewide Cyber Academy Act: A. "course provider" means a person that supplies educational course content for distance learning courses; B. "distance learning course" means an educational course that is taught where the student and primary instructor are separated by time or space and linked by technology; C. "distance learning student" means a qualified student as defined in Section 22-8- 2 NMSA 1978 who is enrolled in one or more distance learning courses for credit; D. "learning management system" means a software application that facilitates online instruction and interaction between teachers and distance learning students; E. "local distance learning site" means a school district or charter school that offers and grants credit for distance learning courses to distance learning students enrolled in the school district or charter school; F. "primary enrolling district" means the school district or charter school in which the distance learning student is enrolled; G. "regional host" means an educational institution, school district or other entity selected by the statewide cyber academy to coordinate the delivery of distance learning courses within a broad geographic region of the state; H. "service center" means the single central facility where administrative and management functions of the statewide cyber academy are physically located in New Mexico; and I. "statewide cyber academy" means the department's collaborative program that offers distance learning courses to all local distance learning sites.

Legislative History

Laws 2007, ch. 292, § 2 and Laws 2007, ch. 293, § 2.