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 ed; 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. History: Laws 2007, ch. 292, § 2 and Laws 2007, ch. 293, § 2. ANNOTATIONSCompiler's notes. — Laws 2007, ch. 292, § 2 and Laws 2007, ch. 293, § 2 enacted identical new sections, effective June 15, 2007.
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