- (a) All students shall have access to full-year, full-day instruction, in-person as required in RSA 189:1 and RSA 189:24. Remote learning shall satisfy the requirement for in-person instruction when conducted in accordance with (c) below.
- (b) Remote learning opportunities may include, but not be limited to, blended or hybrid online and in-person, completely online, video-based, internet-based courses of study, or any combination thereof.
(c) Remote learning shall satisfy the requirements of RSA 189:1 and RSA 189:24 under the following conditions:
- (1) When inclement weather makes it unsafe to safely transport students to or from in-person instruction;
- (2) As an option for a parent or guardian making a request for remote learning; or
- (3) As articulated in a parent-approved alternative program approved by the local school board pursuant to Ed 306.17(c).
- (d) When the district offers remote learning, the school board shall be responsible for the development of a policy for the governance and administration of remote learning.
- (e) If a student participating in remote learning is not making educational progress, as determined by the district’s educational assessments, the option to participate in remote learning may be rescinded by the district.
- (f) A parent or guardian may appeal a district determination that a student is not making educational progress pursuant to the district’s educational assessments to the state board under Ed 200.
- (g) A student shall remain in remote learning until the conclusion of the appeal in (f) above. If the state board upholds the district’s conclusion that the student is not making educational progress pursuant to the district’s educational assessments, the student shall immediately be disqualified from continued participation in the district’s remote learning opportunity.
- (h) School districts may cooperate to share delivery of remote learning opportunities.
Source. (See Revision Notes #1, #2, #3, and #4 at part heading for Ed 306) #14150, eff 12-13-24