SECTION 70.1025. Statewide Course Catalog Fees

(a) A Texas Virtual School Network (TxVSN) course cost may not exceed the lesser of the cost of providing the course or $400.

(b) A school district or charter school may decline to pay the course costs for a student who chooses to enroll in more than three year-long electronic courses, or the equivalent, during any school year. This does not limit the ability of the student to enroll in additional electronic courses offered through the TxVSN at the student's expense.

(c) A school district or charter school may charge the course cost for enrollment in an electronic course provided through the TxVSN statewide course catalog to a student who:

(1) resides in Texas and is enrolled in a school district or charter school as a full-time student with a course load greater than that normally taken by students in the equivalent grade level;

(2) elects to enroll in an electronic course provided through the TxVSN if the school district or charter school in which the student is enrolled declines to pay the course cost because the course exceeds the limit of three year-long courses; or

(3) enrolls in a TxVSN course during the summer.

(d) A school district or charter school shall charge the course cost for enrollment in an electronic course provided through the TxVSN to a student who resides in Texas and is not enrolled in a school district or charter school. A student who is not enrolled in a school district or charter school is not entitled to the benefits of the Foundation School Program.

(e) TxVSN central operations may only accept course payment from a school district or charter school.

(f) A school district or charter school that is not the course provider may charge a student enrolled in the district or school a nominal fee, not to exceed $50, for enrollment in an electronic course provided through the TxVSN that exceeds the course load normally taken by students in the equivalent grade level. A juvenile probation department or state agency may charge a nominal fee, not to exceed $50, to a student under the supervision of the department or agency.

(g) A course provider in the TxVSN statewide course catalog shall receive:

(1) no more than 70% of the catalog course cost prior to a student successfully completing the course; and

(2) the remaining 30% of the catalog course cost when the student successfully completes the course.

Source Note: The provisions of this §70.1025 adopted to be effective February 27, 2013, 38 TexReg 1163; amended to be effective April 7, 2015, 40 TexReg 1967