§ 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.