Definitions

Sec. 30B.001. DEFINITIONS. In this chapter: (1) "Full-time hybrid campus" means a school district or open-enrollment charter school campus at which at least 50 percent of the enrolled students are enrolled in a full-time hybrid program authorized under Subchapter C. (2) "Full-time hybrid program" means a full-time educational program offered by a school district or open-enrollment charter school campus in which: (A) a student is in attendance in person for less than 90 percent of the minutes of instruction provided in a school year; and (B) the instruction and content may be delivered synchronously or asynchronously over the Internet, in person, or through other means. (3) "Full-time virtual campus" means a school district or open-enrollment charter school campus at which at least 50 percent of the enrolled students are enrolled in a full-time virtual program authorized under Subchapter C. (4) "Full-time virtual program" means a full-time educational program offered by a school district or open-enrollment charter school campus in which: (A) a student is in attendance in person minimally or not at all; and (B) the instruction and content are delivered synchronously or asynchronously primarily over the Internet. (5) "Hybrid course" means a course in which: (A) a student is in attendance in person for less than 90 percent of the minutes of instruction provided; and (B) the instruction and content may be delivered synchronously or asynchronously over the Internet, in person, or through other means. (6) "Parent" means a student's parent or a person standing in parental relation to a student. (7) "Virtual course" means a course in which instruction and content are delivered synchronously or asynchronously primarily over the Internet. (8) "Whole program virtual instruction provider" means a private or third-party service that provides oversight and management of the virtual instruction services or otherwise provides a preponderance of those services for a full-time virtual or full-time hybrid campus or program. Added by Acts 2025, 89th Leg., R.S., Ch. 5 (S.B. 569), Sec. 7, eff. May 6, 2025.