BILL NUMBER: AB 747	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  MARCH 31, 2011

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Huber

                        FEBRUARY 17, 2011

   An act to  amend Section 51705 of   add
Section 51866 to  the Education Code, relating to pupil
instruction.



	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 747, as amended, Huber. Pupil instruction: online programs.

   Existing law states the intent of the Legislature to enact
legislation to implement specified policy objectives regarding
distance learning, which is defined as instruction in which the pupil
and instructor are in different locations and interact through the
use of computer and communications technology.  
   This bill would define an online offsite classroom instructional
program to mean an instructional program in which a pupil receives
online instruction from a teacher who may be onsite or offsite,
subject to certain requirements if the teacher is offsite. 

   Existing law defines an asynchronous interactive instructional
program as a program in which a pupil and teacher interact using
online resources, including, but not limited to, discussion boards,
Internet Web sites, and e-mail.  
   This bill would make technical, nonsubstantive changes to this
definition. 
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: no.
State-mandated local program: no.


THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   SECTION 1.    Section 51866 is added to the 
 Education Code   , to read:  
   51866.  "Online offsite classroom instructional program" means an
instructional program, separate from independent study, in which a
pupil receives online instruction from a teacher who may be onsite or
offsite, and if the teacher is offsite, instruction is provided to
pupils through video conferencing technology that supports two-way
communication.  
  SECTION 1.    Section 51705 of the Education Code
is amended to read:
   51705.  For purposes of this article, the following terms have the
following meanings:
   (a) "Asynchronous interactive instructional program" means a
program in which a pupil and teacher interact using online resources,
including, but not limited to, discussion boards, Internet Web
sites, and e-mail. However, the pupil and teacher need not be online
at the same time.
   (b) "Internet" means the global information system that is
logically linked together by a globally unique address space based on
the Internet Protocol (IP), or its subsequent extensions, and that
is able to support communications using the Transmission Control
Protocol/Internet Protocol (TCP/IP) suite, or provides, uses, or
makes accessible, either publicly or privately, high-level services
layered on the communications and related infrastructure described in
this subdivision.