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Enrollment in Virtual Courses (Part-Time)

The district may offer virtual courses to students through district staff or by contracting for those services as part of the district-sponsored curriculum. Students may also enroll in virtual courses offered through MOCAP providers. This could result in entire course loads that are provided through virtual courses from the district, district-selected, and/or MOCAP providers while the student remains enrolled in the district.

Students may also take virtual courses from other sources at their own expense. Before a student independently enrolls in and pays for virtual courses not otherwise accessible through the district, the district recommends that the student meet with district staff to ensure that the course aligns with the student's education goals and that the district will accept the course credit.

Students taking courses virtually are subject to district policies, procedures and rules applicable to students enrolled in traditional courses including, but not limited to, the district’s discipline code and prohibitions on academic dishonesty, discrimination, harassment, bullying and cyberbullying.

Adapted from Policy IGCD


Enrollment in MOCAP (Full-Time Virtual Courses)

Resident students who seek to enroll with a hosted MOCAP provider on a full-time basis without paying tuition must enroll directly with the MOCAP provider and host district offering the program. Students who are accepted by the hosted MOCAP provider will have their enrollment transferred to the host district, and the student will be considered a student of the host district for all purposes.

The District will collaborate in good faith with the virtual program and the host district. The superintendent or designee may provide relevant information and input on the student's enrollment within ten business days of notice of the student's enrollment application.

Students who are denied enrollment by the MOCAP provider may utilize the state process for reviewing the decision.

Adapted from Policy IGCDA

Enrollment Process

Contact Provider

  • Notify your school that your student would like to enroll in one or more MOCAP courses.

  • Your school will make a decision to approve or deny your enrollment request.

Provider Contacts

  • Your school district will contact the MOCAP course provider and begin the process of enrolling your student in the MOCAP course or courses.

Select Classes

  • The provider’s staff and your school staff will assist in selecting courses aligned to your student’s interests and educational and grade-level requirements.

Participate in Classes

  • Your student will participate regularly in all enrolled courses.

  • Teachers and support staff from the MOCAP provider are available for assistance if your student encounters difficulties.

  • Your student will participate in MAP and EOC tests in your school district.

Monitor Progress

  • Your student’s progress in courses will be monitored by your school and will be shared with you.

  • Enrollment in Virtual Courses (Part-Time)

     

    Definitions

    Full-Time Virtual Course Enrollment – The instructional equivalent of six credits per regular term.
    Hosted MOCAP Provider – A public school district, charter school, or higher education institution that is registered through the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education (DESE) to provide virtual education through the MOCAP program to Missouri students. A host district may provide the courses directly or contract with a course provider to provide the courses.
    MOCAP Provider – An entity listed by DESE as part of the virtual course program under § 161.670, RSMo., that provides virtual courses for elementary and/or secondary students.
    Virtual Course – A single class that is designed to deliver all or most of the curriculum electronically. Students may be separated from their instructor or teacher of record by time, location, or both.

    General

    The district may offer virtual courses to students through district staff or by contracting for those services as part of the district-sponsored curriculum. Students may also enroll in virtual courses offered through MOCAP providers. This could result in entire course loads that are provided through virtual courses from the district, district-selected, and/or MOCAP providers while the student remains enrolled in the district.

    Students may also take virtual courses from other sources at their own expense. Before a student independently enrolls in and pays for virtual courses not otherwise accessible through the district, the district recommends that the student meet with district staff to ensure that the course aligns with the student's education goals and that the district will accept the course credit.

    Virtual Course Enrollment

    A student or parent/guardian must receive district approval before the student may enroll in virtual courses provided by or paid for by the district or through MOCAP.

    Enrollment in courses offered through MOCAP may be denied only if the principal or designee, in consultation with the student's parents/guardians and relevant staff, determines that it is not in the student's best educational interest to enroll in the course. The principal or designee will consider available opportunities for in-person instruction and the student's prior participation in virtual courses when making this decision. District staff will not deny enrollment in a MOCAP course because they do not approve of virtual learning in general or because they prefer a different virtual course or program.

    The principal or designee will approve or deny requests to enroll in a MOCAP course within ten business days from when the district receives the request unless the student has an individualized education program (IEP) or a Section 504 plan. If the principal or designee fails to make a decision about an enrollment request within ten business days, the request will be deemed approved.

    When denying student enrollment in a virtual course, the principal or designee will provide good cause reason for the decision, as well as information on how to appeal the denial.

    Appeal

    Students or their parents/guardians may appeal to the superintendent. If the superintendent affirms the principal's decision, students or their parents/guardians may appeal the decision to the school board. The school board will make a decision within 30 days of the request for an appeal to the board.

    Students with Disabilities

    A student's IEP team or Section 504 team will make the virtual course enrollment decisions for students with IEPs or Section 504 plans. If enrollment is appropriate, the IEP or Section 504 team will determine the services, aids, supports, accommodations, and modifications required. Any review of a decision made by an IEP or Section 504 team must go through the process provided under federal law.

    If the course enrollment is approved, the district staff will work closely with the virtual course provider to develop and implement a monitoring protocol or process to ensure that the provider is implementing the IEP or Section 504 plan. If the provider fails to implement the IEP or Section 504 plan, or the IEP or Section 504 team otherwise determines that the online program is not appropriate for the student, the IEP or Section 504 team may reconsider approval for the virtual course at any time. In all cases in which the IEP or Section 504 team determines that the provider has failed to provide the required accommodations or modifications, the district will provide to the virtual course provider the reasons for discontinuing the online program.

    Continuous Enrollment

    As required by law, the district allows for continuous enrollment in MOCAP courses throughout the year.

    Virtual Course Enrollment Due to Discipline

    Students who are moved to virtual courses due to misbehavior or disciplinary issues wi l be provided with due process when required by law.

    Attendance and Completion

    Students who enroll in district-sponsored virtual courses or MOCAP courses through the district are expected to actively participate in those courses with the goal of completing the course. If a student does not actively participate in a course or is not progressing in the course, the district may remove the student from the virtual course and consider the student's performance when making decisions regarding future virtual course enrollments.

    Students enrolled in a district-sponsored course or MOCAP course through the district will be considered in attendance for state aid purposes in accordance with law. A completed virtual course or MOCAP course shall be counted as no less than 95 percent attendance for purposes of A+ Scholarship Program eligibility.

    Eligibility for Extracurricular Activities

    Students enrolled in virtual courses offered through the district or through MOCAP under this policy are considered district students and are eligible to participate in extracurricular activities unless restricted by the Missouri State High School Activities Association.

    State Assessments

    Students are required to take the state assessments, including district-administered EOC examinations, regardless of whether the course for which the examination is required was taken virtually or in person.
    Credit

    The district will accept all grades and credits earned through district-sponsored virtual instruction and MOCAP providers. Credits obtained from other sources will be recognized in accordance with policy JECC.

    Notice

    District-provided and district-sponsored virtual courses will be advertised in the district's course catalog.

    The district will inform students and parents/guardians of MOCAP program availability in parent/guardian handbooks and new student registration documents and feature the program on the homepage of the district's website as required by law. The district will provide every student enrolled in the district and parents/guardians with a copy of DESE's MOCAP guidance document at the beginning of each school year or at the time of enrollment for students who enroll after the start of the school year. In addition, the district will provide a readily viewable link to the guidance document on the main page of its website.

    Payment

    The district will pay the tuition for MOCAP courses when required by law to do so but is not otherwise required to pay the tuition for a student to attend a virtual course unless the course is approved by the district as part of the district's course offerings.

    Virtual Course Behavior and Expectations

    Students taking courses virtually are subject to district policies, procedures, and rules applicable to students enrolled in traditional courses including, but not limited to, the district's code of conduct and prohibitions on academic dishonesty, discrimination, harassment, bullying, and cyberbullying.

    When students are participating in virtual courses, what can be seen and heard electronically from the student's location becomes part of the district's education environment. Students are responsible for ensuring that what is seen, heard, or otherwise communicated is appropriate for the learning environment and not disruptive. The district's code of conduct applies to virtual in-class behavior. Student speech that is prohibited on campus is also prohibited in the virtual classroom.

    Students may electronically display everyday items that they would be prohibited from possessing at school (such as pets, toys, or objects forming typical room décor) as long as the display does not disrupt learning.

    Adapted from Policy IGCD

  • Enrollment in MOCAP (Full-Time Virtual Courses)


    Definitions

    District – The Grain Valley R-V School District.
    Full-Time MOCAP Student – A student who is enrolled in a MOCAP program for the instructional equivalent of six credits per regular term.
    Hosted MOCAP Provider – A public school district, charter school, or higher education institution that is registered through the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education (DESE) to provide virtual education through the MOCAP program to Missouri students. A host district may provide the courses directly or contract with a course provider to provide the courses.

    Missouri Course Access and Virtual School Program (MOCAP) Course – A virtual course that is offered by a course provider listed by DESE as part of the virtual course program under § 161.670, RSMo.

    Hosted MOCAP Providers

    Resident students who seek to enroll with a hosted MOCAP provider on a full-time basis without paying tuition must enroll directly with the MOCAP provider and host district offering the program. Students who are accepted by the hosted MOCAP provider will have their enrollment transferred to the host district, and the student will be considered a student of the host district for all purposes.

    The District will collaborate in good faith with the virtual program and the host district. The superintendent or designee may provide relevant information and input on the student's enrollment within ten business days of notice of the student's enrollment application.

    Students who are denied enrollment by the MOCAP provider may utilize the state process for reviewing the decision.

    Students with Disabilities

    It is the hosted MOCAP provider's responsibility to accommodate students with disabilities and implement students' individualized education programs (IEPs) or Section 504 plans. The District may enter into a contract to provide services to resident students enrolled in these programs if fully compensated by the enrolling host district, but it is not required to do so.

    Access to District Facilities

    Students of full-time hosted MOCAP providers may be allowed access to District facilities for all or some portion of instructional activity if the hosting district reimburses the District for any costs.

    Eligibility for Extracurricular Activities

    .In accordance with law and policy IGDAA, a resident student receiving instruction on a full-time basis at a virtual school will have the opportunity to participate in District athletics, fine arts activities, and integrated cocurricular activities in accordance with policy IGDAA. These students may participate in other District extracurricular activities only if the District allows other unenrolled students to participate in the activity.

    Notice

    The District will inform students and parents/guardians of the availability of the MOCAP program in parent/guardian handbooks and registration documents and feature the program on the homepage of the District's website, as required by law. The District will provide every student enrolled in the District and parents/guardians with a copy of DESE's MOCAP guidance document at the beginning of the school year or upon enrollment. In addition, the District will provide a readily viewable link to the guidance document on the main page of its website.

    Enrollment in the District

    If the District is notified that a resident, full-time MOCAP student has been disenrolled by a MOCAP provider, the District will provide a written list of available educational options in the District to the parents/guardians of the student within five business days and will promptly enroll the student when notified by the parent/guardian.

    Adapted from Policy IGCDA