Tennessee § 49-16-211 - Enrollment. [Effective until June 30, 2023.]

§ 49-16-211. Enrollment. [Effective until June 30, 2023.]

Any student who is eligible for enrollment in a public school in this state may enroll in a virtual school as either a full-time virtual school student or as a part-time virtual school student taking some of the student's courses through the virtual school. An LEA is authorized to charge tuition to any person not enrolled in a public school within the LEA for attendance in an LEA established virtual school. Initial enrollment in a public virtual school shall be limited to one thousand five hundred (1,500) students; however, any public virtual school in operation as of January 1, 2013, may continue to serve the number of students enrolled in the school as of May 14, 2013. If a public virtual school demonstrates student achievement growth at a minimum level of “at expectations” as represented by the Tennessee Value-Added Assessment System (TVAAS) developed pursuant to chapter 1, part 6 of this title and guidelines adopted by the state board of education pursuant to chapter 1, part 3 of this title the school may exceed the enrollment cap. Acts 2011, ch. 492, § 1; 2013, ch. 404, § 1. Compiler's Notes. For the preamble to the act concerning technology educational resources for Tennessee's schools, please refer to Acts 2011, ch. 492. Acts 2013, ch. 404, § 3 provided that the state board of education is authorized to promulgate rules and regulations to effectuate the purposes of the act, which added subsection (b). All such rules and regulations shall be promulgated in accordance with the Uniform Administrative Procedures Act, compiled in title 4, chapter 5. Cross-References. Part repealer, § 49-16-216 .