Topic/Component BLENDED LEARNING DECLARATION REMOTE LEARNING PLAN
Protection of Student Data The contract must include a statement describing how
private student data will be protected.
(Not required as part of declaration.)
Schools must comply with all data privacy protections in state and
federal law including FERPA.
(Not required as part of plan.)
Schools must comply with all data privacy protections in state and federal
law including FERPA requirements.
Equitable Access (Not required as part of the declaration.) Schools
should follow the requirements in the Contract with
their Sponsor and ensure that students have access to
digital learning tools necessary to access the internet or
computer-based content.
Adopted policy must describe the method by which each participating
student will have access to the digital learning tools necessary to
access the on-line or digital content.
Plan shall include the manner in which equitable access to quality
instruction will be ensured.
Teacher Professional
Development
The contract must include a description of the
professional development activities that will be offered
to teachers.
Adopted policy must describe the means by which the school will
ensure that teachers have appropriate training in the pedagogy of the
effective delivery of on-line or digital instruction.
Plan shall include a description of the professional development activities
that will be offered to teachers.
Evaluation of Online
Curriculum
(Not required as part of the declaration.) Schools must
follow the expectations outlined in their contract with
the sponsor.
Adopted policy must describe the evaluation and review of the quality
of online curriculum delivered to students.
(Not required as part of plan.) Schools should follow all regular curriculum
review procedures.
Staffing Schools must follow the student/teacher ratios for
in-person classroom time as stated in the school’s
contract.
Adopted policy must assure the assignment of a sufficient number of
teachers to ensure a student has an appropriate level of interaction
to meet the student’s personal learning goals. Each participating
student shall be assigned to at least one teacher of record. A school or
classroom that implements blended learning cannot be required to have
more than one teacher for every 125 students.
All existing collective bargaining agreement provisions regarding
staffing still apply.
(Not required in the plan.)
All existing laws and collective bargaining agreement provisions regarding
staffing apply.
Filtering Device or Software (Not required as part of declaration.)
Schools must continue to comply with applicable
federal regulations, including the federal Child Internet
Protection Act. Schools should be mindful of privacy
controls and must continue to comply with applicable
federal regulations to protect and secure student
activity online.
Adopted policy must specify the means by which each school shall
use a filtering device or install filtering software that protects against
internet access to materials that are obscene or harmful to juveniles
on each computer provided to or made available to students for
instructional use. The school shall provide such filtering device or
software at no cost to any student who uses a device obtained from a
source other than the school.
(Not required as part of plan.)
Schools should be mindful of privacy controls and must continue to comply
with applicable federal regulations to protect and secure student activity
online, including the federal Child Internet Protection Act.
Effect on
Minimum Hours
and State Funding
Minimum Hours Community schools are required to offer a minimum of
920 hours as required in ORC 3314.03(A)(11)(a).
School is exempt from school year hourly requirements in ORC
3313.48(A) to the extent that a school alters the hours it is open for
instruction in order to accommodate blended learning opportunities that
apply to all students.
A school that implements a remote learning plan shall be considered to
have complied with the minimum number of hours required under ORC
3313.48.
Funding
Community schools must document classroom and
non-classroom-based learning opportunities and provide
documentation to the Department annually as outlined
in ORC 3314.08 (H) and the Department’s FTE Manual.
No change to state foundation funding formula for public school
districts, STEM schools or joint vocational districts.
A school that implements a remote learning plan shall be considered to
have complied with any requirements to receive state foundation funding.
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Source: http://education.ohio.gov/getattachment/Topics/Reset-and-Restart/Blended-and-Remote-Learning-Comparison/Comparison-Guide-
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