Texas · Through 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025

Tex. Education Code § 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.

Where this section sits in the code

EDUCATION CODE
TITLE 2. PUBLIC EDUCATION
SUBTITLE F. CURRICULUM, PROGRAMS, AND SERVICES
CHAPTER 30B. VIRTUAL AND HYBRID CAMPUSES, PROGRAMS, AND COURSES
SUBCHAPTER A. GENERAL PROVISIONS

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.

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