261E.9  Regional academies.
  1.  A regional academy is a program established by a school district to which multiple school districts send students in grades nine through twelve, and which may include internet-based coursework and courses delivered via the Iowa communications network. A regional academy shall include in its curriculum advanced level courses and may include in its curriculum career and technical courses.
  2.  A regional academy course shall not qualify as a concurrent enrollment course.
  3.  School districts participating in regional academies are eligible for supplementary weighting as provided in section 257.11, subsection 2.
  4.  Information regarding regional academies shall be provided to a student and the student’s parent or guardian prior to the development of the student’s core curriculum plan under section 279.61.
2008 Acts, ch 1181, §59
For future amendments to subsections 1 through 3, effective July 1, 2012, see 2011 Acts, ch 132, §15, 29
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