261E.9 - REGIONAL ACADEMIES.
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. Section History: Recent Form
2008 Acts, ch 1181, §59