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<section article="ged" article_name="Education" number="7-1401" title_number="7" title_name="Public Schools" subtitle_number="14" subtitle_name="Virtual Schools">
  <level label="a">
    <text>In this subtitle the following words have the meanings indicated.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>“Quality online education standards” means the National Standards for Quality Online Programs: Second Edition (2019).</text>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>“Sponsor” means a county board, having a fiduciary responsibility for the operation of the virtual school.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <text>“Virtual school” means a public school:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>Established by a county board or multiple county boards under a written agreement under § 4–109 of this article;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>That uses one or more technologies to deliver instruction to its students entirely or primarily online; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>In which the students and instructors participate remotely from separate locations.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
