South Carolina Code 59-16-10. Legislative findings
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(A) The General Assembly finds that:
(1) through the use of technology, South Carolina can create educational opportunities for the students of this State that may not exist without such technology; and
Terms Used In South Carolina Code 59-16-10
- Credit recovery: means self-paced, semester-long courses that target learning in areas of greatest weakness, allowing nontraditional or at-risk students to rapidly complete courses, recover credits, and progress to graduation. See South Carolina Code 59-16-30
(2) using technology to deliver instruction can provide effective alternatives for credit recovery, meeting graduation requirements, resolving scheduling conflicts, delivering curriculum content when there is a shortage of certified personnel, providing a more flexible and individualized instructional pace, and offering low-incidence courses.
(B) It is the purpose of the General Assembly, in this chapter to establish the South Carolina Virtual School Program to ensure consistent high quality education for the students of South Carolina utilizing technology-delivered courses.