(1) DIGITAL LEARNING NOW ACT.—There is created the Digital Learning Now Act.

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   (2) ELEMENTS OF HIGH-QUALITY DIGITAL LEARNING.—The Legislature finds that each student should have access to a high-quality digital learning environment that provides:

   (a) Access to digital learning.

   (b) Access to high-quality digital content and online courses.

   (c) Education that is customized to the needs of the student using digital content.

   (d) A means for the student to demonstrate competency in completed coursework.

   (e) High-quality digital content, instructional materials, and online and blended learning courses.

   (f) High-quality digital instruction and teachers.

   (g) Content and instruction that are evaluated on the metric of student learning.

   (h) The use of funding as an incentive for performance, options, and innovation.

   (i) Infrastructure that supports digital learning.

   (j) Online administration of state assessments.

   (3) DIGITAL PREPARATION.—Each student must graduate from high school having taken at least one online course, as provided in s. 1003.428.

   (4) CUSTOMIZED AND ACCELERATED LEARNING.—A school district must establish multiple opportunities for student participation in part-time and full-time kindergarten through grade 12 virtual instruction. Options include, but are not limited to:

   (a) School district operated part-time or full-time virtual instruction programs under s. 1002.45(1)(b) for kindergarten through grade 12 students enrolled in the school district. A full-time program shall operate under its own Master School Identification Number.

   (b) Florida Virtual School instructional services authorized under s. 1002.37.

   (c) Blended learning instruction provided by charter schools authorized under s. 1002.33.

   (d) Full-time virtual charter school instruction authorized under s. 1002.33.

   (e) Courses delivered in the traditional school setting by personnel providing direct instruction through a virtual environment or though a blended virtual and physical environment pursuant to s. 1003.498.

   (f) Virtual courses offered in the course code directory to students within the school district or to students in other school districts throughout the state pursuant to s. 1003.498.

s. 1, ch. 2011-137.