(a) The Texas Virtual School Network (TxVSN) central operations shall approve professional development courses or programs for instructors who are teaching electronic courses, including dual credit courses, offered through the TxVSN statewide course catalog and Online School program.
(b) A course provider shall submit to TxVSN central operations any course the provider seeks to provide to instructors for authorization to teach electronic courses provided through the TxVSN in accordance with §70.1027(a)(1)(A) of this title (relating to Requirements for Educators of Electronic Courses).
(c) The Texas Education Agency shall use the most recent International Association for K-12 Learning (iNACOL) National Standards for Quality Online Teaching to evaluate professional development courses submitted by a TxVSN course provider for approval.

Source Note: The provisions of this §70.1028 adopted to be effective April 7, 2015, 40 TexReg 1967