Distance learning protection law
Basic data | |
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Title: | Law on the Protection of Participants in Distance Learning |
Short title: | Distance learning protection law |
Abbreviation: | FernUSG |
Type: | Federal law |
Scope: | Federal Republic of Germany |
Legal matter: | Special administrative law |
References : | 2211-4 |
Original version from: | August 24, 1976 ( BGBl. I p. 2525 ) |
Entry into force on: | January 1, 1977 |
New announcement from: | December 4, 2000 ( BGBl. I p. 1670 ) |
Last change by: |
Art. 70 G of March 29, 2017 ( Federal Law Gazette I p. 626, 639 ) |
Effective date of the last change: |
April 5, 2017 (Art. 183 G of March 29, 2017) |
GESTA : | B082 |
Please note the note on the applicable legal version. |
The law on the protection of participants in distance learning ( Fernunterrichtsschutzgesetz - FernUSG ) regulates the rights and obligations of providers and participants in distance learning in Germany . It was enacted by the German Bundestag on August 24, 1976 and came into force on January 1, 1977.
Among other things, the law stipulates that distance learning courses require state approval and defines comprehensive information and contractual obligations for distance learning courses that require approval. In terms of content, distance learning is structured within the scope of the jurisdiction of the federal states through a state treaty on distance learning.
Distance learning within the meaning of this Act is the contractual, paid transfer of knowledge and skills, in which the teacher and the learner are exclusively or predominantly spatially separated and the teacher or his representative monitor the learning success; This includes traditional distance learning as well as e-learning offers.
The authority responsible for issuing permits, among other things, is the State Central Office for Distance Learning (ZFU) in Cologne.