Hard-copy distance learning no longer will be an option next year, according to the Department of Education, which has started to register students for next school year. The education board on Tuesday passed a resolution, directing the public schools to phase out hard-copy learning by the end of the current school year, and to offer only online and face-to-face instruction next year, said Superintendent Jon Fernandez. Eliminating hard-copy instruction and distribution will free up more days for students to be on campus, Fernandez said. The plan is to create two separate groups of teachers, with one group focused only on face-to-face instruction, and the other teaching students online only.