House Journal: Page 1921: Thursday, April 25, 1996

18  		 $	  2,400,000
19  		 FTEs	      57.00
20     3.  PART III NETWORK COSTS - MAINTENANCE AND LEASE
21   COSTS.
22     a.  There is appropriated from the rebuild Iowa
23   infrastructure fund of the state created in section
24   8.57, subsection 5, to the Iowa communications network
25   fund under the control of the Iowa telecommunications
26   and technology commission for the fiscal year
27   beginning July 1, 1996, and ending June 30, 1997, the
28   following amount, or so much thereof as is necessary,
29   to be used for the purpose designated:
30     For maintenance costs and recurring lease costs as
31   provided in this subsection:
32  		 $	  1,199,905
33     b.  As a condition of the appropriation in this
34   subsection, $209,298 of the amount appropriated shall
35   be expended by the Iowa telecommunications and
36   technology commission for maintenance costs associated
37   with Part III connections of the network.
38     c.  As a further condition of the appropriation in
39   this subsection, $990,607 of the amount appropriated
40   shall be expended by the Iowa telecommunications and
41   technology commission for recurring lease costs
42   associated with Part III connections of the network.
43     4.  SUPPORT SERVICES.  There is appropriated from
44   the general fund of the state to the Iowa
45   communications network fund created in section 8D.14
46   for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 1996, and ending
47   June 30, 1997, the following amount, or so much
48   thereof as is necessary, to be used for the purposes
49   designated:
50     For purposes designated in paragraphs "a" and "b",

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 1   and for not more than the following full-time
 2   equivalent positions:
 3  		 $	  1,950,000
 4  		FTEs	10.0
 5     a.  As a condition of the appropriation in this
 6   subsection, $450,000 of the amount appropriated shall
 7   be expended by the public broadcasting division of the
 8   department of education to provide support for
 9   functions related to the network, including but not
10   limited to the following functions:  scheduling for
11   video classrooms; development of distance learning
12   applications; development of a central information
13   source on the Internet relating to educational uses of
14   the network; second-line technical support for network
15   sites; testing and initializing sites onto the
16   network; and coordinating the work of the education
17   telecommunications council.  The division is

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