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House Journal: Page 1666: Monday, April 28, 1997

26   the community college, without including moneys
27   received under this section, maintains the same
28   average amount of expenditure for technology per year
29   as the community college maintains during the fiscal
30   period beginning July 1, 1994, and ending June 30,
31   1997.
32     6.  Moneys received under this section shall not be
33   used for payment of any collective bargaining
34   agreement or arbitrator's decision negotiated or
35   awarded under chapter 20.
36     Sec. 25.  NEW SECTION.  260A.2  COMMUNITY COLLEGE
37   VOCATIONAL-TECHNICAL TECHNOLOGY IMPROVEMENT PLANS.
38     Prior to receiving moneys under this chapter, the
39   board of directors of a community college shall adopt
40   a technology plan that supports community college
41   vocational-technical technology improvement efforts,
42   authorizes a needs assessment of business and industry
43   in the district, and includes an evaluation component,
44   and shall provide to the department of education
45   adequate assurance that funds received under this
46   chapter will be used in accordance with the technology
47   plan.  The plan shall be developed by licensed
48   professional staff of the community college, including
49   both faculty members and school administrators, the
50   private sector, trade and professional organizations,

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 1   and other interested parties, and shall, at a minimum,
 2   focus on the attainment of the vocational-technical
 3   skills and achievement goals of the student.  The plan
 4   shall consider the community college's
 5   interconnectivity with the Iowa communications
 6   network, and shall demonstrate how, over a four-year
 7   period, the board will utilize technology to improve
 8   vocational-technical student achievement.  The
 9   technology plan shall be kept on file at the community
10   college.  Progress made under the plan shall be
11   reported annually to the department of education in a
12   manner prescribed by the department of education.
13     Sec. 26.  NEW SECTION.  260A.3  COMMUNITY COLLEGE
14   VOCATIONAL-TECHNICAL TECHNOLOGY IMPROVEMENT
15   EXPENDITURES.
16     A community college shall expend funds received
17   pursuant to section 260A.1 for the acquisition, lease,
18   lease-purchase, installation, and maintenance of
19   instructional technology equipment used in vocational-
20   technical programs, including hardware and software,
21   materials and supplies related to instructional
22   technology, faculty development and training related
23   to instructional technology, and projects, as defined
24   in section 8.57, subsection 5, paragraph "c", related
25   to the acquisition or installation of technology

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