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1 1 Section 1. NEW SECTION. 256.33A WIRELESS COMPUTER
1 2 CLASSROOM PILOT PROJECT – APPROPRIATION.
1 3 1. A wireless computer classroom pilot project is
1 4 established to be administered by the department of education.
1 5 The objective of the pilot project shall be the development of
1 6 one or more wireless computer classrooms which reflect the
1 7 most recent advancements in computer and information
1 8 technology. The technology in the classroom shall be utilized
1 9 by one or more schools located within a selected school
1 10 district or school districts to the fullest extent possible
1 11 throughout the daily school curriculum. The department shall
1 12 solicit bids from technology providers to develop and
1 13 implement a plan for establishing a computer classroom, and
1 14 shall determine technology provider selection criteria. The
1 15 department shall also develop an application form and
1 16 selection criteria regarding participant school districts. A
1 17 school or schools within a school district selected for
1 18 participation shall commit to integrating the content and
1 19 delivery of its daily curriculum within the technology
1 20 capabilities of the computer classroom and, to the extent
1 21 possible, shall coordinate that integration with the
1 22 technology plan submitted to the department pursuant to
1 23 section 256D.7.
1 24 2. There is appropriated from the general fund of the
1 25 state to the department of education for each fiscal year of
1 26 the fiscal period beginning July 1, 2001, and ending June 30,
1 27 2004, the sum of three million dollars for the wireless
1 28 computer classroom pilot project. The appropriated funds may
1 29 be used by the department to contract with one or more
1 30 technology providers for the development and implementation of
1 31 a plan establishing the computer classroom, and to distribute
1 32 to selected school districts to lease, lease-purchase, or
1 33 purchase the necessary equipment to establish one or more
1 34 wireless computer classrooms, and for staffing and training
1 35 needs associated with the pilot project.
2 1 3. The department shall submit a status report by January
2 2 15 annually for each of the three years of the pilot project
2 3 to the chairpersons and ranking members of the standing
2 4 committees on education in the senate and in the house of
2 5 representatives, and the joint education appropriations
2 6 subcommittee, and shall submit a final report by January 15,
2 7 2005, containing a recommendation to the members of the
2 8 general assembly regarding the merits of the pilot project and
2 9 possible project expansion.
2 10 EXPLANATION
2 11 This bill provides for the establishment of a wireless
2 12 computer classroom pilot project to be administered by the
2 13 department of education. The bill provides that the objective
2 14 of the pilot project shall be the development of one or more
2 15 wireless computer classrooms which reflect the most recent
2 16 advancements in computer and information technology, to be
2 17 utilized by one or more schools located within a selected
2 18 school district or school districts throughout the daily
2 19 school curriculum. The bill provides that the department
2 20 shall solicit bids from technology providers to develop and
2 21 implement a plan for establishing a computer classroom, and
2 22 shall develop an application form and selection criteria for
2 23 participant school districts. The bill provides that a school
2 24 or schools within a school district selected for participation
2 25 shall commit to integrating the content and delivery of its
2 26 daily curriculum within the technology capabilities of the
2 27 computer classroom and, to the extent possible, coordinate
2 28 that integration with the technology plan submitted pursuant
2 29 to Code section 256D.7.
2 30 The bill provides for an appropriation from the general
2 31 fund of the state to the department of education for the three
2 32 fiscal years beginning July 1, 2001, and ending June 30, 2004,
2 33 of $3 million for the pilot project. The bill provides that
2 34 the appropriated funds may be used by the department to
2 35 contract with one or more technology providers for the
3 1 development and implementation of a plan establishing the
3 2 computer classroom, and to distribute to selected school
3 3 districts to lease, lease-purchase, or purchase the necessary
3 4 equipment to establish one or more wireless computer
3 5 classrooms, and for staffing and training needs associated
3 6 with the pilot project.
3 7 The bill provides that the department shall submit an
3 8 annual report by January 15 regarding the status of the pilot
3 9 project, and also a final report by January 15, 2005,
3 10 containing a recommendation regarding the merits of the pilot
3 11 project and possible project expansion.
3 12 LSB 2474YH 79
3 13 rn/cf/24
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