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Chief Patron: Surovell
Annual Report of Broadband Access, Services, & PC Ownership (language only)

Item 134 #1h

Item 134 #1h

Education: Elementary and Secondary
Education, Central Office Operations, Department of

Language
Page 104, after line 32, insert:
"F. The Center for Innovative Technology in conjunction with the Department of Education shall annually report to the General Assembly on the level of broadband connectivity of each local school division as well as the level of computer ownership and access to broadband services for each secondary education level student.  The data shall be, in the aggregate, made available through the Commonwealth's broadband availability map for use in local broadband deployment."


Explanation
(This amendment requires the Center for Innovative Technology, with support from the Department of Education, to annually report to the General Assembly on the level of broadband connectivity of each local school division as well as the level of computer ownership and access to broadband services for each secondary education level student. This is the companion amendment to House Bill 936 which prohibits school boards from making electronic textbooks available for use by students in their residence or residences unless the school board adopts a plan to ensure that by July 1, 2017, every student in the local school division will have access to a personal computing device approved by the Board and access to Internet service in his residence or residences.)