From the ECS State Policy Database Technology--Equitable Access

This database is made possible by your state's fiscal support of the Education Commission of the States (ECS). Most entries are legislative, although rules/regulations and executive orders that make substantive changes are included. Every effort is made to collect the latest available version of policies; in some instances, recent changes might not be reflected. For expediency purposes minimal attention has been paid to style (capitalization, punctuation) and format. Please cite use of the database as: Education Commission of the States (ECS) State Policy Database, retrieved [date]. State Status/Date Level Summary KY Signed into law 04/2012 P-12 Task Force on Student Access to Technology S.B. 95 - Task Force on Student Access to Technology Directs the Legislative Research Commission to establish the Task Force on Student Access to Technology to develop a strategy and funding mechanism to provide 5th and 6th graders with access to devices such as laptops, tablets, netbooks, and e-readers for scho... More... NC Veto overridden: legislature has overridden governor's veto 06/2011 P-12 North Carolina Virtual Public School (NCVPS) H.B. 200 - North Carolina Virtual Public School (NCVPS) Requires the North Carolina Virtual Public School (NCVPS) program to report to the state board and maintain an administrative office at the department of public instruction. Requires that the director of NCVPS ensure that students in rural and low-wealth count... More... FL Signed into law 05/2011 P-12 Postsec. Repeals Various Obsolete Education Provisions H.B. 7087 Repeals provisions relating to programs that were never implemented or are no longer funded. The programs are: Digital Divide Council and the associated Pilot Project for Discounted Computers and Internet Access for Low-Income Students; the Institute on Urban ... More... WV Signed into law 03/2010 P-12 Instructional Resources S.B. 631 Updates process for adopting textbooks and other instructional material; replaces the terms "textbooks", "instructional materials", and "learning technologies" with "instructional resources"; modifies the limit on adoption cycles; provides for a listing of ins... More... IL Signed into law 08/2009 P-12 Children's Low-Cost Laptop Act S.B. 613 Creates the Children's Low-Cost Laptop Act. Requires the state board of education to establish a pilot project schools serving students in any grades 3-8. Provides that funds may be used to provide low-cost laptops and replacement hardware, provide teacher pro... More... IL Signed into law 08/2007 P-12 Technology Immersion Pilot Project S.B. 746 Extends the technology immersion pilot project established by the state board of education for another 3 years. Extends the repeal of provisions concerning the technology immersion pilot project to August 31, 2010. http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/95/SB/PDF/095... More... IL Signed into law 08/2007 Postsec. Information Technology Access Act S.B. 511 Creates the Information Technology Access Act. Requires the department of human Services to convene an advisory working group to develop accessibility standards for electronic and information technology for state entities so that persons with disabilities may ... More... TX Signed into law 06/2007 P-12 Postsec. Rural Technology Center Grant Program H.B. 2235 Subject to available funds, the office shall establish a grant program under which the Office of Rural Community Affairs awards grants to public institutions of higher education, public high schools, and governmental entities located in a rural county for the ... More... NY Signed into law 04/2007 P-12 Instructional Computer Hardware and Technology Equipment Apportionment S.B. 2107 - Part B, Section 7-a and 7-b Section 7-a: Adds new section 753 to education code, on instructional computer hardware and technology equipment apportionment. Authorizes a district to be eligible for an apportionment for approved expenses for: (1) The purchase or lease of micro and/or mini... More... WV Signed into law 03/2007 P-12 21st Century Tools for Schools Technology Initiative S.B. 603 Establishes the 21st Century Tools for 21st Century Schools Technology Initiative to replace, enhance and fund current technology programs in schools; requires the development of a 21st Century Strategic Technology Learning Plan under the initiative and sets f... More... CA Vetoed 08/2006 P-12 School Techology Access Data S.B. 812 Requires the State Department of Education to establish common data elements to determine the extent of educational technology access and instructional integration in public schools. Requires the department to consider and recommend appropriate methods to coll... More... FL Signed into law 06/2006 P-12 Discounted Computers and Internet Access Program H.B. 765 Relates to students, computers and internet access; creates a program to offer discounted computers and Internet access to public school students and students in home education programs in grades 5 through 12; requires DOE to negotiate terms with computer manu... More... CA Vetoed 09/2005 P-12 Measuring Educational Technology Access and Instructional Integration S.B. 1006 An act to add Section 33126.4 to the Education Code, relating to schools. - Schools: educational technology access and instructional integration. This bill would require the State Department of Education, on or before January 1, 2007, to establish common data ... More... ME Issued 06/2005 P-12 Postsec. Community College An Order to Create the PK-20 Telecommunications and Technology Infrastructure Board and other Committees Executive Order Creates the PK-20 Telecommunications and Technology Infrastructure Board, the Broadband Access Infrastructure Board and the Telecommunciations Infrastructure Steering Committee. Defines purpose, objectives, duties and membership of each. Implementation costs... More... CA Signed into law 09/2004 P-12 Education Technology A.B. 2706 Repeals the obsolete provisions that established the Commission on Technology in Learning law and specified its duties. Requires the Superintendent of Public Instruction to ensure school districts have access to technical assistance on the implementation of ed... More... CA Signed into law 10/2003 Postsec. Disabled Students: Technology Access S.B. 302 Declares the Legislature intended to apply existing provisions requiring compliance with the accessibility requirements of the federal Rehabilitation Act of 1973 and its implementing regulations for improving accessibility of persons with disabilities to elect... More... MD Signed into law 05/2002 P-12 Equivalent Access to Technology for Students with Disabilities S.B. 226 Defines "computer-based technology" as computer hardware or software used by teachers and students in the delivery of an instructional program. Requires state superintendent and secretary of business and economic development to ensure that specifications in a... More... AL Signed into law 05/2001 P-12 More Computers in the Classroom H.J.R. 217 Establishes the Digital Divide Coalition Study Committee. This committee will attempt to place more computers in Alabama classrooms.... More... VA Signed into law 03/2000 P-12 Computers to Indigent Students H.B. 805 Permits school divisions to donate obsolete hardware and software to be replaced pursuant to the technology replacement program to indigent public school students as provided in guidelines to be promulgated by the Board of Education; requires the guidelines to... More...