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 AL | Signed into law 05/2012 | P-12 | Establishes the Alabama Ahead Act. Beginning with the 2012-13 school year, requires provision of electronic textbooks and other instructional materials to all grade 9-12 students and teachers in districts that choose to participate, to the extent approved electronic textbooks are practicable and obtainable from the publisher. Where feasible, provides each 9th grade student and teacher a pen-enabled tablet, mobile computer, or other similar wireless electronic device. Directs the department of education to adopt an implementation plan, to be provided to legislative leadership by October 1, 2012, and to establish an advisory committee that includes legislators to assist in implementation of this act. Authorizes the Alabama Public School and College Authority to sell and issue up to $100,000,000 in aggregate principal amount of additional bonds for the acquisition and maintenance of computer equipment, software, and digital textbooks for public education. Provides for oversight of the bonds. http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/acas/searchableinstruments/2012rs/bills/hb165.htm
Title: H.B. 165
Source: Westlaw/StateNet
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| GA | Signed into law 05/2012 | P-12 | Directs the state board to establish rules and regulations to maximize the number of students, beginning with students entering ninth grade in the 2014-2015 school year (Class of 2018), who complete at least one course containing online learning through (1) an online course offered by the Georgia Virtual School, (2) an online dual enrollment course offered by a postsecondary institution, or (3) an approved provider. Directs the state board to make all end-of-course tests available online, and to establish rules and regulations to maximize the number of students and school systems using such online assessments. Repeals provision that gave public school students priority for enrollment in the Georgia Virtual School. Bars a local school system from prohibiting a student from taking a Georgia Virtual School course, regardless of whether the student's school offers the same course. Permits students enrolled in the Georgia Virtual School to be counted by a district for state funding purposes. Repeals certain provision relating to fund requests by the state board for the Georgia Virtual School grant account. Provides that funds from the account are to be used to cover department costs associated with the maintenance of the Georgia Virtual School, such as new course development, credit recovery, blended learning training, and operating a clearinghouse. Removes provision requiring state board to adopt provisions allowing students to participate in Georgia Virtual School courses in excess of any annual maximum number of courses at a tuition rate to be established by the state board. Requires local school systems to pay tuition, materials, and fees for student participation in Georgia Virtual School
Beginning with the 2013-14 school year, requires each local school system to provide opportunities for all public school students in grades 3-12 to participate in part-time and full-time virtual instruction program options. Requires local school systems to notify parents of such opportunities, and identifies mechanisms by which local school systems may facilitate virtual instruction program participation. Requires a local school system's virtual instruction program to provide for at least two full-time options and one part-time option for students enrolled in dropout prevention and academic intervention programs or Department of Juvenile Justice education programs. Directs the department to annually provide local school systems with a list of providers approved to offer virtual instruction programs, and establishes quality and accountability indicators providers must meet to be approved by the department. Requires each contract with an approved provider to set forth a detailed curriculum plan that illustrates how students will be provided services for, and be measured for attainment of, proficiency in state curriculum requirements for each grade level and subject. Directs the department, by December 2012, to submit a report to the governor and legislative leadership that (1) includes a plan under which local boards may voluntarily pool their bids for acquiring digital learning, and (2) identifies criteria to enable local boards to differentiate between the level of service as well as pricing based on specified criteria. Also requires that the report examine ways to increase student access to digital learning. Pages 1-6 of 7: http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20112012/127888.pdf
Title: S.B. 289 - Online Learning
Source:
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| FL | Signed into law 04/2012 | P-12 | Permits a student in grades K-5 to be counted as a full-time equivalent (FTE) in a virtual instruction program (policy previously allowed FTE count only of students in grades 6-12). Requires district providing instruction to report FTE students, rather than district of residence, if these are not the same. Amends definition of full-time equivalent student for students enrolled full- or part-time in the Florida Virtual School, in a full-time or part-time virtual instruction program, a virtual charter school. Clarifies that a full-time virtual instruction program is eligible to report FTE student membership in the ESOL program.
Bill text (pages 9, 15-21 of 21): http://myfloridahouse.gov/Sections/Documents/loaddoc.aspx?FileName=_h7063er.docx&DocumentType=Bill&BillNumber=7063&Session=2012
Title: H.B. 7063 - Funding Online/Blended Learning
Source: myfloridahouse.gov
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| FL | Signed into law 04/2012 | P-12 | From bill analysis: Creates the Digital Instructional Materials Work Group. The purpose of the 8 member group is to plan and monitor the implementation of the transition to digital instructional materials. Directs the group to submit a plan to the legislature by March 1, 2013, for meeting the deadline of transition to digital instructional materials as provided in ss. 1006.29(3) and 1006.40(3)(a), Florida Statutes, and requires the plan to include specified components, including teacher training and professional development, and funding.
Pages 40-41 of 41: http://myfloridahouse.gov/Sections/Documents/loaddoc.aspx?FileName=_h5101er.docx&DocumentType=Bill&BillNumber=5101&Session=2012
Title: H.B. 5101 - Digital Instructional Materials Work Group
Source: myfloridahouse.gov
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| TX | Signed into law 07/2011 | P-12 | Permits a student to enroll in a course provided through the state virtual school network if the student is either under 21 or under 26 and entitled to the benefits of the Foundation School Program under Section 42.003. Directs each district or open-enrollment charter school to adopt a policy providing students with the opportunity to enroll in courses provided through the state virtual school network; requires such policy to be consistent with statutory requirements. Requires a determination of whether an electronic course will meet the needs of a student with a disability to be made by the student's admission, review, and dismissal committee in accordance with state and federal law. Requires the administering authority of the state virtual school network to provide students who have completed or withdrawn from a course (and students' parents) a mechanism to provide comments regarding the course. Requires the administering authority to provide public access to student and parent comments, and for comments to be able to be sorted by teacher, electronic course, and provider district or school. Provides that if the essential knowledge and skills with which a state virtual school network course is aligned are modified, the provider district or school must have the same time period to align the course as is provided for the modification of a course provided in a traditional classroom setting. Existing law requires the administering authority to establish a schedule for an annual submission and approval process for electronic courses, and evaluate electronic courses to be offered through the state virtual school network. New provision (1) requires the administering authority to publish such schedule, including any deadlines, and any guidelines applicable to the submission and approval process, and (2) requires the evaluation to include review of each electronic course component, including off-line material proposed to be used in the course. Directs the state education agency to establish and publish a fee schedule for the cost of evaluating and approving electronic courses submitted by a district, open-enrollment charter school, or public or private institution of higher education, if the agency determines a shortage of funds for that purpose.
Provides a district or open-enrollment charter school is entitled to funding for a student's enrollment in a course offered through the state virtual school network in the same manner the district or charter school is entitled to funding for the student's enrollment in courses provided in a traditional classroom setting, provided the student successfully completes the electronic course. Directs the commissioner to adopt a standard agreement to govern payments relating to a student's enrollment in an electronic course offered through the state virtual school network. Provides exceptions to when a district or open-enrollment charter school must use the standard agreement. Repeals Section 42.159, Education Code. Pages 178-184 of 263: http://www.capitol.state.tx.us/tlodocs/821/billtext/pdf/SB00001F.pdf#navpanes=0
Title: S.B. 1
Source: www.capitol.state.tx.us
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| NC | Veto overridden: legislature has overridden governor's veto 06/2011 | P-12 | Effective June 30, 2011, ends specified funding for (1) the School Connectivity Initiative and (2) the Friday Institute at North Carolina State University to evaluate the effectiveness of using technology and its impact on 21st-century teaching and learning outcomes. Page 46 of 342: http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2011/Bills/House/PDF/H200v9.pdf
Title: H.B. 200 - Technology-Related Funding
Source: www.ncleg.net
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| NC | Veto overridden: legislature has overridden governor's veto 06/2011 | P-12 | 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 county local school administrative units have access to e-learning courses. Requires that e-learning instructional opportunities include courses required in the standard course of study for high school graduation and AP offerings not otherwise available. Repeals section 7.4 of S.L. 2010-31, regarding the NCVPS allotment formula (page 21 of 189 http://www.ncleg.net/fiscalresearch/budget_legislation/budget_legislation_pdfs/2010%20Appropriations%20Act.pdf). Directs the state board to take specified steps to implement an allotment formula for NCVPS beginning with the 2011-2012 school year. Directs NCVPS to provide the NCVPS program at no cost to all students enrolled in North Carolina public schools, Department of Defense schools, and schools operated by the Bureau of Indian Affairs. Directs the state board, in establishing the fee structure and payment structure for NCVPS, to consider recommendations from the eLearning Commission and the NCVPS Advisory Board. Directs the state board to establish a separate per student tuition for out-of-state, home-schooled, and private school students. Requires the board to direct NCVPS to develop a plan by September 15, 2011 to generate revenue from the sale of courses to out-of-state educational entities; requires that such revenue be used to offset instructional costs to local school administrative units and charter schools. Beginning in 2011, requires that the director of NCVPS submit a report on NCVPS to the state board by December 1 of each year. Requires that the report use data from the previous fiscal year and include statistics on actual versus projected costs to local school administrative units and charter schools, student enrollment, virtual teacher salaries, and measures of academic achievement. Requires that the NCVPS director continue specified efforts related to quality of course offerings, elimination of course duplication, and alignment of courses to the North Carolina Standard Course of Study. Directs the state board to reduce each district or charter school's classroom teacher allotment on the basis of ADM in grades 6-12 to provide $2,866,923 for NCVPS in the 2011-2012 fiscal year. Requires that the allotment reduction continue in future fiscal years and be adjusted annually based upon the percentage growth in NCVPS enrollment. Also requires that in fiscal year 2011-2012, the allotment to districts and charter schools be reduced to provide $2 million to create an NCVPS enrollment reserve, to be used to cover the NCVPS instructional costs of local school administrative units or charter schools with enrollments exceeding projected NCVPS enrollment. Beginning in fiscal year 2012-2013, requires the state board to annually reduce each local school administrative unit's or charter school's classroom teacher allotment, or other allotment, as determined by the state board, on the basis of ADM in grades 6-12 an amount that is the difference between $2,000,000 and the balance of the NCVPS enrollment reserve.
Pages 54-56 of 342: http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2011/Bills/House/PDF/H200v9.pdf
Title: H.B. 200 - North Carolina Virtual Public School (NCVPS)
Source: www.ncleg.net
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| ME | Signed into law 06/2011 | P-12 | Requires the Commissioner of Education to develop a program of technical assistance, including professional development and training for instruction in digital literacy and the establishment of a clearinghouse for information on the use of online learning resources that may be made available to all school administrative units. Establishes the Digital Literacy Fund and provides that balances in the fund may be used to pay for the development of a program of technical assistance that designs instructional materials promoting digital literacy, teacher professional development and training on the use of online learning resources; new administrative costs and other expenses; and for the implementation of a new clearinghouse for information on the use of online learning resources, including best practices in the use of open educational resources and open-source textbooks for elementary schools, middle schools and high schools. http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/bills_125th/chapters/PUBLIC354.asp
Title: S.P. 161
Source: http://www.mainelegislature.org
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| WA | Signed into law 04/2011 | Community College | Enhances the community and technical college system by making the maximum use of certain technologies. Creates the
community and technical college innovation account to pay and secure the payment of the principal of and interest on financing
contracts and to implement the state board for community and technical colleges' strategic technology plan for improving student achievement and efficiency in the community and technical college system. Directors community and technical colleges to transfer 3 percent of operating fees to the Community and Technical College Innovation Account. Authorizes expenditures from the account for projects that implement the community and technical college system's strategic technology plan or to pay off debt for financing contracts authorized by the legislature. Effective 7/22/11
http://apps.leg.wa.gov/documents/billdocs/2011-12/Pdf/Bills/House%20Passed%20Legislature/1909-S2.PL.pdf
Title: H.B. 1909
Source: http://apps.leg.wa.gov
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| ID | Signed into law 04/2011 | P-12 | The Students Come First legislation relates to public school modernization and reform. The legislature has a duty to ensure that state's schools are on firm financial ground. To ensure the state can educate more students at a higher level with limited resources, the state must reform and modernize the educational system. Students Come First legislation reprioritizes statutory requirements to strategically invest in Idaho's educators and technology and increases transparency for the state's public school system.
http://legislature.idaho.gov/legislation/2011/S1184.pdf
Title: S.B. 1184
Source: http://legislature.idaho.gov
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| ID | Signed into law 04/2011 | P-12 | Requires the State Board of Education to create digital citizenship standards, and to consider adding online courses as a graduation requirement for the class of 2016.
Creates a task force to study and develop plans for implementation of online courses, one-to-one mobile computing devices and other advanced technology in the classroom. The task force will include superintendents, principals, classroom teachers, educational technology experts, representatives of the business community, leaders of educational stakeholder groups and legislators.
http://legislature.idaho.gov/legislation/2011/S1184.pdf
Title: S.B. 1184 -Online Learning
Source: http://legislature.idaho.gov
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| ID | Signed into law 04/2011 | P-12 | Provides high school teachers with mobile computing devices first in the rollout beginning with the 2012-2013 school year. Provides one-third of high school students access to mobile computing devices beginning with the 2013-2014 school year until all students have access to such devices by 2015-2016. The state will pay for the repair, maintenance, security and support of the devices from the overall budget determined by the legislature. Districts will determine how students utilize the devices. Districts that already have one-to-one computing device ratios will be allocated discretionary funding instead of devices. Requires the State Board of Education to create digital citizenship standards, and to consider adding online courses as a graduation requirement for the class of 2016.
http://legislature.idaho.gov/legislation/2011/S1184.pdf
Title: S.B. 1184 - Technology
Source: http://legislature.idaho.gov
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| AZ | Signed into law 05/2010 | P-12 | Relates to joint technological education and the formula for funding students enrolled in both a local district and a joint technological education program at a community college or career education and technological education center. Allows a school district governing board to sell any school property to a joint technical education district with an existing central campus, provided the sale will not affect the normal operations of a school within the school district. Chapter 285
http://www.azleg.gov/legtext/49leg/2r/bills/hb2127s.pdf
Title: H.B. 2127
Source: http://www.azleg.gov
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| OK | Signed into law 02/2010 | P-12 | Allows issuance of bonds for purchase of hardware and software equipment necessary for implementation and training; adds electronic media, perpetual or continuous district software license agreements to the definition of the word school equipment. http://www.sos.state.ok.us/documents/Legislation/52nd/2010/2R/SB/749.pdf
Title: S.B. 749
Source: http://www.sos.state.ok.us
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| CA | Vetoed 10/2009 | P-12 | Adds Article 15.1., "Education Technology Task Force" to the education code. Defines "technology literacy". Establishes a task force for education technology to make preliminary recommendations on technology literacy model standards for grades 7-12. Specifies role groups that must be represented on the task force. Directs the task force to make preliminary recommendations to the superintendent of public instruction within a year of the task force's convening. Requires the superintendent to recommend technology literacy model standards to the state board within two months after receiving the task force's recommendations, and for the state board to adopt technology literacy model content standards pursuant to the superintendent's recommendations, within two months of receiving the superintendent's recommendations. Identifies specific areas on which the task force must make recommendations to the legislature and the state board within 18 months after the task force is convened, namely (1) Professional development, (2) Electronic learning resources and instructional materials, (3) Hardware, (4) Telecommunications infrastructure, and (5) Funding, based on an assessment of various funding models. Bill: http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/09-10/bill/asm/ab_0801-0850/ab_836_bill_20090916_enrolled.pdf Veto message: http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/09-10/bill/asm/ab_0801-0850/ab_836_vt_20091012.html
Title: A.B. 836
Source: www.leginfo.ca.gov
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| IL | Signed into law 08/2009 | P-12 | Allows nonpublic schools that are recognized by the state board of education to apply for a loan under the School Technology Revolving Loan Fund. However, provides that priority must be given to public school districts, charter schools, area vocational centers, and laboratory schools that apply prior to October 1 of each year. Provides the state board has authority to adopt rules prescribing a mechanism for reclaiming any items or equipment purchased with the loan funds in the case of the closure of a non-public school. http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/publicacts/fulltext.asp?Name=096-0783&GA=96
Title: S.B. 611 - School Technology Revolving Loan Fund
Source: www.ilga.gov
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| OH | Signed into law 07/2009 | P-12 | From DOE summary of H.B. 1:
Eliminates current law that permits the department to contract with an independent for-profit or nonprofit entity to provide information on Ohio government through the Ohio Education Computer Network (OECN) to school district libraries to assist teachers in social studies course instruction and support student research projects and, instead permits the department to approve and administer funding for educational technology technical support, maintenance, consulting, and group purchasing services for information technology centers (ITCs), school districts, ESCs, and other entities and to deliver to schools programs operated by the InfOhio Network and OECN Management Council.
Specifies that ITCs are not required to have operating reserve accounts or funds or minimum cash balances relative to their operating funding. (A rule of the State Board requires all ITCs to maintain a minimum cash balance equivalent to the higher of an average of thirty days' expenditures for the previous twelve month period or anticipated expenditures for the next sixty days.)
DOE summary document: http://www.education.ohio.gov/GD/DocumentManagement/DocumentDownload.aspx?DocumentID=71635
Pages 984-986 of 3120: http://www.legislature.state.oh.us/BillText128/128_HB_1_EN_N.pdf
Title: H.B. 1 - Section 3301.075 and 3301.076
Source: www.legislature.state.oh.us
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| CA | Signed into law 09/2008 | P-12 | Provides that provisions of the State Technology Assistance Project, which provides a regionalized network of technical assistance to schools and school districts and funding to districts, on the implementation of education technology, remain in effect through a specified date. Chapter 530 http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/07-08/bill/sen/sb_1601-1650/sb_1637_bill_20080928_chaptered.pdf
Title: S.B. 1637
Source: http://www.assembly.ca.gov
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| IL | Signed into law 08/2008 | P-12 | Repeals the Professional Development Block Grant. Amends requirements related to annual census for special education, such that census must include students age 3 to 21 (rather than birth to 21) receiving special education services. Eliminates requirement that state board of education annually report on "children of non English background" receiving special education services. Eliminates provision authorizing the state board to provide matching grants to districts to support technology-related investments. Eliminates provision directing the state board to adopt rules for the administration of the School Technology Program.
Authorizes student biometric information to be destroyed without notification to or the approval of a local records commission within 30 days after use of the information is discontinued due to student graduation, withdrawal, or a written request from the individual having legal custody of a student.
Establishes circumstances under which a district may levy a tax or issue bonds for facilities alteration or reconstruction. Adds provision requiring that summer session costs be reimbursed based on the actual expenditures for providing these services.
Deletes certain provisions related to clock hour requirements for teachers' continuing education units.
Authorizes school student records to be released, transferred or disclosed to the state board or another state government agency or among state government agencies to evaluate or audit federal and state programs or perform research and planning, but only to the extent that the release, transfer, disclosure, or dissemination is consistent with the federal FERPA (Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act).
Authorizes the Illinois Mathematics and Science Academy to develop additional campuses throughout the state, but specifies that any additional campus does not need to serve as a residential institution. Adds to the board of trustees of the Illinois Mathematics and Science Academy to include the superintendent of the district where each campus is located.
Abolishes the board of trustees of the Illinois Summer School for the Arts on the effective date of this legislation. Transfers to the state board of education all of the board of trustees' powers, duties, assets, liabilities, employees, contracts, property, records, pending business, and unexpended appropriations.
Repeals 105 ILCS 420, the Council on Vocational Education Act and 105 ILCS 423, the Occupational Skill Standards Act. Eliminates provision requiring the state board of education's annual report on vocational education to include recommendations on programs and policies to overcome sex bias and sex stereotyping in vocational education programming and an assessment of the state's progress in achieving such goals prepared by the state vocational education sex equity coordinator pursuant to the Federal Vocational Education Law.
Requires a school enrolling a student to make a copy of the student's certified birth certificate and return the original to the person enrolling the child. Provides that once a school has received a certified copy of the child's birth certificate, the school need not request another such certified copy with respect to that child for any
other year in which the child is enrolled in that school.
http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/95/SB/PDF/09500SB2482lv.pdf
Title: S.B. 2482
Source: www.ilga.gov/legislation
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| PA | Signed into law 07/2008 | P-12
Postsec. | Sets the school finance distribution formula based primarily on what it will take for students to meet the state's academic standards. The amount is based largely on the findings of the 2007 Costing-Out Study. Provides for a transferring pupil's disciplinary record to be transmitted to the transferring public or private school, upon request. Provides for school employee background checks, budgets, classroom placement of twins, bullying, scholastic records, educational support, early learning programs, virtual high schools, charter schools, school transportation, educational empowerment districts, community colleges, educational improvement business tax credits, public records, libraries and special education.
EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION
The 2008-09 education budget invests $86.4 million in Pennsylvania Pre-K Counts, a 15 percent increase from 2007-08, to enable 800 more children to participate in the commonwealth's hallmark, voluntary pre-kindergarten initiative and to respond to parents' requests for more full-day enrollment opportunities among some of the existing half-day programs.
CLASSROOMS FOR THE FUTURE
The budget includes $45 million for technology and $15 million for professional development to continue the multi-year rollout of Classrooms for the Future.
SCIENCE: IT'S ELEMENTARY
The effort to promote science learning in elementary schools will receive $14.5 million – a 7.4 percent increase – in 2008-09, enabling thousand of more students to benefit from this hands-on learning experience and be ready for higher-order science classes in middle and high school.
DUAL ENROLLMENT
Pennsylvania's Dual Enrollment program is designed to serve a wide-range of students, but particularly those who attend college at disproportionately low rates. The budget continues the $10 million in annual funding for Dual Enrollment, which allows high school students to take college courses through community colleges and four-year colleges and universities. By encouraging the participation of students who might otherwise be unlikely to attend college, the Dual Enrollment program helps ensure all students have the opportunity to earn a post-secondary degree and become self-sufficient, productive taxpayers.
HIGHER EDUCATION
The budget continues to invest in the commonwealth's higher education institutions to offer affordable and accessible post-secondary education in Pennsylvania. State funding for student tuition grants through PHEAA will increase by $21.2 million, or 5.5 percent. The state's community colleges will receive a 3 percent operating increase. An additional $14.5 million will be provided to the State System of Higher Education to keep down tuition increases.
http://www.legis.state.pa.us/CFDOCS/Legis/PN/Public/btCheck.cfm?txtType=PDF&sessYr=2007&sessInd=0&billBody=H&billTyp=B&billNbr=1067&pn=4199
Title: H.B. 1067
Source: http://www.legis.state.pa.us
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| AZ | Signed into law 05/2008 | P-12
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Community College | Exempts from sales and use taxation application services, defined as software applications provided remotely using hypertext transfer protocol or another network protocol, that are designed to assess or test student learning or to promote curriculum design or enhancement purchased by or for any school district, charter school, community college, or state university. Chapter 194
Title: S.B. 1340
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet
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| TN | Signed into law 05/2008 | P-12 | Any K-12 education funding appropriated outside the basic education program (BEP) for technology, internet, internet connectivity, or elearning is to be distributed according to a formula adopted by the state board of education. At least half of the funds so appropriated are to be distributed for internet connectivity purposes.
http://www.legislature.state.tn.us/bills/currentga/BILL/SB3286.pdf
Title: S.B. 3286
Source: http://www.legislature.state.tn.us
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| NE | Signed into law 04/2008 | P-12 | From the fiscal note: LB 1154 pertains to learning communities. Section 8 changes the requirements for transportation of students in a learning community. Free transportation is to be provided to a student contributing to the socioeconomic diversity of enrollment who is attending another school in the learning community, only if the student lives more than one mile from the school to which he or she transfers. The change may result in a minimal decrease in transportation expenses for affected school districts. Section 9 redefines focus programs, focus schools, magnet schools and pathways. It appears the bill clarifies that school districts may establish one or more focus schools or programs or magnet schools. There appears to be no fiscal impact for these provisions. Section 10 allows a school district to exceed its applicable allowable growth rate for expenditures to pay another school district for the transfer of land from such other school district to the district seeking to exceed its applicable allowable growth rate. Any increased spending pursuant to this provision will increase state aid, two years later. Schools are also allowed to exceed the allowable growth rate by the amount of estimated increased expenditures above that of the second preceding school year for telecommunication services and access to and transmission of data on networks in the first two years that a district participates in Network Nebraska, or in 2008-09, if the district participated in 2007-08.
http://uniweb.legislature.ne.gov/FloorDocs/Current/PDF/Slip/LB1154.pdf
Title: L.B. 1154
Source: http://uniweb.legislature.ne.gov
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| WA | Signed into law 04/2007 | P-12 | Adds a new section. States that the legislature recognizes that technology has become an integral part of the facilities and educational delivery systems in our schools. In order to prepare our state's students to participate fully in our state's economy, school districts are making substantial capital investments in their technology systems, facilities, and projects. Districts are implementing, applying, and modernizing their technology systems. Software companies are shifting from selling software as a one-time package to a license or an extended contractual relationship requiring a subscription and ongoing payments. School districts must be empowered to respond to the changing business models in the software industry and be given flexibility and authority to use capital projects funds to pay for licenses or online application fees. It is the intent of the legislature that these investments be deemed major capital purpose and are also permitted.
http://www.leg.wa.gov/pub/billinfo/2007-08/Pdf/Bills/House%20Passed%20Legislature/1280-S2.PL.pdf
Title: H.B. 1280
Source: http://www.leg.wa.gov
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| NY | Signed into law 04/2007 | P-12 | 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 computer equipment or terminals for instructional purposes
(2) Technology equipment, including video, solar energy, robotic, satellite, laser and other such equipment as approved by the commissioner
(3) The repair of such equipment, and training/staff development for instructional purposes.
States such aid must be provided pursuant to a district-developed plan that demonstrates that the instructional computer hardware needs of students in the district have been adequately met, and that the district has provided for the loan of instructional computer hardware to students attending nonpublic schools.
Provides formula to determine apportionment amount for which a district is eligible.
Provides no district is required to purchase or otherwise acquire instructional computer hardware or technology equipment for which the cost exceeds the amount of state aid provided.
Section 7-b: Adds new section 754 to education code, on loan of instructional computer hardware. Provides that school authorities have the power and duty to loan instructional computer hardware upon request, to all pupils legally attending nonpublic elementary or secondary schools located in the district. Provides such hardware is to be loaned free to such students, beginning with the 2007-2008 school year.
Provides no district is required to loan instructional computer hardware in excess of the hardware acquired pursuant to section 753. Provides such hardware must be loaned on an equitable basis to children attending nonpublic schools in the district, provided that nothing shall be construed to require a district to loan instructional computer hardware.
Directs school authorities to adopt regulations specifying the date by which requests for instructional computer hardware purchase/loan must be received by the district.
http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?bn=S02107&sh=t
Title: S.B. 2107 - Part B, Section 7-a and 7-b
Source: assembly.state.ny.us
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| WV | Signed into law 03/2007 | P-12 | 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 forth specific areas it should address; requires that the provision of technologies and services to students and teachers by schools be based on the goals of the 21st Century Strategic Technology Learning Plan; requires funds for the initiative/plan to be allocated equitably to county school systems following peer review of their technology plans that includes providing necessary technical assistance prior to submission and allowing for timely review and approval by the West Virginia Department of Education; outlines the use of technology and technology infrastructure under the initiative/plan.
http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Text_HTML/2007_SESSIONS/RS/BILLS/SB603%20SUB1%20enr.htm
Title: S.B. 603
Source: http://www.legis.state.wv.us/
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| CO | Signed into law 04/2006 | P-12 | Concerns reimbursement for supplemental on-line education courses. School districts and charter schools may receive reimbursement for all or a portion of the costs incurred in purchasing supplemental online education courses for students in grades 6-12. For example, such courses may allow districts and charter schools to offer a richer and more varied curriculum to students, especially in rural areas.
http://www.leg.state.co.us/clics2006a/csl.nsf/fsbillcont3/B4270585F78ABF15872570AD0057C329?Open&file=1008_enr.pdf
Title: H.B. 1008
Source: Colorado Legislature
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| LA | Issued 11/2005 | P-12 | Also referred to as Executive Order No. KBB 05-83. Authorizes an E-Rate Oversight Committee to work under the guidance of the Universal Service Administrative Authority and the Federal Communications Commission on the rebuilding of school and library technology infrastructures in these areas and offsetting the costs entities have endured with the influx of displaced students.
Title: Executive Order 104
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet
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| IN | Signed into law 05/2005 | P-12 | Rewrites IC 20-20-13-18 on uses of school technology. Requires grants for technology plans to fund uses that promote 1:1 computing infrastructure, e-learning and other uses of technology approved by the department of education.
http://www.in.gov/legislative/bills/2005/HE/HE1001.1.html
Title: H.B. 1001 (Section 127)
Source: www.in.gov
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| NM | Signed into law 04/2005 | P-12 | Creates the Educational Technology Deficiency Correction Fund.
No later than September 1, 2005, the Education Technology Bureau will define and develop minimum educational technology adequacy standards to supplement the adequacy standards developed by the public school capital outlay council, for school districts to use to identify outstanding serious deficiencies in educational technology infrastructure. School districts will use the standards to complete a self-assessment of the outstanding educational technology deficiencies and provide cost projections to correct the outstanding deficiencies. The bureau shall develop a methodology for prioritizing projects that will correct the deficiencies.
http://legis.state.nm.us/Sessions/05%20Regular/bills/house/HB0511.html
Title: H.B. 511
Source: StateNet
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| ID | Signed into law 04/2005 | P-12 | A portion of this bill repeals fiscal support for the Idaho student information management system (ISIMS) in section 33-120A of the Idaho Code, beginning with fiscal year 2005-2006. http://www3.state.id.us/oasis/S1223.html
Title: S.B. 1223
Source: www3.state.id.us
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| AR | Signed into law 04/2005 | P-12 | Concerns the Department of Education educational television division general network maintenance and digital conversion phase III general improvement appropriation. http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/ftproot/bills/2005/public/hb1268.pdf
Title: H.B. 1268
Source: StateNet
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| MI | Signed into law 09/2004 | P-12 | Freedom to Learn Grants
The Executive appropriates $5 million to continue to purchase
wireless technology for 6th grade pupils; this is a reduction of $17
million from the FY 2004 appropriation level. Maintains the federal
funds at $17.3 million. The Senate concurs with the Executive but
limited the maximum award a district can receive to 25% of the total
available funds. The House concurs with the Senate funding level,
makes $100 item of difference, and adds language to allow 6th grade
teachers to be eligible for a laptop grant. The Conference
appropriates $3.7 million in school aid funds, maintains the federal
appropriations, and concurs with the House on the language
changes.
http://www.michiganlegislature.org/mileg.asp?page=getObject&objName=2004-SB-1069
Title: S.B. 1069
Source: StateNet
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| NH | Signed into law 05/2004 | P-12 | Urges the oversight committee on telecommunications to study aspects of federal universal service funding; requires the commissioner of the department of education to develop and distribute to districts instructions on the proper methods for application for the schools and libraries portion of the universal service fund. http://gencourt.state.nh.us/legislation/2004/HB1221.html
Title: H.B. 1221
Source: gencourt.state.nh.us
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| RI | Rule Adoption 11/2003 | P-12 | Establishes a program and funding mechanism for qualified libraries and schools (K to 12) to assist in paying the cost of acquiring, installing and using telecommunications technologies to access the internet. RHODE ISLAND REG 1990 (SN)
Title: (Uncodified)
Source: StateNet
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| IL | Signed into law 07/2003 | P-12 | Amends a Section of the School Code concerning the School Technology Revolving Loan Program. Provides that funds may be used for the purpose of making the integration of technology in the classroom possible. Provides that loans shall be made available to public school districts, charter schools, area vocational centers, and laboratory schools on a 2- year rotating basis (now, loans are made to school districts on a 3-year rotating basis). Provides that at least 90% of loan proceeds shall be used for technology hardware investments and up to 10% for computer furniture. http://www.legis.state.il.us/legislation/billstatus.asp?DocNum=2354&GAID=3&DocTypeID=HB&LegID=3588&SessionID=3
Title: H.B. 2354
Source: Illinois Legislative web site
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| ID | Signed into law 04/2003 | P-12 | Directs the board of directors of the Idaho Digital Learning Academy to set fees charged to school districts for student participation, fees charged for summer school and fees charged to students and adults for professional development offerings; clarifies that there shall be no charge to students unless the student enrolls in additional courses beyond full-time enrollment. http://www3.state.id.us/oasis/S1170.html#billtext
Title: S.B. 1170
Source: Idaho Legislative Web site
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| CO | Signed into law 03/2003 | P-12 | Concerns the elimination of the technology learning grant and revolving loan program.http://www.leg.state.co.us/2003a/pubhome.nsf
Title: S.B. 198
Source: State legislative web site
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| CA | Signed into law 09/2002 | P-12 | Establishes the Education Technology Grant Program of 2002. Provides technology education grants for schools serving pupils in grades 4 to 8 consistent with the federal Enhancing Children Through Technology Act of 2001.
Title: S.B. 192
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet
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| MT | Signed into law 08/2002 | P-12 | Reduces the General Fund shortfall in revenue by temporarily eliminating the revenue dedicated to the School Technology Fund; includes income produced from the annual timber harvest on common school trust lands. http://www.ecs.org/html/offsite.asp?document=http://leg.state.mt.us/ http://data.opi.state.mt.us/bills/specsess/0802/FNPDF/HB0004.pdf
Title: H.B. 4
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet
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| KS | Signed into law 06/2002 | P-12 | Relates to funding and requirements for contracts with telecommunications carriers for provision of broadband access of the KAN-ED network; relates to a broadband technology-based network to which schools, libraries and hospitals may connect for broadband Internet access and intranet access for distance learning. http://www.kslegislature.org/bills/2002/614.pdf
Title: S.B. 614
Source: www.kslegislature.org
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| AZ | Signed into law 05/2002 | P-12 | Defines "computer hardware." Prohibits Class B bonds proceeds from being expended on computer hardware. http://www.azleg.state.az.us/legtext/45leg/2r/bills/hb2165h.htm
Title: H.B. 2165
Source: www.azleg.state.az.us
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| OR | Approved by voters 05/2002 | P-12
Postsec. | (Ballot Measure No. 10) Proposes a Constitutional Amendment in that the state may hold and dispose of stock received in exchange for technology created in whole or in part by a public institution of post- secondary education received prior to December 5, 2002, as a state asset invested in the creation or development of technology or resources within Oregon.
Title: V. 1
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet
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| FL | Signed into law 04/2002 | P-12 | Revises various provisions relating to communications services taxation; provides a transition rule for reduced local communications services tax rates; defines religious institution and educational institution for purposes of sales of communications services; imposes a use tax on purchases of communications services that are otherwise taxable at retail; provides charges for municipal right-of-way; makes provisions regarding the Tax Simplification law.
Title: H.B. 1511
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet
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| WA | Signed into law 03/2002 | P-12 | Relates to clarifying the uses of the school district capital projects fund to include the costs of implementing technology facilities plans; includes costs associated with implementing technology systems, facilities, and projects, including acquiring hardward, licensing software, and on-line applications and training related foregoing.
Title: S.B. 6515
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet
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| ID | Signed into law 03/2002 | P-12 | Provides that of the moneys allocated for one time technology expenditures in House Bill No. 683 of the Second Regular Session of the Fifty-sixth Idaho Legislature, a specified amount may be used by the Idaho Council for Technology in Learning to match technology grants from private sources.
Title: H.B. 737
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet
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| MA | Signed into law 12/2001 | P-12 | Creates the Capital Needs Investment Trust Fund, which sets aside money for education technology; provides for statewide systems and competitive grants for districts that use technology to increase student achievement; funds the virtual education space, an online set of implementation strategies to increase student achievement on the Massachusetts Comprehensive Assessment System, and for a music education program including multi-discipline curricula.
Title: H.B. 4797A
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet
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| CA | Signed into law 10/2001 | P-12 | Establishes the High-Tech Schools Grant Program to provide grants to eligible school districts or charter schools for the purpose of establishing new high-tech high schools. Provides that the grant program be administered by the Superintendent of Public Instruction, who would be required to award grants under the program on a competitive basis. Provides such grants would require a local match equal to at least the amount of the grant.
Title: A.B. 620
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet
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| NY | Signed into law 07/2001 | P-12 | Extends the expiration date of the provisions of a section of the General Municipal Law, authorizing municipalities to donate surplus computers, computer equipment and computer software to public schools, public libraries, other public and private institutions for use in secular education, and institutions for use by persons with disabilities; requires the Commissioner of Education to submit a report on such donations.
Title: S.B. 5248
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet
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| OR | Signed into law 07/2001 | Postsec. | Establishes Higher Education Technology Transfer Fund Board to promote higher education institution technology transfers and to manage fund; directs board to disburse moneys received from fund to eligible higher education institutions. http://www.leg.state.or.us/01reg/measures/sb0100.dir/sb0102.en.html
Title: S.B. 101, S.B. 102
Source: http://www.leg.state.or.us/01reg/measures/sb0100.dir/sb0101.en.html
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| NV | Signed into law 06/2001 | P-12 | Appropriates $9,950,000 for technology grants for fiscal years 2001-2002 and 2002-2003: $1,250,000 per year for grants for the minimal level necessary to provide a networked computer for each classroom; $1,250,000 per year in grants for repair, replacement and upgrading of computer hardware and software; $150,000 in grants for pilot programs that demonstrate best practices for the use of technology to improve student achievement; $50,000 for hiring a consultant to conduct an evaluation of educational technology. Section 4 appropriates $10 million for signing bonuses for teachers who are newly hired by districts for the 2001-2002 and 2002-2003 school years.
Title: S.B. 427
Source: http://www.leg.state.nv.us/71st/bills/SB/SB427_EN.html
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| NE | Signed into law 05/2001 | P-12 | Changes the allocation of the Education Innovation Fund in 2001-02 and 2002-03. The bill provides that up to 20% of the Education Innovation Fund (lottery proceeds), not to exceed $1.5 million per fiscal year, will be granted for a distance education network completion grant. The grant will fund engineering, equipment, and installation charges for two-way interactive distance education capacity for public high school buildings that do not have such capacity currently. Pursuant to current law about $1.6 million of lottery funds will be allocated for competitive incentive grants each year. The reallocation will leave approximately for $100,000 for competitive incentive grants in each of these two fiscal years.
Title: L.B. 833
Source: http://www.ecs.org/html/offsite.asp?document=http://www.unicam.state.ne.us/index.htm
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| MT | Signed into law 05/2001 | P-12 | Authorizes a district to depreciate technological equipment as an authorized use of the Technology Acquisition and Depreciation Fund; requires voter approval for a levy to increase the districts funds to support technology.
Title: S.B. 313
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet
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| IN | Signed into law 04/2001 | P-12 | Makes various changes concerning school accounting and school business officers; removes provisions requiring certain money to be deposited in the school technology fund.
Title: S.B. 454
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet
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| NM | Signed into law 04/2001 | P-12 | Authorizes the lease-purchase of technology equipment for schools.
Title: S.B. 533
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet
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| UT | Signed into law 03/2001 | P-12 | Relates to an individual income tax deduction for contributions for education to allow for contributions made to applied technology centers or applied technology service centers.
Title: H.B. 281
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet
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| VA | Signed into law 02/2001 | P-12 | Clarifies that funds provided for educational technology may be used for career and technical education and vocational programs as well as academic programs.
Title: S.B. 1057
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet
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| DE | Signed into law 07/2000 | P-12 | Establishes a technology block grant to be administered by the Delaware Center for Educational Technology and the Department of Education; relates to bond funds to provide computer access to all students in Delaware shall be maintained by a combination of State support and local district support; provides a continuous source of funding to maintain and replace computer and related technology in the schools.
Title: S.B. 412
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet
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| CA | Signed into law 06/2000 | P-12
Postsec. | Establishes the Education Technology Grant Program to provide one time grants to school districts and charter schools to acquire or lease computers for instructional purposes. Requires the Office of the Secretary for Education to administer the application process for the award of grants.
Title: A.B. 2882
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet
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| CO | Signed into law 06/2000 | Postsec. | Concerns the creation of the Advanced Technology Fund for use by the Colorado Commission on Higher Education.
Title: H.B. 1430
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet
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| CO | Signed into law 05/2000 | Postsec. | Concerns an income tax credit for monetary contributions to the Colorado Institute for Telecommunication Education.
Title: H.B. 1052
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet
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| CO | Signed into law 05/2000 | Postsec. | Concerns high technology scholarships; establishes the Colorado High Technology Scholarship Program; creates a credit against state income tax for monetary contributions made to fund high technology scholarships awarded through the program.
Title: H.B. 1355
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet
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| MN | Signed by governor 05/2000 | P-12 | Establishes a new categorical aid to fund telecommunication access for two years: FY 2001 and FY 2002. Requires the commissioner of CFL, in cooperation with the commissioner of administration and the Minnesota education telecommunication council, to recommend to the legislature a permanent method to fund telecommunication access as part of the general education revenue formula by February 1, 2002.
Title: H.B. 3800
Source: Department of Children, Families and Learning
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| IN | Signed into law 03/2000 | P-12 | Establishes a method for determining the amount of money saved by a school corporation as the result of universal service discounts under the federal Telecommunications Act of 1966; delays the deadline for the initial filing of school corporation reports concerning technology expenditures; delays the deadline for the initial compilation of the school corporation reports.
Title: S.B. 393
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet
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| NM | Signed into law 03/2000 | P-12 | Relates to the educational technology fund distribution; provides an equity adjustment to assure minimum distributions to school districts from the educational technology fund.
Title: S.B. 214
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet
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