Senate Bill S1009

2009-2010 Legislative Session

Enacts school technology planning act requiring regional or district-wide technology planning by school districts

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  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2009-S1009 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Education
Law Section:
Education Law
Laws Affected:
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Versions Introduced in 2011-2012 Legislative Session:
S2302

2009-S1009 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Enacts school technology planning act requiring regional or district-wide technology planning by school districts; also assigns a role for the state education department to provide technical assistance to schools, review and approve district plans and to report to the governor and the legislature on planning and funding.

2009-S1009 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2009-S1009 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________

                                  1009

                       2009-2010 Regular Sessions

                            I N  S E N A T E

                            January 22, 2009
                               ___________

Introduced  by  Sen.  KRUGER -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
  printed to be committed to the Committee on Education

AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to  enacting  the  school
  technology planning act

  THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  Section 1. Short title. This act shall be known and may  be  cited  as
the "School Technology Planning Act".
  S 2. Legislative findings. a. The legislature finds that:
  i.  Beginning with the 1997--1998 school year, schools became eligible
for federally mandated telecommunications discounts. Schools must  apply
for these dollars and will receive discounts on a first-come first-serve
basis.  Typically,  districts  best  poised  to access discounts and the
scores of public and private grants available for educational technology
are those which are more technologically advanced.  Districts which  are
typically less successful in accessing aid are those that need technical
assistance and do little or no planning.
  ii.  A  good  percentage  of districts in New York state do not have a
technology plan or have a plan lacking essential components. Planning is
crucial to effective use  of  technology  integration  into  curriculum.
District  technology  planning  activities  go  a  long  way  in helping
districts plan,  implement  their  plans,  seek  funds,  coordinate  and
conduct  teacher  training,  provide  in-house technical assistance, and
maintain technology systems.
  b. The legislature declares its intent to ameliorate the  deficiencies
it has identified in subdivision a of this section through the enactment
of  this  act  in  furtherance  of  equipping our students with the most
up-to-date educational tools needed for them to be self-sufficient func-
tioning members of society by participating in the  technology  that  is
revolutionizing that society.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD06670-01-9

              

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