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92_HB3858
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1 AN ACT concerning school technology.
2 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3 represented in the General Assembly:
4 Section 5. The School Code is amended by changing
5 Section 2-3.117 as follows:
6 (105 ILCS 5/2-3.117)
7 Sec. 2-3.117. School Technology Program.
8 (a) The State Board of Education is authorized to
9 provide technology-based learning resources, including
10 matching grants, to school districts to improve educational
11 opportunities and student achievement throughout the State.
12 School districts may use grants for technology-related
13 investments, including computer hardware, software, optical
14 media networks, and related wiring, to educate staff to use
15 that equipment in a learning context, and for other items
16 defined under rules adopted by the State Board of Education.
17 (b) The State Board of Education is authorized, to the
18 extent funds are available, to establish a statewide support
19 system for information, professional development, technical
20 assistance, network design consultation, leadership,
21 technology planning consultation, and information exchange;
22 to expand school district connectivity; and to increase the
23 quantity and quality of student and educator access to
24 on-line resources, experts, and communications avenues from
25 moneys appropriated for the purposes of this Section.
26 (b-5) The State Board of Education may enter into
27 intergovernmental contracts or agreements with other State
28 agencies, public community colleges, public libraries, public
29 and private colleges and universities, museums on public
30 land, and other public agencies in the areas of technology,
31 telecommunications, and information access, under such terms
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1 as the parties may agree, if provided that those contracts
2 and agreements are in compliance with the Department of
3 Central Management Services' mandate to provide
4 telecommunications services to all State agencies.
5 (c) The State Board of Education shall adopt all rules
6 necessary for the administration of the School Technology
7 Program, including but not limited to rules defining the
8 technology-related investments that qualify for funding, the
9 content of grant applications and reports, and the
10 requirements for the local match.
11 (d) The State Board of Education may establish by rule
12 provisions to waive the local matching requirement for school
13 districts determined unable to finance the local match.
14 (Source: P.A. 89-21, eff. 7-1-95; 90-388, eff. 8-15-97;
15 90-566, eff. 1-2-98.)