2006 Nebraska Revised Statutes - § 79-1233 — Access to telecomputing resources; powers and duties.

Section 79-1233
Access to telecomputing resources; powers and duties.
Section 79-1233

Each educational service unit shall provide access for all school districts within the geographical area served by the unit to telecomputing resources , which shall include the capacity to receive and transmit distance education courses on at least a regional basis beginning on or before August 1, 2007, through the installation of necessary equipment at each educational service unit location or through interlocal agreements with other educational service units and shall provide support for training users to meet their specific telecomputing and distance education needs. School districts may annually elect prior to a date determined by the educational service unit not to connect to such telecomputing resources. Each educational service unit shall also develop, with the State Department of Education, a plan which provides for connecting the telecomputing and distance education equipment of such school districts with the telecomputing and distance education equipment of the unit.

The leasing or purchase of and planning for telecomputing or distance education equipment and software for the educational service units shall meet the minimum standards as set by the Nebraska Information Technology Commission. The Chief Information Officer shall bid for such equipment and software and shall allow educational entities as defined in section 79-1332 to participate in such statewide leasing or purchasing contracts. Educational service units may enter into agreements pursuant to the Interlocal Cooperation Act and the Joint Public Agency Act to carry out this section. Such agreements may include, but need not be limited to, provisions requiring any school district having telecomputing or distance education equipment connected to the educational service unit's telecomputing or distance education equipment to pay periodic fees necessary to cover the cost of such usage.

Cross References:

Interlocal Cooperation Act, see section 13-801.

Joint Public Agency Act, see section 13-2501.

Source:

Laws 1993, LB 348, § 49

Laws 1993, LB 452, § 2

Laws 1995, LB 860, § 3

R.S.Supp.,1995, § 79-2225

Laws 1996, LB 900, § 950

Laws 1999, LB 87, § 90

Laws 1999, LB 141, § 15

Laws 1999, LB 386, § 5

Laws 2006, LB 1208, § 10.

~ Revised Statutes Cumulative Supplement, 2006