280A.3 - COMMISSION DUTIES.
280A.3 COMMISSION DUTIES.
The commission shall:
1. Develop and administer the Iowa learning technology pilot
programs in accordance with section 280A.4. The commission shall
determine application and selection processes, and the minimum
requirements for selection of pilot program participants.
2. Develop an accurate assessment of the current status of
technology in Iowa's public school classrooms supported by reliable
data. Data collected and assessed shall include the number of
computers and their appropriate corresponding use; the costs for
hardware, software, staff development, instructional staff, and
technology support staff; sources of funds used for school district
technology budgets; and an inventory of technology-based kindergarten
through grade twelve curricula.
3. Identify and gather data, in collaboration with the department
of education, to determine the current public, private, federal,
state, community college, and local revenue sources used for
kindergarten through grade twelve educational technology at the
school district, area education agency, and state levels.
4. Submit the data assessed determined pursuant to subsections 2
and 3 in a report to the house and senate standing education
committees and the joint subcommittee on education appropriations of
the general assembly by January 15, 2006. Section History: Recent Form
2005 Acts, ch 144, §4