Idaho § 33-5602 PURPOSE, FINDINGS AND LEGISLATIVE INTENT — DEFINITIONS

Idaho Statutes

§ 33-5602 — PURPOSE, FINDINGS AND LEGISLATIVE INTENT — DEFINITIONS

Idaho·Title 33 EDUCATION·Ch. 56 EDUCATION OPPORTUNITY RESOURCE ACT

(1)The purpose of this act is to establish a resource for Idaho’s education and library system in providing broadband, wireless local area network (LAN) and related services to students. The legislature finds that Idaho benefits from a consistent and adequate bandwidth connection to and between its districts and schools, inclusive of grades K through 12, and to its libraries. It is the intent of the legislature that:

(a)State resources be made available to support Idaho’s E-rate eligible entities with technical, E-rate, security, contracting and procurement guidance, and funding distribution;

(b)E-rate eligible entities shall have the ability to collaborate regionally and intrastate for broadband and related services;

(c)Districts shall have the ability to collaborate regionally and in

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(1) The purpose of this act is to establish a resource for Idaho’s education and library system in providing broadband, wireless local area network (LAN) and related services to students. The legislature finds that Idaho benefits from a consistent and adequate bandwidth connection to and between its districts and schools, inclusive of grades K through 12, and to its libraries. It is the intent of the legislature that:
(a) State resources be made available to support Idaho’s E-rate eligible entities with technical, E-rate, security, contracting and procurement guidance, and funding distribution;
(b) E-rate eligible entities shall have the ability to collaborate regionally and intrastate for broadband and related services;
(c) Districts shall have the ability to collaborate regionally and intrastate for wireless LAN services; and
(d) E-rate eligible entities apply for and pursue, in good faith, E-rate funding.
(2) As used in this chapter:
(a) "Districts" means Idaho public schools grades K through 12, the Idaho digital learning academy, the Idaho department of juvenile corrections’ education programs and the school for the deaf and the blind.
(b) "E-rate" means the schools and libraries program of the universal service fund that is administered by the universal service administrative company under the direction of the federal communications commission.
(c) "E-rate eligible entities" means Idaho public schools grades K through 12, the Idaho digital learning academy, the Idaho department of juvenile corrections education programs, the school for the deaf and the blind and the Idaho public libraries.

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