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      105 ILCS 5/2-3.117
          Amends the School Code.  Authorizes the  State  Board  of
      Education  to  enter into intergovernmental agreements in the
      areas  of  technology,  telecommunications,  and  information
      access. Effective immediately.
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 1        AN ACT to amend  the  School  Code  by  changing  Section
 2    2-3.117.
 3        Be  it  enacted  by  the People of the State of Illinois,
 4    represented in the General Assembly:
 5        Section 5.   The  School  Code  is  amended  by  changing
 6    Section 2-3.117 as follows:
 7        (105 ILCS 5/2-3.117)
 8        Sec. 2-3.117.  School Technology Program.
 9        (a)  The  State  Board  of  Education  is  authorized  to
10    provide   technology-based   learning   resources,  including
11    matching grants, to school districts to  improve  educational
12    opportunities  and  student achievement throughout the State.
13    School  districts  may  use  grants  for   technology-related
14    investments,  including  computer hardware, software, optical
15    media networks, and related wiring, to educate staff  to  use
16    that  equipment  in  a  learning context, and for other items
17    defined under rules adopted by the State Board of Education.
18        (b)  The State Board of Education is authorized,  to  the
19    extent  funds are available, to establish a statewide support
20    system for information, professional  development,  technical
21    assistance,    network   design   consultation,   leadership,
22    technology planning consultation, and  information  exchange;
23    to  expand  school district connectivity; and to increase the
24    quantity and  quality  of  student  and  educator  access  to
25    on-line  resources,  experts, and communications avenues from
26    moneys appropriated for the purposes of this Section.
27        (b-5)  The  State  Board  of  Education  may  enter  into
28    intergovernmental contracts or agreements  with  other  State
29    agencies, public community colleges, public libraries, public
30    universities,  museums  on  public  land,  and  other  public
31    agencies  in the areas of technology, telecommunications, and
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 1    information access, under  such  terms  as  the  parties  may
 2    agree.
 3        (c)  The  State  Board of Education shall adopt all rules
 4    necessary for the administration  of  the  School  Technology
 5    Program,  including  but  not  limited  to rules defining the
 6    technology-related investments that qualify for funding,  the
 7    content   of   grant   applications   and  reports,  and  the
 8    requirements for the local match.
 9        (d)  The State Board of Education may establish  by  rule
10    provisions to waive the local matching requirement for school
11    districts determined unable to finance the local match.
12    (Source: P.A. 89-21, eff. 7-1-95.)
13        Section  99.  Effective date.  This Act takes effect upon
14    becoming law.

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