Legislative Session number- 83

Bill Name: SF2048

Relating to education; establishing the technology innovation grant +program for
school districts or charter or nonpublic schools to purchase or lease+ wireless
computing devices for secondary students; specifying a grant per +student limit
and a local match requirement; grant recipients to receive a +decreasing grant
amount over a certain number of years to be determined by the +department of
education; authorizing a student deposit requirement; specifying +certain grant
application requirements; requiring the department in consultation +with the
Minnesota education telecommunications council to develop, implement +and
operate the grant program and to award the grants; specifying certain additional
duties of the department relating to the program, +providing for a private
partner (mk)