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(1) Staff
support for the council shall be drawn from the educational segments as
recommended by the council and approved by the state board of education. The
legislative intent is to provide broad representation of the various
educational segments with the council staff.
(2) The council shall have the following responsibilities:
(a) Develop and maintain a statewide education technology plan to provide
seamless education in Idaho. Such plan shall be subject to annual review
and approval by the state board of education.
(b) Make recommendations to the state board of education on educational
technology and telecommunications plans, policies, programs and activities
for all educational segments.
(c) Subject to the approval of the state board of education, administer
and develop standards and criteria for the public school technology grants
program provided for in section 33-4806, Idaho Code.
(d) Ensure that the policies set by the information technology resource
management council are followed in accordance with sections 67-5745B and
67-5745C, Idaho Code, in implementing educational technology programs
pursuant to this chapter.
(e) Collaborate with all educational segments, as well as with
professional education associations and businesses, in recommending
priorities for funding and in identifying needs for technology use in
education.
(f) Recommend to the state board of education, standards and procedures
for the administration of this act, including, but not limited to,
standards for technology-based resources, projects, programs, practices or
products to be adopted or adapted, and standards and criteria by which to
evaluate the technology-based programs. In addition, the council shall
recommend exemplary programs, practices, or products based on the criteria
established in this subsection.
(g) Recommend priorities for uses of educational technology.
(h) Work with representatives of the governing bodies of the educational
segments to develop recommendations or strategies for the coordination,
administration, and evaluation of educational technology programs and
resources.
(i) Work with representatives of the governing bodies of the educational
segments to identify strategies to coordinate statewide voice, video, and
data telecommunications systems that may be accessed by the educational
segments.
(j) To review, evaluate and build upon the educational technology
projects in public schools funded through other state initiatives.
(k) To form such subcommittees or task forces as it deems necessary to
review matters pertaining to a particular educational segment or to any
other issues before the council.

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