Post by Logan on Feb 23, 2016 6:18:42 GMT -6
BOISE, Idaho -- An Idaho Senate panel is backing legislation that will allow public school districts to obtain their own broadband contracts after abandoning the previous statewide model that was deemed illegal last spring.
The two proposals approved by the Senate Education Committee Monday would help school districts fund their broadband contract..
Both bills now move to the Senate floor.
Lawmakers stripped the previous one-size-fits-all model from the Idaho Department of Administration after a district judge ruled a $60 million contract that created the system was illegal. That program, known as the Idaho Education Network, had been providing Idaho districts with high-speed Internet since 2010.
Read more here: www.idahostatesman.com/news/business/article61863832.html
The two proposals approved by the Senate Education Committee Monday would help school districts fund their broadband contract..
Both bills now move to the Senate floor.
Lawmakers stripped the previous one-size-fits-all model from the Idaho Department of Administration after a district judge ruled a $60 million contract that created the system was illegal. That program, known as the Idaho Education Network, had been providing Idaho districts with high-speed Internet since 2010.
Read more here: www.idahostatesman.com/news/business/article61863832.html