Public schools; mandatory virtual learning, provision of required technology and Internet service.
Summary
Public schools; mandatory virtual learning;provision of required technology and Internet service; emergency.Provides that if a school board requires students to engage in virtuallearning for any reason, whether full time or part time, and a computerand Internet service to connect to the curriculum is required, theschool board must provide appropriate technology devices to everystudent enrolled in the school system so they may access the learningplatform. The bill requires school boards to provide adequate Internetservice to a student's household at no cost if the student's householdincome is below 125 percent of the federal poverty guidelines. Thebill contains an emergency clause.
Bill status
in committee
1 of 4 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2021
Committee Review
Floor Vote
Governor
Introduced Jan 15, 2021
Last action Feb 6, 2021
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Total actions
4
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Committee
1
Jan 15, 2021
Committee
Referred to Committee on Education and Health
upper
Jan 15, 2021
Introduced
Presented and ordered printed with emergency clause 21102771D
upper
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
AC
Amanda Chase
RRepublican
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