33-4804 PUBLIC SCHOOL TECHNOLOGY GRANTS. - Idaho Statutes

TITLE 33

EDUCATION

CHAPTER 48

IDAHO EDUCATIONAL TECHNOLOGY INITIATIVE

33-4804. Public school technology grants. There is hereby established the public school technology grant program, to be implemented by the state department of education, which shall make available grants for schools to provide Idaho classrooms, including classrooms at the Idaho bureau of educational services for the deaf and the blind, with the equipment and resources necessary to integrate information age technology with instruction and to further connect those classrooms with external telecommunications services. Grant applications shall include a project plan that describes proposed equipment and software purchases; how the proposed equipment and software will be used effectively in the classroom; provision for training teachers to make optimal use of the technology; and provision for local matching funds as prescribed.