110 STAT. 1321-145 PUBLIC LAW 104-134—APR. 26, 1996
(4) has a nationwide structure through which additional
resources can be leveraged and innovative practices disseminated.
SEC. 2604. DUTIES OF THE PRIVATE, NONPROFIT CORPORATION.
(a) DISTRICT EDUCATION AND LEARNING TECHNOLOGIES
ADVANCEMENT COUNCIL.—
(1) ESTABLISHMENT—The private, nonprofit corporation
shall establish a council to be known as the "District Education
and Learning Technologies Advancement Council" (in this subtitle referred to as the "council").
(2) MEMBERSHIP. —
(A) IN GENERAL.— The private, nonprofit corporation
shall appoint members to the council. An individual shall
be appointed as a member to the council on the basis
of the commitment of the individual, or the entity which
the individual is representing, to providing time, energy,
and resources to the council.
(B) COMPENSATION. —Members of the council shall
serve without compensation.
(3) DUTIES. —The council—
(A) shall advise the private, nonprofit corporation with
respect to the duties of the corporation under subsections
(b) through (d) of this section; and
(B) shall assist the corporation in leveraging private
sector resources for the purpose of carrying out such duties.
(b) ACCESS TO STATE-OF-THE -ART EDUCATIONAL TECHNOLOGY. —
(1) IN GENERAL—The private, nonprofit corporation, in
conjunction with the Superintendent, students, parents, and
teachers, shall establish and implement strategies to ensure
access to state-of-the-art educational technology within the District of Columbia public schools and public charter schools.
(2) ELECTRONIC DATA TRANSFER SYSTEM.—The private, nonprofit corporation shall assist the Superintendent in acquiring
the necessary equipment, including computer hardware and
software, to establish an electronic data transfer system. The
private, nonprofit corporation shall also assist in arranging
for training of District of Columbia public school employees
in using such equipment.
(3) TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT.—
(A) IN GENERAL.—In establishing and implementing
the strategies under paragraph (1), the private, nonprofit
corporation, not later than September 1, 1996, shall provide
for an assessment of the availability, on the date of enactment of this Act, of state-of-the-art educational technology
within the District of Columbia public schools and public
charter schools.
(B) CONDUCT OF ASSESSMENT. —In providing for the
assessment under subparagraph (A), the private, nonprofit
corporation—
(i) shall provide for onsite inspections of the stateof-the-art educational technology within a minimum
sampling of District of Columbia public schools and
public charter schools; and
(ii) shall ensure proper input from students, parents, teachers, and other school officials through the
use of focus groups and other appropriate mechanisms.
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