TO: | Honorable Rob Eissler, Chair, House Committee on Public Education |
FROM: | John S. O'Brien, Director, Legislative Budget Board |
IN RE: | HB2893 by Hochberg (Relating to the technology demonstration sites project.), As Introduced |
The bill would convert the existing technology immersion pilot project (TIP), which expires August 31, 2011, into the technology demonstration sites project (TDSP). The TDSP would end August 31, 2013.
The bill would allow Texas Education Agency (TEA) to establish sites in school districts or campuses that would demonstrate the use of technology for improving teaching and learning, leverage digital tools and resources to extend learning opportunities from school to home, and exemplify instructional practices and lessons that support learning in the classroom and home. The TDSP would be required to leverage existing home computing devices or provide access through electronic device check-out to extend learning at home.
TEA would be required to select at least five districts, with at least one TDSP to include students in grades 6 through 12. The TEA could select at least one entire school district.
Source Agencies: | 701 Central Education Agency
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LBB Staff: | JOB, JSp, JGM, RN
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