| 1 | Representative(s) Flores offered the following: |
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| 3 | Amendment (with title amendment) |
| 4 | Between line(s) 318 and 319 insert: |
| 5 | Section 8. The Department of Education shall implement and |
| 6 | manage the Innovative Teaching for the 21st Century (IT-21) |
| 7 | Program as an integrated, statewide system to deliver technology |
| 8 | solutions to teachers. The department shall: |
| 9 | (1) Implement the program to provide education technology |
| 10 | solutions, including applicable services for eligible teacher |
| 11 | participants. |
| 12 | (2) Define the policies and procedures to improve teacher |
| 13 | technology proficiency and ensure maximum teacher utilization of |
| 14 | available education technology solutions, including applicable |
| 15 | services. |
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| 17 | (3) Determine the school district or districts and/or |
| 18 | intradistrict or multidistrict programmatic segments in which |
| 19 | the IT-21 Program will be established based on criteria |
| 20 | developed by the department. |
| 21 | (4) Determine eligible education technology solutions and |
| 22 | applicable services. Options may include notebook computers, |
| 23 | digital projectors, interactive whiteboards, other peripheral |
| 24 | equipment, instructional devices, and protective cases. Services |
| 25 | shall include delivery, installation, technical support, and |
| 26 | maintenance and shall also include appropriate professional |
| 27 | development for teachers and administrators. Eligible computers |
| 28 | must contain appropriate hardware and software for improving |
| 29 | instruction and may provide efficient operations for Sunshine |
| 30 | Connections. Products purchased shall employ a solution for data |
| 31 | protection and asset recovery. |
| 32 | (5) Conduct competitive procurement for all eligible |
| 33 | education technology solutions and applicable services. |
| 34 | Contracts resulting from the competitive procurement process |
| 35 | shall delineate the timeframe for the delivery of goods and |
| 36 | services to the eligible districts. Contracts may include |
| 37 | district-specific or programmatic-specific specifications. The |
| 38 | department may enter into multiple contracts for the delivery of |
| 39 | goods and services to enable teachers to choose the solution and |
| 40 | providers that best meets their needs. |
| 41 | (6) Establish appropriate reporting regarding the |
| 42 | delivery, asset management, services, and customer satisfaction. |
| 43 | (7) Ensure that contracts will include development of an |
| 44 | online marketplace and information exchange for districts to |
| 45 | select, procure, and receive direct delivery of district- |
| 46 | approved technology products and services and for districts to |
| 47 | receive required information regarding district purchases. |
| 48 | (8) Develop a long-term plan to ensure the financial |
| 49 | accountability of the program and report to the Legislature |
| 50 | quarterly on program implementation. |
| 51 | Section 9. The sum of $5,000,000 is appropriated from the |
| 52 | General Revenue Fund to the Department of Education for the |
| 53 | 2007-2008 fiscal year for the purposes of implementing the |
| 54 | Innovative Teaching for the 21st Century Program. |
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| 57 | Between line(s) 30 and 31 insert: |
| 58 | requiring the Department of Education to implement and manage |
| 59 | the Innovative Teaching for the 21st Century Program; providing |
| 60 | program requirements and department responsibilities; providing |
| 61 | an appropriation; |