The council shall:A. advise the department on implementation of the provisions of the Digital Equity in Education Act;B. work with the department to conduct periodic assessments of the need for educational technology in the public school system to support on-site and distance learning and make recommendations to the department on how to meet those needs; andC. promote the collaborative development and implementation of educational technologies, projects and practices to enhance on-site and distance learning instruction capabilities. History: Laws 1994, ch. 96, § 7; 2007, ch. 292, § 8; 2023, ch. 161, § 6. ANNOTATIONSThe 2023 amendment, effective July 1, 2023, removed references to the former education technology bureau, and revised certain duties of the council on technology in education; in Subsection A, after 'advise the', deleted 'bureau' and added 'department', and after 'provision of the', deleted 'Technology for' and added 'Digital Equity in'; in Subsection B, after 'work with the', deleted 'bureau' and added 'department'; and deleted Subsections D and E. The 2007 amendment, effective June 15, 2007, required the council to support on-site and distance learning, and to develop ', deleted 'bureau' and added 'department'; and deleted Subsections D and E. The 2007 amendment, effective June 15, 2007, required the council to support on-site and distance learning, and to develop and recommend a statewide cyber academy plan. Laws 2007, ch. 292, § 8 enacted identical amendments to this section. The section was set out as amended by Laws 2007, ch. 293, § 8. See 12-1-8 NMSA 1978.
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