Alabama Bill: SB 430 Status: 04/11/2013 – Read for the first time and referred to the Senate committee on Education Relevant Elements: 2 Alabama SB 430, sponsored by Senate Minority Leader Vivian Figures, D-Mobile, was read for the first time and referred to the Senate Education Committee on April 11. It would: Allow the state…
Archives for April 2013
Next in DLN Smart Series: Funding Students, Options, and Achievement
WASHINGTON – Today, Digital Learning Now! (DLN) released the sixth DLN Smart Series interactive paper with co-authors from Getting Smart. “Funding Students, Options, and Achievement” recognizes the economic realities of “the new normal” faced by states and districts in funding learning and proposes ways to redesign current school finance systems to center on students rather…
16 Apr 2013
DLN State Report 4.12.13
California Bill: AB 342 Status: 04/17/2013 – In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author Relevant Elements: 5, 7, 8, 9, 10 California AB 342, sponsored by Assembly Budget Committee Chairman Bob Blumenfield, D-Van Nuys, was amended by the Assembly Education Committee, read a second time on April 2 and re-referred…
12 Apr 2013
Digital Learning in Texas
Yesterday, Texas Senate Bill 1298 was voted out of the Senate Committee on Education and will move to the full Senate for consideration. If implemented, the policies this bill creates would be a huge step forward in advancing course choice and the customization of public education for Texas students.
10 Apr 2013
DLN State Report 4.5.2013
Alaska Bill: HB 190 Status: 04/05/2013 – (H) EDC AT 8:00 AM CAPITOL 106 Relevant Elements: 4, 8 Alaska HB 190, sponsored by Rep. Paul Seaton, R-Homer, was read a first time March 28 and referred to the House Education Committee, where it is scheduled for a hearing on April 3 at 8 am. It…
5 Apr 2013
Ten Digital Learning Questions About the Budget
By John Bailey April 2, 2013 With the news that the Administration will release their 2014 budget proposal on April 10, we wanted to borrow an idea from our friends at the New America Foundation and post Ten Digital Learning Questions About the Budget: 1. ESEA authorizes up to $1 billion to support state and…
2 Apr 2013