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Senate
Resolution 646
By:
Senator Rogers of the 21st
ADOPTED
SENATE
A
RESOLUTION
Expressing
the will of the Senate to ensure the necessary conditions for expanded
high-quality digital learning opportunities for the students of this state; and
for other purposes.
WHEREAS,
academic success in the 21st century and therefore the future of our state's
economy is contingent upon our students' access to high-quality K-12 educations;
and
WHEREAS,
today's students have access to the Internet, technology, and devices
unavailable to previous generations; and
WHEREAS,
excellent educational resources are becoming abundant in digital form, such as
online and blended learning opportunitites; and
WHEREAS,
the primary barriers preventing our students from accessing these high-quality
digital learning opportunitites are outdated state statutes and policies;
and
WHEREAS,
the Senate understands the urgent need for its leadership in removing the policy
barriers standing between our children and the digital learning opportunities
that can ensure their success, and our state's, in this Information Age;
and
WHEREAS,
in August 2010, Governors Jeb Bush and Robert Wise launched the Digital Learning
Council with leaders in education, government, philanthropy, business,
technology, and think tanks to define the actions that lawmakers and
policymakers must take to spark a revolution in K-12 digital learning, with
their actions resulting in the creation of the ten Elements of High Digital
Learning; and
WHEREAS,
it is in the intent of this resolution that the ten elements be used as a
framework from which to draft legislation specific to each state's needs and not
a mandate on any one body.
NOW,
THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE SENATE that this body adopts the Digital
Learning Council's Ten Elements of High Quality Digital Learning, and it is the
will of the Senate that the elements be incorporated as necessary through future
legislation as well as immediate state regulation, strategic planning,
guidelines, and procedures on the part of the Department of Education, local
school boards, and any other relevant public or private bodies.
BE
IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Secretary of the Senate is authorized and directed
to transmit an appropriate copy of this resolution to the American Legislative
Exchange Council.