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SB 724 School board; broadband, annual report.

Introduced by: Todd E. Pillion | all patrons    ...    notes | add to my profiles | history

SUMMARY AS PASSED:

School boards; student home broadband access; annual report. Requires, beginning in the 2022 school year and in each school year thereafter through the 2025 school year, each school board to submit an annual report to the Virginia Department of Education and the Virginia Department of Housing and Community Development listing each student's 9-1-1 address that does not have broadband access, as defined by the broadband guidelines set out by the Virginia Department of Housing and Community Development for its Virginia Telecommunication Initiative.

SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED:

School boards; broadband; annual report. Requires each school board to submit an annual report to the Virginia Department of Education and the Virginia Department of Housing and Community Development that lists each student's 9-1-1 address that does not have broadband service, as defined by the Federal Communications Commission, to the home beginning in the fall of 2022 through the 2025 school year.