Ch. 600                                        1994 LAWS OF MARYLAND

Article - Education

SUBTITLE 7. TECHNOLOGY FOR EDUCATION

7-701.

(A)     IN THIS SUBTITLE THE FOLLOWING WORDS HAVE THE MEANINGS
INDICATED.

(B)      "ELIGIBLE CONSORTIUM" INCLUDES A LOCAL EDUCATIONAL AGENCY
AND A PUBLIC OR PRIVATE NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION.

(C)      "INSTRUCTIONAL PROGRAMMING" MEANS THE FULL RANGE OF AUDIO
AND VIDEO TEXT, GRAPHICS, OR ADDITIONAL STATE-OF-THE-ART
COMMUNICATIONS DISTRIBUTED THROUGH INTERACTIVE, COMMAND AND
CONTROL, OR PASSIVE METHODS FOR THE PURPOSE OF EDUCATION AND
INSTRUCTION.                                                     

(D)     "LOCAL EDUCATIONAL AGENCY" HAS THE MEANING STATED IN THE
FEDERAL ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION ACT OF 1965, 20 U.S.C. §
2891(12).

(E)      "STUDENTS" MEANS STUDENTS FROM A BROAD RANGE OF
BACKGROUNDS AND CIRCUMSTANCES, INCLUDING:

          (1) DISADVANTAGED STUDENTS;

(2) STUDENTS WITH DIVERSE RACIAL, ETHNIC, AND CULTURAL
BACKGROUNDS;

(3)      STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES;

. (4)      STUDENTS WITH LIMITED ENGLISH PROFICIENCY;

(5)      STUDENTS WHO HAVE DROPPED OUT OF SCHOOL; AND

(6)      ACADEMICALLY TALENTED STUDENTS.

(F)      "TECHNOLOGY" MEANS THE LATEST STATE-OF-THE-ART TECHNOLOGY
PRODUCTS AND SERVICES, INCLUDING:

(1)      CLOSED CIRCUIT TELEVISION SYSTEMS;

(2)      EDUCATIONAL TELEVISION AND RADIO BROADCASTING;

(3)      CABLE TELEVISION;
(4)     SATELLITE;

(5)      COPPER AND FIBER OPTIC TRANSMISSION;

(6)      COMPUTER;                                   

(7)      VIDEO AND AUDIO LASER AND CD ROM DISCS; AND

(8)      VIDEO AND AUDIO TAPES OR OTHER TECHNOLOGIES.

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