A. No later than September 1, 2005, the bureau, with the advice of the council and the secretary of information technology, shall define and develop minimum educational technology adequacy standards to supplement the adequacy standards developed by the public school capital outlay council for school districts to use to identify outstanding serious deficiencies in educational technology infrastructure.

B. A school district shall use the standards to complete a self-assessment of the outstanding educational technology deficiencies within the school district and provide cost projections to correct the outstanding deficiencies.

C. The bureau shall develop a methodology for prioritizing projects that will correct the deficiencies.

D. After a public hearing and to the extent that money is available in the educational technology deficiency correction fund, the bureau shall approve allocations from the fund on the established priority basis and, working with the school district and pursuant to the Procurement Code [13-1-28 to 13-1-199 NMSA 1978], enter into contracts to correct the deficiencies.

E. No allocation shall be made pursuant to this section unless:

(1) the method for prioritizing projects developed by the bureau has been reviewed and approved by the council;

(2) the school district has agreed to consult and coordinate with the public school facilities authority before installing any educational technology infrastructure;

(3) the council has approved the proposed allocation; and

(4) for the 2009 and subsequent fiscal years, the initial assessment required in the Technology for Education Act has been verified by an independent third party as determined in consultation with the public school capital outlay council.

F. In entering into contracts to correct deficiencies pursuant to this section, the bureau shall include such terms and conditions as necessary to ensure that the state money is expended in the most prudent manner possible consistent with the original purpose.

History: Laws 2005, ch. 222, § 2; 2007, ch. 290, § 23; 2007, ch. 292, § 9; 2007, ch. 293, § 9; 2007, ch. 294, § 1.

2007 Multiple Amendments. — Laws 2007, ch. 290, § 23, Laws 2007, ch. 292, § 9, Laws 2007, ch. 293, § 9 and Laws 2007, ch. 294, § 1 enacted different amendments to this section that can be reconciled. Pursuant to 12-1-8 NMSA 1978, Laws 2007, ch. 294, § 1, as the last act signed by the governor, is set out above and incorporates all amendments. The amendments enacted by Laws 2007, ch. 290, § 23, Laws 2007, ch. 292, § 9, Laws 2007, ch. 293, § 9 and Laws 2007, ch. 294, § 1 are described below. To view the session laws in their entirety, see the 2007 session laws on NMOneSource.com.

Laws 2007, ch. 294, § 1, effective July 1, 2007, Laws 2007, ch. 292, § 9, effective June 15, 2007, and Laws 2007, ch. 293, § 9, effective June 15, 2007, added a new Subsection E and relettered former Subsection E as F.

Laws 2007, ch. 290, § 23, effective July 1, 2007, in Subsection A, changed "chief information officer" to "secretary of information technology".