The council shall:
A. advise the bureau on implementation of the provisions of the Technology for Education Act;
B. work with the bureau to conduct periodic assessments of the need for educational technology in the public school system to support on-site and distance learning and make recommendations to the department on how to meet those needs;
C. promote the collaborative development and implementation of educational technologies, projects and practices to enhance on-site and distance learning instruction capabilities;
D. develop and recommend to the department a statewide plan to infuse educational technology into the public school system in support of state and national education goals, including a statewide cyber academy plan that states short- and long-range goals for distance learning; and
E. provide assistance to the bureau in review of school district technology plans to support on-site and distance learning.
History: Laws 1994, ch. 96, § 7; 2007, ch. 292, § 8.
The 2007 amendment, effective June 15, 2007, required the council to support on-site and distance learning, and to develop and recommend a statewide cyber academy plan. Laws 2007, ch. 292, § 8 enacted identical amendments to this section. The section was set out as amended by Laws 2007, ch. 293, § 8. See 12-1-8 NMSA 1978.