Sec. 32.005. STUDY ON SCHOOL DISTRICT NETWORK CAPABILITIES. (a) The commissioner shall conduct a study to assess the network capabilities of each school district. The study must gather sufficient information to determine whether the network connections of a district and school campuses in the district meet the following targets:
(1) an external Internet connection to a campus's Internet service provider featuring a bandwidth capable of a broadband speed of at least 100 megabits per second for every 1,000 students and staff members; and
(2) an internal wide area network connection between the district and each of the school campuses in the district featuring a bandwidth capable of a broadband speed of at least one gigabit per second for every 1,000 students and staff members.
(b) The commissioner may solicit and accept gifts and grants from any public or private source to conduct the study. The commissioner may also cooperate or collaborate with national organizations conducting similar studies.
(c) The commissioner shall complete the study not later than December 1, 2015. This section expires December 1, 2016.
Added by Acts 2013, 83rd Leg., R.S., Ch. 1386 (H.B. 1926), Sec. 24, eff. June 14, 2013.
Last modified: September 28, 2016