DOE had a Buddy Day when kids showed off technology to legislators. Other events are planned. Legislators have varying levels of technological sophistication. Dr. Reed thinks there will be change. She mentioned several DOE partnerships and programs, including ones at Butler University, Indiana University, Ball State, Rose Hulman, and Indiana State.
Some districts do a good job.
There are plans to do a better job of this. A few go to the military. There is a senate bill to set up a fund for school corporations to track how much is spent on technology, something that isn't known now because of the variety of funding sources. DOE has a publication about good partnerships in state. The session ended with Dr. Reed asking everyone to contact their senator andrepresentative on behalf of the DOE legislative agenda.