IV
104TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. RES. 521
To express the sense of the House regarding the outstanding achievements
of NetDay96.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
SEPTEMBER 12, 1996
Mr. MILLER of California submitted the following resolution; which was
referred to the Committee on Economic and Educational Opportunities
RESOLUTION
To express the sense of the House regarding the outstanding
achievements of NetDay96.
Whereas the children of the United States deserve the finest
preparation possible to face the demands of this Nation’s
changing information-based economy;
Whereas on March 9, 1996, California’s NetDay96 succeeded
in bringing together more than 50,000 volunteers to in-
stall the wiring infrastructure necessary to connect class-
rooms, from kindergarten to the high school level (K–12),
to the Information Superhighway and bring them the
educational benefits of contemporary technology;
Whereas California’s NetDay96 succeeded in wiring 3,500
K–12 schools efficiently and cost-effectively, while estab-
lishing and improving classroom information infrastruc-
ture;
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Whereas NetDay96 organizers created a World Wide Web
site (http://www.netday96.com/) with an online database
of all schools, where individuals with a shared interest in
upgrading technology in their schools can locate each
other and form communities with a lasting interest in
their schools;
Whereas NetDay96 stresses educational opportunity for ev-
eryone by reaching out to rural and lower income commu-
nities to equalize access to current technology;
Whereas the relationships formed on NetDay96 between
schools and their communities will last well beyond
March 9, 1996, and other States are already planning to
organize future NetDay activities, for this October and
beyond, that build and expand upon the initial achieve-
ments of the NetDay96 activities;
Whereas NetDay96 has substantially increased the visibility
of educational technology issues;
Whereas NetDay96 enables schools to move into the informa-
tion age through community and cyberspace-based action;
Whereas students and schools benefit from significant
NetDay96 corporate sponsorship, including MCI, Amer-
ica Online, Netscape, Netcom, Earthlink, who all agreed
to provide free Internet access to every K–12 school in
California, AT&T, Pacific Bell, Sun Microsystems, and
hundreds of other companies, who contributed by spon-
soring individual schools, providing wiring kits, and help-
ing to design and test the networks;
Whereas NetDay96 will help facilitate the placement of edu-
cational technology, such as computer hardware, soft-
ware, Internet and technical services, and teaching aids
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and training material, in the hands of schools through
NetDay96 activities nationwide;
Whereas NetDay96 and future NetDay activities across
America will save schools and taxpayers millions of dol-
lars in technology startup costs;
Whereas President Clinton and Vice President Gore partici-
pated in California’s NetDay96 activities and support the
expansion of NetDay96 activities throughout the Nation
in an effort to increase the level of technology in this Na-
tion’s classrooms and to enhance the ability of children
to learn; and
Whereas the administration plans to work with NetDay96 or-
ganizers and corporate sponsors including Sun Microsys-
tems, Cisco Systems, and BellSouth, to organize a na-
tional conference to allow States that are planning or
considering NetDay96 activities to learn from each oth-
ers’ experience: Now, therefore, be it
Resolved, That it is the sense of the House that—
(1) the organizers, coordinators, and volunteers
of NetDay96 throughout the Nation should be com-
mended for their actions;
(2) NetDay96’s success in California should be
used as a positive model in other States throughout
the Nation, this year and in future years;
(3) NetDay96 should be expanded nationwide
to assist students, parents, and schools across the
country, so that they may obtain the full benefits of
computer equipment and networks, strengthen their
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educations, and begin careers with more skills and
opportunities in order to help them compete more
successfully in the global economy;
(4) businesses, students, parents, educators,
and unions throughout the country should consider
organizing NetDay96 activities in their communities
to provide similar opportunities for their schools;
and
(5) 
the 
House 
affirms 
its 
support 
of
NetDay96’s commitment to have United States
classrooms fitted with the needed technological infra-
structure for the 21st century.
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