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Senate reauthorizes Educational Technology Initiative, lawmakers urge teacher training and sustained funding
Summary
The Senate voted unanimously to reauthorize the Educational Technology Initiative (SB 23), with sponsors citing roughly $40 million invested and about $65 million in matching funds over three years and urging continued appropriations and teacher training to maximize program impact.
The Utah Senate on Jan. 27 approved legislation to reauthorize the Educational Technology Initiative (ETI), a multi-year program that has put computers and related technology into classrooms across the state.
Senator Barlow, sponsor of SB 23, said the ETI began three years ago and has already resulted in widespread classroom use and local matching investments. "In the last 3 years, we have spent just about $40 million," he said on the floor, adding that the program has been matched by roughly $65 million in local and private…
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