Idaho Education Network
State could tighten contract rules
The proposed rule changes — which could come before the 2015 Legislature — come in the wake of controversies over school broadband and WiFi contracts.
FCC approves school WiFi plan
The plan will put $1 billion a year into school and library WiFi systems — and could ultimately affect close to 260,000 Idaho students.
Could feds help with school WiFi costs?
Remember Idaho’s ongoing fight over broadband funding, and the federal “e-rate” program? State superintendent Tom Luna is hoping this same program will give school WiFi programs a boost in funding.
JFAC revisits school broadband issue
No news, yet, on funding the state’s high school system.
Progress on broadband budget impasse?
State officials and a federal contractor are talking, finally, about funding the state’s high school broadband project. “Hopefully, in short order, we will have this all behind us,” state superintendent Tom Luna said Tuesday.
ISEE, Schoolnet review in the works
The state’s Office of Performance Evaluations may also conduct a review of the Idaho Education Network, the state’s troubled high school broadband project.
Two tech systems, one audit
As the Legislature looks to wrap up its year’s work, auditors could get $90,000 for a two-pronged assignment: taking a closer look at the state’s new WiFi system and its high school broadband network.
Breaking down the broadband budget deal
Idaho’s high school broadband system could remain online through February. But from there, things get cloudy.
Senators grill officials on broadband
The Senate Education Committee asks some pointed questions about the troubled Idaho Education Network broadband project, and hears about a new worst-case scenario.
Broadband funding remains in flux
The budget committee took no action on Gov. Butch Otter’s $7.3 million request to replace federally-administered money for the Idaho Education Network.