EDUCATION
TELECOMMUNICATIONS COUNCIL
NOTES
June 1,
2006
I.
WELCOME AND INTRODUCTIONS
The June 1, 2006, meeting of the Education
Telecommunications Council was held at Iowa Public Television and via various
ICN sites. The following members were
present at the meeting: Jim
Bodensteiner, Regents; Paul Bowers, IAICU; Dean Cook, SAI; Pat Thieben for Merv
Cronbaugh, IACCT; Greg Davis, IASB; Tim Dose, SAI; Glenn Grove, AEA Boards; Ellen
Kabat Lensch, IACCT; David Montgomery, DE/CIANS; Kathryn O’Shaughnessy, ISEA;
The following guests were
also present at the meeting: Patty
Fairchild, RTC 1; Larry Niebur, RTC 2; Theresa
Ziegler, RTC 3; Colette Scott and Mary Wagner, RTC 4; Kathy Goebel, RTC 5;
Julie Thomas, RTC 6; Joe Coon, RTC 9; Wendell Maakestad, RTC 10; Jan Robertson,
Region 10 Scheduler;
II.
ISSUES
A.
ICN Educational Video
Scheduling Deadlines
A.
1. Approval of ICN Educational Video Scheduling
Deadlines
Following a brief discussion this motion was made:
MOTION 1
Dean Cook moved to approve the 2007 ICN Educational
Video Scheduling Deadlines as submitted.
Mary Travillian seconded.
Ayes-14, Nays-0, Absent-4, Not voting-0. Motion passed unanimously.
2.
Responsibility of ICN Educational Video Scheduling Deadlines
From the beginning of the ICN, the responsibility
of developing the educational video scheduling deadlines has been with
IPTV. Following a brief discussion, and with
the agreement from Joe Cassis of the ICN, this responsibility will be moved to
the ICN commencing with the 2008 deadlines.
B.
Approval of RTC Funding
Plan and Guidelines for FY 2007
MOTION 2
Kay Runge moved that the document, “Guidelines for
Educational Support Funds Regional Telecommunication Councils FY2007” provided by
Ayes-14, Nays-0, Absent-4, Not voting-0. Motion passed unanimously.
C.
Recruitment of ETC
Members for Review of RTC Plans
The following ETC members volunteered to assist
D.
Recommendation to the ITTC for Educational Video Rates for FY 2008
Following a brief discussion concerning ICN
educational video rates, this motion was made:
MOTION 3
Pat Thieben moved that the ETC recommendation to
the ITTC be that educational video rates for 2008 be maintained at the current
level. Paul Bowers seconded.
Ayes-14, Nays-0, Absent-4, Not voting-0. Motion passed unanimously.
A letter of recommendation from the ETC will be
sent to the ITTC prior to their scheduled rate hearing in July.
E. Recommended Funding Request for RTC Support
for FY 2008
Due to the FCC’s ruling that ICN scheduling is no
longer eligible for E-rate funding (which removes approximately $270,000 from
RTC budgets), and the higher costs to provide technical services, training, and
professional development to schools for ICN services, as well as video
scheduling, the RTCs will be forced to suspend some of these services unless
funding is provided. After a lengthy
discussion, the following motion was made:
MOTION 4
Glenn Grove moved that the ETC support a
recommendation for RTC funding that would restore funds lost due to a change in
e-rate laws ($270,000) and funds to cover the costs of training and professional
development($250,000) for a total RTC funding request of $1,760,478 for
2008. Dean Cook seconded.
Ayes-14, Nays-0, Absent-4, Not voting-0. Motion passed unanimously.
Glenn Grove will work with
F. Educational Classes Survey
III.
UPDATES
A.
Annual ETC Update to the
ITTC on May 18, 2006
Gail Sullivan presented an oral report to the ITTC
on May 18, 2006. Some of the issues
discussed were E-rate eligibility for scheduling, RTC funding, and increased
K-12 use of ICN services.
B.
ICN Legislative Update
Tami Fujinaka of the ICN provided a document and
overview of legislative action for the 2006 session.
HF 2782—Equipment appropriation of $1,997,500
(ICN), and Part III FY 07 appropriation of $2,727,000 (Dept of Ed)—Bill was
signed by the Governor on 5/31/06.
HF 2527—RTC Appropriation (IPTV)--$1,240,478
General Fund—Bill was scheduled to be signed by the Governor on 6-1-06.
A.
HF 2686—Retention of Interest (ICN), Annual
Five-year Report (ICN) (eliminated), Advisory Committees (eliminated except ETC
& RTCs)—Bill was signed by the Governor on 5/23/06.
For further information, contact Tami Fujinaka at
tami.fujinaka@iowa.gov.
C.
ICN Update
Gail Cline, ICN public relations, informed members of
her role in the increased promotion of the ICN and will have statistics and
promo materials available in July. Gail
also stated that she will be presenting at the SAI conference in August, and is
scheduled to present at the IASB conference and the Iowa PTA.
Joe Cassis, Deputy Director, ICN, presented an
overview of the future of the ICN and its services, including but not limited
to, multicasting and unicasting. He
stated that he is scheduled to present this concept at the SAI conference in
August and has already presented at the IDLA and IACT conferences, as well as
participated in a meeting with IDCDC (digital content delivery), and region 11
representatives. He wishes to promote
this concept around the state and to schedule more presentations; members
suggested the superintendents advisory council meeting with Judy Jeffrey, and
the monthly AEA meeting with superintendents. For more information concerning future
ICN plans, please contact Joe at joseph.cassis@iowa.gov.
IV.
MISCELLANEOUS
A.
Hand-off to New ETC Chair
Gail Sullivan turned over the ETC gavel to the new
chair, Jim Bodensteiner.
B.
New Chair to Select ETC
Executive Committee
Jim Bodensteiner selected the ETC Executive
Committee for June 06-June 07 term. They
are: Jim Bodensteiner, Regents (Chair);
Gail Sullivan, DE (past-Chair); the new Chair-elect; Mary Travillian, AEAs;
Kathryn O’Shaughnessy, ISEA; Paul Bowers, IAICU; Dean Cook, SAI; Ellen Kabat
Lensch, IACCT; and upon her agreement, Mary Gannon, IASB.
C.
Election of ETC
Chair-Elect
Kay Runge accepted the nomination to be Chair-elect
for the June 07-June 08 term.
IV.V.
ADJOURNMENT
The June 1, 2006, meeting of the Education
Telecommunications Council adjourned at 11:45 am. The next meeting of the ETC is December 21,
2006, at Iowa Public Television.
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