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September 1, 2021 Meeting Agenda

Wednesday, September 1, 2021, at 9:00 AM CT
Host Location: Varner Hall Lower Level Board Room, 3835 Holdrege Street, Lincoln, NE
A Zoom link will be provided upon request to members and guests who are unable to join in person.

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Time Subject Speaker
9:00 AM 1. Call to Order, Electronic Posting, Location of Open Meeting Law Documents, Roll Call, Introductions Co-Chair
9:05 AM 2. Consider approval of the Agenda for the September 1, 2021, meeting* Co-Chair
9:08 AM 3. Approval of the Minutes*
A. Consider approval of the Minutes from the 4/21/2021 meeting*
B. Consider approval of the Minutes from the 6/16/2021 meeting*
Co-Chair
9:10 AM 4. Public Comment Co-Chair
9:15 AM 5. NITC Update
A. Membership Update
B. EC Report to the NITC
T. Rolfes
9:25 AM 6. Federal funding update
A. Overview of Federal Funding
B. ESSER I, II, III Eligible Uses
C. FCC Emergency Connectivity Fund
D. U.S. Treasury Capital Projects Fund
T. Rolfes
9:40 AM 7. Network Nebraska
A. ConnectED Nebraska, powered by eduroam
B. Cybersecurity Awareness and Training
C. Risk Mitigation Discussion
D. Network Nebraska Annual Fee Memo
T. Rolfes, Co-Chairs
10:10 AM 8. Digital Education
A. Device Equity
B. Equity of Internet Access
C. DRAFT RBTF Homework Gap Report
D. SCEDD Flyer
T. Rolfes, Co-Chairs
10:40 AM 9. Subsector Reports
A. University of Nebraska
B. Nebraska State Colleges
C. Nebraska Community Colleges
D. Nebraska Independent Colleges and Universities
E. Public K-12 and ESUs
F. Private/Denominational K-12
G. Nebraska Public Media
H. Coordinating Commission for Postsecondary Education
I. Nebraska Department of Education
Co-Chair
11:20 AM 10. Other Business/Announcements
A. RBTF meetings on 9/8/2021 & 10/18/2021
B. NITC Meeting on 11/4/2021 in Lincoln
C. Other
Co-Chair
11:25 AM 11. Agenda Items for the 10/20/2021 Meeting Co-Chair
11:25 AM 12. Consider location(s) for the 10/20/2021 Meeting Co-Chair
11:30 AM 13. Adjournment Co-Chair

* Indicates an expected action item.

The Council will attempt to adhere to the sequence of the published agenda, but reserves the right to adjust the order of items as necessary and may elect to take action on any of the listed items.

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