Education Council Archived Meeting

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December 15, 2021 Meeting Agenda

Wednesday, December 15, 2021, at 9:00 AM CT
Host Location: Zoom Videoconferencing
A Zoom link will be provided by request to members and guests to tom.rolfes@nebraska.gov.

Open Meetings Act (PDF - 11 pages, 234KB)

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 Deember 15, 2021 meeting* Co-Chair
9:08 AM 3. Approval of the Minutes*
A. Consider approval of the Minutes from the 10/13/2021 meeting*		 Co-Chair
9:10 AM 4. Public Comment Co-Chair
9:15 AM 5. Presentation: MHEC Credential Engine
A. Background
B. About Credential Engine		 E. Rafal
10:00 AM 6. Federal funding update T. Rolfes
10:10 AM 7. Network Nebraska--Select a Task Group
A. ConnectED Nebraska, powered by eduroam
B. Cybersecurity Awareness and Training
C. Upcoming RFP & U.S. Treasury Capital Projects Funding		 T. Rolfes, Co-Chairs
10:20 AM 8. Digital Education--Select a Task Group
A. Device Equity
B. Equity of Internet Access		 T. Rolfes, Co-Chairs
10:30 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
11:00 AM 10. Other Business/Announcements
A. Rural Broadband Task Force meeting on 3/18/2022 at 1:30 PM
B. NITC Meeting in early March 2022
C. Other		 Co-Chair
11:05 AM 11. Agenda Items for the 2/16/2022 Meeting Co-Chair
11:10 AM 12. Consider location(s) for the 2/16/2022 Meeting Co-Chair
11:15 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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