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September 1, 2021 Meeting Agenda

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

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

Meeting Documents (PDF)

9:00AM

1. Call to Order, Electronic Posting, Location of Open Meeting Law Documents, Roll Call, Introductions

Co-Chair

9:05AM

2. Consider approval of the Agenda for the September 1, 2021 meeting*

Co-Chair

9:08AM

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

9:10AM

4. Public Comment

Co-Chair

9:15AM

5. NITC Update

A. Membership Update

B. EC Report to the NITC

T. Rolfes

9:25AM

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

9:40AM

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

10:10AM

8. Digital Education

A. Device Equity

B. Equity of Internet Access

C. DRAFT RBTF Homework Gap Report

D. SCEDD Flyer

T. Rolfes, Co-Chairs

10:40AM

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 if necessary and may elect to take action on any of the items listed.

The NITC Education Council wishes to thank staff of Varner Hall for helping to arrange the September 1, 2021 meeting.

NITC/Education Council Homepage
Meeting Notice Posted to the Nebraska Public Meeting Calendar 08/29/2021
Agenda Posted to the NITC Web site 08/29/2021

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