Education Council

Agenda

December 15, 2021 Meeting Agenda

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

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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 Deember 15, 2021 meeting*	Co-Chair
9:08AM	3. Approval of the Minutes* A. Consider approval of the Minutes from the 10/13/2021 meeting*	Co-Chair
9:10AM	4. Public Comment	Co-Chair
9:15AM	5. Presentation: MHEC Credential Engine A. Background B. About Credential Engine	E. Rafal
10:00AM	6. Federal funding update	T. Rolfes
10:10AM	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
10:20AM	8. Digital Education--Select a Task Group A. Device Equity B. Equity of Internet Access	T. Rolfes, Co-Chairs
10:30AM	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 1:30pm 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 if necessary and may elect to take action on any of the items listed.

The NITC Education Council wishes to thank staff of the NITC for helping to arrange the December 15, 2021 meeting.

NITC/Education Council Homepage
Meeting Notice Posted to the Nebraska Public Meeting Calendar 12/13/2021
Agenda Posted to the NITC Web site 12/13/2021

December 15, 2021 Meeting Agenda

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 Deember 15, 2021 meeting*

Co-Chair

9:08AM

3. Approval of the Minutes*

A. Consider approval of the Minutes from the 10/13/2021 meeting*

Co-Chair

9:10AM

4. Public Comment

Co-Chair

9:15AM

5. Presentation: MHEC Credential Engine

A. Background

B. About Credential Engine

E. Rafal

10:00AM

6. Federal funding update

T. Rolfes

10:10AM

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

10:20AM

8. Digital Education--Select a Task Group

A. Device Equity

B. Equity of Internet Access

T. Rolfes, Co-Chairs

10:30AM

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 1:30pm

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