Sec. 11-23c. Communications grant program for schools and public libraries.
Sec. 11-23c. Communications grant program for schools and public libraries.
There is established a grant program jointly administered by the Department of Education and the State Library to provide grants on a competitive process to schools and
principal public libraries with priority given to those schools and libraries located in
communities the residents of which have an average per capita income below the state
average per capita income. The grant application shall include, without limitation, how
the grant would be used to provide (1) public universal access to the Internet, (2) links
for the transmission of information to schools, libraries and municipal government, (3)
training and education in telecommunications and information technologies, and (4)
effective application of information to economic, social and cultural problems and
issues.
(P.A. 95-234, S. 1, 3.)
History: P.A. 95-234 effective July 1, 1995.