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Federal Issues
 * DOPA (Deleting Online Predator Acts)
 * Appropriate funding for technology, both equipment and professional development
 * Leadership from the national level to support the use of educational technology
 * NCLB - set, and support, the achievement of attainable goals
 * Alignment of instruction with standards (could be state and federal)

State Issues
 * Alignment of instruction with standards (could be state and federal)
 * Appropriate funding for technology, both equipment and professional development
 * Leadership from the state level to support the use of educational technology
 * Finding a common ground between Exec/Legis/ADE to work towards common goals
 * Structure of funding resources - equity issue (i.e., passing bonds and/or overrides in communities, isn't always equitable)
 * Fragmentation of funding resources, needs to be combined. Difficult to find, follow and support.
 * Assessment doesn't measure learning invovled in technology. We need performance-based, not current forms of assessment.
 * Needs assessment to find out what the "starting point" is across the state.

Minor diversion...song for students about testing and NCLB :-) From NPR: Education A Song for Students: 'Not on the Test'

Morning Edition, January 1, 2007 · For students out there who may be stressed out, here's a lullaby for our times. "Not on the Test" was written by John Forster and Tom Chapin. It is performed by Tom Chapin. http://members.aol.com/chapinfo/tc/mp3.html

by John Forster & Tom Chapin © 2007 Limousine Music Co. & The Last Music Co. (ASCAP) Go on to sleep now, third grader of mine. The test is tomorrow but you'll do just fine. It's reading and math. Forget all the rest. You don't need to know what is not on the test. Each box that you mark on each test that you take, Remember your teachers. Their jobs are at stake. Your score is their score, but don't get all stressed. They'd never teach anything not on the test. The School Board is faced with no child left behind With rules but no funding, they're caught in a bind. So music and art and the things you love best Are not in your school 'cause they're not on the test. Sleep, sleep, and as you progress You'll learn there's a lot that is not on the test. Debate is a skill that is useful to know, Unless you're in Congress or talk radio, Where shouting and spouting and spewing are blessed 'Cause rational discourse was not on the test. Thinking's important. It's good to know how. And someday you'll learn to, but someday's not now. Go on to sleep, now. You need your rest. Don't think about thinking. It's not on the test.
 * Not On The Test**