HB48

HB48 Sponsers: EGallagher CT, AFadoul IA, BMannion IL, AOwen CA

Bill Number: HB48

Issue Category: Education

Bill Title: Using Laptops In School

Purpose: The Purpose of this bill is to provide laptops for student instead of textbooks, paper, and other school supplies. All students would carry is their laptops. This would eliminate the money spent on paper and other supplies. If a student were to be absent this would provide a better recourse because lessons can be recorded and replayed. This would also take away the need for computer labs that the students would use before hand. Another positive effect is using laptops means that students will have access to the latest research on the learning topic instead of outdated textbooks. Activities will become more hands on for student which will become a better learning technique.

Eligibility: This bill would impact all people who are envolved in the learning enviroment. This includes students, teachers, as well as other staff working throughout the school's system.

Terms and Benefits: There are many benfits of having laptops instead of using textbooks and paper. Our bill will improve the way the school works by taking away the majority of the schools paper, workbooks, textbooks, and binders used. One of these benefits is that students will be more engaged in learning while using laptops because they enjoy working on laptops rather then normally reading and writing during lessons. Another benefit of using laptops is because not using as much paper will save the enviroment. Many trees are being killed for all of the paper and textbook we use daily. This can be corrected by using the technology we have available today. Student will be able to improve grades because of their abillity of being able to record lessons and play back will help understanding the criteria. This will also help being able to catch up with learning after abscences. The recourses will be up to date as well because of how often the internet is updated. Since we are becoming more and more dependant on technology, this will help us become more efficient with technology. The teachers will have one less step of printing and handing out textbooks and worksheets and instead they can do it all on the computer. This will also help their organization because they will no longer need lockers because everything will already be with them.

Fiscal Impact: __Equipment__- In order to supply all students with the technology that would be ideal, we would need to purchase a laptop for all students. These laptops cost a little under $1,000.00 per student but the savings of no longer purchasing text books, paper, and binders will make up for this important purchase. Other equipment for the students to use would be cases that would be used by the students to transport the laptop from class to class. These cases would cost about $35.00 per case and will help protect the laptops so minimal repairs will be needed.

__Labor__- The labor that would be needed for this bill would be staff that would repair the laptops when needed. The salary that would take care of the computer technicians is $25,000 to $40,000 a year depending on their level of experience and the degrees they have earned. we would need about 1 technician per building in order keep up with the technology repairs needed.

__Total__- On average there are 1,968 students in one school district. This means that to supply all students with the needed material would cost, on average, about $3,873,024.00. The computer technician's salary per school district would be $160,000.00 per school district. This would all add up to a total of $4,033,024 per school district.

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