2005 Legislative Documents

Essential Telecommunications Infrastructure, June 2005 (Acrobat PDF; 20 KB)

Governor's K-12 Education Budget Overview, prepared by the Minnesota Department of Education, Program Finance Division, on January 25, 2005.
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Budget Q&A (MS Word Document)

Feb. 2, 2005 Media Release: K-12 Budget Proposal Includes $8 Million for School Telecommunications Access (MS Word Document)

Information about Library/Technology Legislative Day at the Capitol

2005-2006 Legislative Platform: Strengthening Minnesota Libraries in Minnesota (Acrobat PDF; 228 KB)

2005-2006 Talking Points: Public Library/K–12 Schools Telecommunications Access (Acrobat PDF; 424 KB)

2005-2006 Talking Points: Technology/Media Optional Levy Authority (Acrobat PDF; 432 KB)

2005-2006 House Committees (Acrobat PDF; 132 KB)

2005-2006 House Chairs (Acrobat PDF; 220 KB)

2005-2006 Senate Committees (Acrobat PDF; 132 KB)

Handbook for Effective Lobbying: This resource is well done and the last two sections (Section IV and V) are particularly good and of use to anyone doing lobbying

Web Sites for additional legislative information

SOCRATES Region Legislators

Telecommunications/Internet access Funding Bill HF1242 posted February 22, 2005

Revisions for Funding Bill for On-Line Learning posted on February 3, 2005.

Filtering Bill HF573

Comments on HF573 (MS Word doc; 32 KB)

Benefits of K–12 Telecommunications Access