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16.99

SUBCHAPTER IX
TECHNOLOGY FOR EDUCATIONAL ACHIEVEMENT
16.99 Definitions. In this subchapter:

16.99(1d)

(1d) "Charter school sponsor" means an entity described under s. 118.40 (2r) (b) that is sponsoring a charter school.

16.99(1m)

(1m) "Data line" means a data circuit that provides direct access to the Internet.

16.99(2g)

(2g) "Educational agency" means a school district, charter school sponsor, juvenile correctional facility, private school, tribal school, as defined in s. 115.001 (15m), cooperative educational service agency, technical college district, private college, public library system, public library board, public museum, the Wisconsin Center for the Blind and Visually Impaired, or the Wisconsin Educational Services Program for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing.

16.99(3)

(3) "Educational technology" means technology used in the education or training of any person or in the administration of an elementary or secondary school and related telecommunications services.

16.99(3b)

(3b) "Juvenile correctional facility" means the Southern Oaks Girls School, the Ethan Allen School, and the Lincoln Hills School.

16.99(3d)

(3d) "Political subdivision" means any city, village, town, or county.

16.99(3g)

(3g) "Private college" means a private, regionally accredited, 4-year, nonprofit college or university that is incorporated in this state or that has its regional headquarters and principal place of business in this state or a tribally controlled college in this state.

16.99(3j)

(3j) "Private school" has the meaning given in s. 115.001 (3r).

16.99(3m)

(3m) "Public library system" has the meaning given in s. 43.01 (5).

16.99(3p)

(3p) "Public museum" means a nonprofit or publicly owned museum located in this state that is accredited by the American Association of Museums or an educational center that is affiliated with such a museum.

16.99(4)

(4) "Telecommunications" has the meaning given in s. 16.97 (10).

16.99(5)

(5) "Universal service fund" means the trust fund established under s. 25.95.

16.99(6)

(6) "Video link" means a 2-way interactive video circuit.

16.99 - ANNOT.

History: 1997 a. 27; 1999 a. 9 ss. 949 to 952, 2320 to 2322; 2001 a. 16, 57, 104, 105; 2003 a. 33 ss. 238n, 238p, 1036d to 1050d; Stats. 2003 s. 16.99; 2005 a. 344; 2009 a. 302.