[1st-mile-nm] Interim Legislative Committee Activity and Followup

[Kathleen Gygi]

1) Following up on Richard's alert about the August STTC committee: Michael
Padilla is leading the charge and hopefully mobilizing supporters for
legislation to create an office of broadband. No-one is sure where to put
it.

The anti-donation clause causes confusion, as always. See agenda for
links: https://www.nmlegis.gov/agendas/STTCageAug17.20.pdf

2) It is important to inject digital equity language into proposed
legislation. Any ideas out there about who might advocate for that?

3) The end-of -August LFC meeting included an excellent panel of reports on
enabling distance learning for all NM school districts using a combination
of technologies and infrastructure. See handouts at:
https://www.nmlegis.gov/Committee/Handouts?CommitteeCode=ALFC&Date=8/26/2020&ItemNumber=6

I was heartened to hear Kit Carson's presentation on Educational Enrichment
Hubs (see pp. 16-17 of handout). Any chance of getting EDA to fund similar
projects around the state? Who would be the likely applicant/sponsors in
Albuquerque?

Best,

Kathleen
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Kathleen Gygi, PhD
Research Scholar, UNM Design and Planning Assistance Center
Recent Program Evaluator/Data Manager, ECHO Institute
Albuquerque, NM
505-231-7616
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