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. (a) It is the intent of the Legislature that the State
Department of Education, in conjunction with county superintendents
of schools and others from the educational community, establish
telecommunication standards that will support the efficient sharing
of school business and administrative information. These standards
shall allow schools, school districts, county superintendents of
schools, and the department to establish interactive access to this
information, reduce the reporting requirements of local educational
agencies, and assist local educational agencies in carrying out their
financial and administrative responsibilities in a more effective
manner.
(b) In addition to establishing telecommunication standards, it is
the further intent of the Legislature that standardized financial
information and student information being developed pursuant to
Section 42103.3 and subdivision (k) of Section 51870 shall be among
the initial information that is shared when telecommunication links
are established.
(c) It is also the intent of the Legislature that funding be made
available to encourage school districts and county superintendents of
schools to connect existing networks to the telecommunication
highway. The Legislature also intends that the provisions of this
section be accomplished without requiring replacement of current
hardware and software at the local level and that the aforementioned
standards be developed and implemented without mandating specified
proprietary hardware or software purchases.