Update: Ohio House Bill 4 - paving the way for Ohio high school students to better leverage broadband technology for their education.

From our friends at ITMartini

Update: Ohio House Bill 4

Have you heard of the Distance Learning Pilot Project? It’s also known as Ohio House Bill (HB) 4 - and it’s paving the way for Ohio high school students to better leverage broadband technology for their education.

Twenty-eight percent of schools in Ohio have the broadband capacity of a T-1 line, i.e., 1.5 Mbps or less. HB-4 would provide those schools with more broadband, to enable students to take classes via live, interactive video.

This technology would bring Advanced Placement (AP) and foreign language classes to many students that wouldn’t have that opportunity otherwise - such as students in rural areas.

Sponsoring State Representative Debbie Phillips explains, “the Distance Learning Initiative is a step towards making sure that every Ohio child has access to advanced courses and at no additional cost to local school districts.”

Want to get involved? Tell your legislator that Ohio needs this kind of innovative, high-tech approach to solving problems in order to remain competitive in today’s difficult economy.

Cheers!

John & Aladin
IT Martini Co-Founders
cofounders@itmartini.com