Great news for the CTC/Digital Literacy crowd:

HB3650, which we have been following since last year when it missed being advanced in Veto session was passed by the House in concurrence with the Senate amended version.

It's not over yet… as we still need the Governor to sign the Bill, and of course the new budget must make appropriate allocation.

As the Governor has yet to make his appointment to the Digital Divide Advisory Committee (for several years now...) we have three very specific things to ask of him.

* Sign HB3650

* Fund HB3650 - Dollars for Digital Literacy

* Give due attention to Digital Literacy, Access & Equity: Make an appropriate appointment to the Eliminate the Digital Divide Advisory Committee!

We also have many thanks in order… thanks to the Legislative champions of this bill… and of our cause… starting with the Original Sponsor of HB 3650 Rep Connie Howard…. Champion and Chair of the EDD Advisory Committee ….

House Sponsors
Rep. Constance A. Howard - Milton Patterson - Ruth Munson - Marlow H. Colvin - Karen A. Yarbrough, Monique D. Davis, Sara Feigenholtz, Calvin L. Giles, Robert Rita and Julie Hamos

Senate Sponsors
(Sen. Don Harmon - Kwame Raoul - Miguel del Valle - Kirk W. Dillard - Donne E. Trotter, Jacqueline Y. Collins, Mattie Hunter and Martin A. Sandoval)

Let's thank the Sponsors and all the Legislators who supported HB3650… so that they understand that they need to fund it!

Onward!

We'll adjust our marching orders for Community Technology Day [1] accordingly.