Mike Levin: “first on the question of why technology. In my earlier remarks I indicated why there was such a need for training in…”

“first on the question of why technology. In my earlier remarks I indicated why there was such a need for training in technology for our teachers. We make a number of special provisions in our law for technology. It's not unique. We make special provisions for lots of purposes, including language training. Why language training? Because there is a need that we have for language training. Why technology? Because obviously the incomes of our students are going to depend on how well they can use technologies and how well we utilize technologies in their training. For instance, we currently have a Technology Literacy Challenge Fund. That is part of our law; $425 million, I believe, in this year's fiscal budget. It is addressed towards technology because of the importance of technology. So there is nothing unusual about having special provisions for different parts of education and for training, and this amendment is focused on one of the very critical needs that we now have.”