Section 1210.724 - Participating School DistrictsA. Nine public school districts shall be selected to participate in the Virtual Internet School in Oklahoma Network (VISION) Pilot Program. Each of the nine school districts shall represent different areas of the state. The Superintendent of Public Instruction, the Chancellor of Higher Education and the Cabinet Secretary for Science and Technology, upon agreement of at least two of the three shall select the school districts for participation in the Pilot Program.B.1. To qualify to be selected to participate in the VISION Pilot Program, school districts shall have installed or commit to install the following: a. a minimum of a single compressed video T-1 digital circuit that is connected to a OneNet DS3 hub site,b. a LAN/WAN connection that supports Fast Ethernet backbones or greater with 100Mbps service to the desktop,c. desktops capable of authenticating to a server operating system that natively supports a multiple processor Kernel, server clustering, and a web browser capable of supporting server side multicast technologies with 128 bit encryption. Servers as receivers of content from VISION distribution points shall support the selected server operating system and be capable of delivering and storing fifty (50) hours of media, andd. access servers and associated telecommunications circuits that allow remote access to the school district's LAN/WAN.2. Preference shall be given to qualified school districts that commit to invest in any of the following: a. are connected or will connect to one of the thirty-two OneNet DS3 upgrade sites,b. have deployed or committed to deploy routers that have the capability of servicing multiple T-1 digital circuit interfaces and support load balancing across the additional T-1 circuits,c. have or acquire routers that support 10BaseT, Fast Ethernet, Gigabit Ethernet, or ATM and the upcoming IP V.6 (Internet II) implementation, ord. have or commit to install 100Mbps dedicated services to the desktops by phase 2 of the implementation of the Pilot Program with desktops that have a minimum of PII 266 MHz equivalent or greater processor speeds if supporting desktops that are non-Intel architecture based and support CODEC software/hardware which is capable of receiving and delivering video as defined under the H.323 standards and be multiconferencing enabled.C. The Committee may choose additional school districts to participate in the Pilot Program if the Committee determines the additional school districts would enhance the Pilot Program. The Committee shall have the authority to establish rules, policies, standards and sanctions that participating school districts shall comply with while participating in the Pilot Program.D. Selection of participating school districts shall be made within thirty (30) days after the effective date of this act.Okla. Stat. tit. 70, § 1210.724
Repealed by Laws 2014 , c. 6, s. 1, eff. 11/1/2014.Added by Laws 1999 , HB 1650, c. 225, § 4, emerg. eff. 7/1/1999; Amended by Laws 2000 , HB 2662, c. 304, § 3, emerg. eff. 6/5/2000.