S 1614
111th Congress
Senate
Education
Computers and information technology
Education programs funding
Educational facilities and institutions
Educational technology and distance education
Higher education
Community College Technology Access Act
Introduced: August 6, 2009
Introduced by:
Schumer, Charles E.
Democratic
· New York
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Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Aug 6, 2009
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Aug 6, 2009
Introduced in Senate
Plain-English summary
Community College Technology Access Act - Directs the Secretary of Education to award grants to community colleges for the maintenance, administration, and improvement of computer labs to enhance student and public access to information technology training.
Allows grantees to use grant funds to expand or build a computer lab facility if they ask and receive the Secretary's authorization to do so.
Requires grantees to keep their computer labs open to the public for specified minimum periods and to offer the public free computer-related training while open.
What's happening now
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Committees of jurisdiction
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