Budget and Resources
Goals, Action Steps and Progress
Recommended Action Step 1. Create a prioritization metric that considers value to the district and state for different initiatives and supports. (Q3 2108, FRNC & NDE)
Recommended Action Step 2. Consider implementation of Enterprise Architecture planning to establish baseline needs (or gaps) to identify funding resources. (Q1 2019, FRNC & NDE)
Recommended Action Step 3. Provide best practice benchmarks (e.g., percentages of budgets, etc.) for districts to consider as part of the work based on key examples of existing or successful implementations. (Q4 2019, NDE, FRNC & ESUCC)
Recommended Action Step 1. Create a biennium budget that reflects the needs of the statewide Ed Tech Plan. (Q2 2018 & Q2 2020, NDE & FRNC)
Recommended Action Step 2. Align ESSA Title IV funds or other funds to planned professional development and training to support Ed Tech and Digital Learning goals. (Q3 2018, ESU’s & Districts)
Recommended Action Step 3. Create metrics to evaluate project funding options with criterion based on student access, support, scalability and integration. (Q4 2018, FRNC & NDE)
Recommended Action Step 4. Identify current expenditures for digital tools and resources at the district and school levels and publish the benchmarks for use by school districts. (Q2 2019, NDE & Districts)
Recommended Action Step 5. Identify a core set of applications and services to provide supports and broader negotiation and buying power. (Q4 2019, NDE & ESUCC)
Recommended Action Step 3. Create a committee to support coordination of funding resources and determining public/private partnerships priorities to leverage capital investments and scale for statewide access and sustainability. (Q2 2019, FRNC)
Recommended Action Step 1. Coordinate with Nebraska Career Education and the Partnerships with Industry Sector strategies at the NCE conference. (Q2 2019, NDE)
Recommended Action Step 2. Develop a guide or model to calculate Learning Return on Investment. (Q1 2020 Higher Ed., NDE & FRNC)
Using the Future Ready Goals and Action Steps
Each of the FRNC gear groups has written a comprehensive set of goals and provided recommended action steps supporting their goals to help move digital learning and education technology forward in Nebraska. To assist districts and schools in aligning their work to this plan, icons representing common state and national education initiatives were created and then aligned to each goal and action step. The table below gives guidance to each of the icons used and which initiative the icon represents. In many cases, the goals and action steps identified support work on multiple initiatives and each icon is shown to indicate these matches.
This icon indicates that the Goal or action step is tied to an AQuESTT tenet or work that supports an AQuESTT tenet. | |
This icon indicates that the Goal or action step is tied to ESSA either as a support of the act or because it is tied to available ESSA monies or grant opportunities. | |
This icon indicates that this Goal or action step is directly linked to a Goal or action step of another Future Ready Gear. | |
This icon indicates that this Goal or action step is tied to a recommendation that is found within the 2017 National Education Technology plan. | |
This icon indicates that this Goal or action step supports a goal or advances the work of a Nebraska State Board of Education goal. |
Annual Timelines
Budget & Resources 3 Year Timeline | ||||
2018 | ||||
Q1: Jan. – March | Q2: April – June | Q3: July – Sept. | Q4: Oct. – Dec. | |
BR 1 Prioritize Funding: |
AS 1. Prioritization metric tool that considers value of supports and initiatives. |
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BR 2 Funding Options |
AS 1. Create Biennium Budget for Ed Tech Plan |
AS 2. ESSA funds aligned to training |
AS 3. Project funding evaluative metrics |
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BR 3 Equitable Investment |
AS 1. Revamp district Technology Plan |
AS 1. Distribute district Technology Plan |
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BR 4 Return on Investment | ||||
BR 5 Sustainability |
Budget & Resources 3 Year Timeline | ||||
2019 | ||||
Q1: Jan. – March | Q2: April – June | Q3: July – Sept. | Q4: Oct. – Dec. | |
BR 1 Prioritize Funding: |
AS 2. Implement Enterprise Arch. Plan to establish baselines and needs |
AS 3. Best Practice Benchmarks for Successful implementation |
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BR 2 Funding Options |
AS 4. Identify Current Expenditures for digital tools and resources and publish benchmarks |
AS 5. Core set of applications and services |
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BR 3 Equitable Investment |
AS 2. Actionable Data for Priorities & Create funding committee |
AS 3. Creation of committee to support coordination of funding resources etc. |
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BR 4 Return on Investment |
AS 1. Coordination of NCE and Industry Strategies |
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BR 5 Sustainability |
AS 1. OER options for replacement and eliminate obsolete resources |
AS 2. Examples of funding models for sustaining and supporting digital learning |
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2020 | ||||
Q1: Jan. – March | Q2: April – June | Q3: July – Sept. | Q4: Oct. – Dec. | |
BR 1 Prioritize Funding: |
AS 4. Update Best Practice Benchmarks |
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BR 2 Funding Options |
AS 1. Create Biennium Budget for Ed Tech Plan |
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BR 3 Equitable Investment |
AS 4. Identify sources of public and private funding to ensure equitable access to digital learning resources. |
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BR 4 Return on Investment |
AS 2. Guide and Model to Calculate LROI |
AS 3. Align NE Econ Dev priorities to education resource priorities and purposes |
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BR 5 Sustainability |