utah education network overview
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This presentation was given by Michael Peterson and Jeff Egly, with the Utah Education Network, to the Utah Broadband Advisory Council on October 13, 2011.TRANSCRIPT
Utah Education Network:Briefing for Utah Broadband
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Michael Petersen, Executive Director, UENJeff Egly, Associate Director, Technical Services, UEN
October 13, 2011
The Utah Education Network within the Utah Education and Government Sector
● UEN is an educational technology partnership of public and higher education, providing educational technology services statewide.
● Established by statute, and reports directly to the Legislature and the Governor.
● UEN is governed by a 25 member Steering Committee whose members represent public and higher education, state library director, governor’s office, and state legislature
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UEN’s Core Responsibility
● The network is a public-private partnership between UEN and Utah telecommunications providers.
● UEN does not own the network. We lease circuits from telecommunications companies using multi-year contracts.
To provide a statewide wide area network with robust and reliable connectivity to the Internet for every public school and college, and every public library.
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County-level Example of the UEN Network
Other UEN Services
• Professional development
• KUEN TV
• Interactive videoconferencing
• Web services• Learning
management services
• Pioneer Online Library
• UEN.org
UEN Funding Model
● UEN pays the full cost of its services so network and Internet connections are free to school districts, charter schools, universities, colleges
Major Revenue Sources:
1.State Appropriations ($17 million)
2.Federal E-Rate reimbursements ($11 million
3.Federal Grants ($8 million)
Funding Model Challenges
• We are currently working with the Steering Committee to modify the funding model, but still keep its main features
• During past 4 years, our state appropriation has been reduced by $4 million
• 23 staff positions have been eliminated, and many other budget cutting steps taken
ARRA Stimulus Award: Utah Anchors Project
● 149 community anchor institutions are being connected to the UEN network through BTOP infrastructure project:● elementary and charter schools, libraries, head start
centers, higher education campuses● 185 miles of fiber will be added● 70,000 residential and 1,000 business telecom
customers will benefit from new broadband services