§ 316. Teacher resource and computer training centers. 1. As used in\nthis section, unless another meaning clearly appears from the context:\n a. "Teacher resource and computer training center" means any site\noperated by a school district, board of cooperative educational services\nor a consortium of school districts and/or boards of cooperative\neducational services which is specifically established pursuant to this\nsection to provide professional support services to teachers within the\nstate in order to:\n (1) assist teachers, diagnose learning needs, experiment with the use\nof multiple instructional approaches, assess student outcomes, assess\nstaff development needs and plans, and train other school personnel in\neffective pedagogical approaches;\n (2) provide demonstration and training sites where teachers are\ntrained, specifically in the use of computers as teaching aids; the\ncriteria for school acquisition and use of computer equipment and\nsoftware; and the evaluation of computer-related materials;\n (3) develop and produce curricula and curricular materials designed to\nmeet the educational needs of students being served through application\nof educational research or new or improved methods, practices, and\ntechniques;\n (4) provide training to improve the skills of teachers in order to\nenable such teachers to meet the special educational needs of the pupils\nthey serve, and to familiarize such teachers with developments in\ncurriculum formulation and educational research, including the manner in\nwhich the research can be used to improve teaching skills;\n (5) provide a location where teachers may share resources, ideas,\nmethods and approaches directly related to classroom instruction and\nbecome familiar with current teaching materials and products for use in\ntheir classrooms; and\n (6) retrain teachers and other educational personnel to become better\nqualified to teach in subject areas necessary to prepare students for\nthe developing high technology era, in the disciplines of mathematics,\nscience and computer technology.\n b. "Site" for the purposes of this section shall mean the location or\nlocations where the curriculum development and training activities of\nthe teacher resource and computer training center take place.\n 2. In order to provide the school districts and teachers of the state\nwith an opportunity to develop systematic, ongoing in-service training\nprograms, assure the dissemination and application of educational\nresearch developments to classroom instruction and develop new curricula\nand curricular materials specifically designed to meet the educational\nneeds of the students served, the commissioner shall, within available\nstate appropriations and subject to the procedures established in this\nsection, provide funds to school districts and boards of cooperative\neducational services to plan, establish and operate teacher resource and\ncomputer training centers. Any school district or board of cooperative\neducational services requesting such funds shall make application\ntherefor at such time, in such manner, and containing or accompanied by\nsuch information as the commissioner may through this section or by\nregulation require. Applications shall be made within the following\ncategories:\n (i) a school district with a teacher population of one thousand or\nmore;\n (ii) a school district with a teacher population of five hundred or\nmore but less than one thousand;\n (iii) a school district with a teacher population of less than five\nhundred;\n (iv) a board of cooperative educational services; or\n (v) a consortium of two or more school districts and/or boards of\ncooperative educational services.\n 3. Each such application shall be reviewed by the state professional\nstandards and practices board for teaching. The board shall in each\ninstance recommend to the commissioner action, as appropriate, including\nspecific reasons when it is negative. Any school distric
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