technology used in the classroom

 technology used in the classroom

and on the computer network, and the need to have asufficiently reliable computer network The Legislature acknowledges that the District Court of Appeal’s decision in this case was based on a narrow interpretation of section 44919.5, subdivision (c)(1), aswe have discussed above. In addition, it appears that the decision in the District Court

of Appeal may have been based on a misinterpretation of this court’s decision in the Hansen case (Hansen v. Pacific Telephone & Telegraph Company (1999) 20 Cal.4th 1061) and our decision in the City of Palo Alto case (City of Palo Alto v. Commission on State Mandates (1998) 64 Cal.App.4th 1063, 1078–1082). This court has now issued the opinion in the Hansen case in which we specifically disapprove the District Court of Appeal’s narrow interpretation of section 44919.5, subdivision (c)(1), as follows: ‘[S]ection 44919.5, subdivision (c)(1), “was never intended to require that a person engaged in the private use of a computer network provide the same quality of service that an entity providing an ‘electronic communications service’ offers. The Legislature intended that the definition of ‘electronic communications service’ in section 44920 be broad enough to cover computer networks and to cover computer networks engaged in private use. [¶] Under the narrow interpretation of section 44919.5, subdivision (c)(1) adopted by the District Court of Appeal in this case, it would be improper to require the privately owned computer network in this case to have the same performance requirements for telephone service as a utility, notwithstanding the fact that its service was intended to be a substitute for the utility’s service. . . .’ (Hansen v. Pacific Telephone Telegraph Co. (2002) 95 Cal.App.4th 853, 870.) “It is possible, then, that the District Court of Appeal’s decision in this case was based on a misinterpretation of this court’s decision in the Hansen case. Since this court has now issued its decision in the Hansen case, it is appropriate for us to consider the issue of the validity of the narrow interpretation of section

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