Ultranet

**As taken from the department of education website. ** The Ultranet is a student centred electronic learning environment that supports high quality learning and teaching, connects students, teachers and parents and enables efficient knowledge transfer. It will establish a schools environment for the future that improves the educational outcomes of all Victorians. · improve responsiveness to individual learning needs · provide better information to parents, the school system and Government · improve efficiency of the learning environment and school administration · adopt an enterprise approach to intranet development · exploit previous ICT investments · establish a school environment for the future · improve the educational outcomes of Victorians <span style="color: #333333; font-family: Symbol; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-size: 9.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU; msobidifontfamily: Symbol; msobidifontsize: 9.5pt; msofareastfontfamily: Symbol; msofareastlanguage: EN-AU; msolist: Ignore;">· <span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 9.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;">reduce the administrative burden on teachers and school leaders <span style="color: #333333; font-family: Symbol; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-size: 9.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU; msobidifontfamily: Symbol; msobidifontsize: 9.5pt; msofareastfontfamily: Symbol; msofareastlanguage: EN-AU; msolist: Ignore;">· <span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 9.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;">reduce the future cost of education <span style="color: #333333; font-family: Symbol; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-size: 9.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU; msobidifontfamily: Symbol; msobidifontsize: 9.5pt; msofareastfontfamily: Symbol; msofareastlanguage: EN-AU; msolist: Ignore;">· <span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 9.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;">improve educational opportunities for regional, rural and remote Victorians <span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 9.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;">The Ultranet was announced in Labor’s Financial Statement as a $60.5 million project for Victorian government schools. <span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 9.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;">The Ultranet is an online learning environment which will support high quality learning and teaching, and connect students, parents, teachers and school administrators, anywhere, anytime. <span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 9.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;">The Ultranet focuses on the key priorities of teaching and learning and a parent portal. <span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 9.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;">The Government understands that to prepare students for the innovation and knowledge economy of the 21st century, schools must provide students with access to ICT environments that increase their participation, engagement and achievement in education. The education system faces irrelevance unless it recognises and minimises the gap between how students live and learn in the digital and multi-media world. Progressive and effective integration of ICT into education planning and delivery is needed. <span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 9.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;">Schools will be supported to achieve this goal through the implementation of the Ultranet. <span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 9.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;">The Ultranet is designed to: <span style="color: #333333; font-family: Symbol; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-size: 9.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU; msobidifontfamily: Symbol; msobidifontsize: 9.5pt; msofareastfontfamily: Symbol; msofareastlanguage: EN-AU; msolist: Ignore;">· <span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 9.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;">Enable parents to become full partners in their child’s education, giving them online access to their child’s homework, attendance, assessment, curriculum and teacher feedback at any time. <span style="color: #333333; font-family: Symbol; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-size: 9.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU; msobidifontfamily: Symbol; msobidifontsize: 9.5pt; msofareastfontfamily: Symbol; msofareastlanguage: EN-AU; msolist: Ignore;">· <span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 9.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;">Ensure that every child will have a complete record of achievement across all years of schooling. <span style="color: #333333; font-family: Symbol; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-size: 9.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU; msobidifontfamily: Symbol; msobidifontsize: 9.5pt; msofareastfontfamily: Symbol; msofareastlanguage: EN-AU; msolist: Ignore;">· <span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 9.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;">Give students their own online workspaces, personally tailored education programs, direct feedback from teachers and better access to curriculum. <span style="color: #333333; font-family: Symbol; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-size: 9.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU; msobidifontfamily: Symbol; msobidifontsize: 9.5pt; msofareastfontfamily: Symbol; msofareastlanguage: EN-AU; msolist: Ignore;">· <span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 9.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;">Enable students in remote schools to access specialised curriculum and podcast classes from schools that excel in various subject areas. <span style="color: #333333; font-family: Symbol; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-size: 9.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU; msobidifontfamily: Symbol; msobidifontsize: 9.5pt; msofareastfontfamily: Symbol; msofareastlanguage: EN-AU; msolist: Ignore;">· <span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 9.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;">Allow students to learn in an environment that will ensure that they have the cutting edge ICT skills they will need to in the 21st century workforce. <span style="color: #333333; font-family: Symbol; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-size: 9.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU; msobidifontfamily: Symbol; msobidifontsize: 9.5pt; msofareastfontfamily: Symbol; msofareastlanguage: EN-AU; msolist: Ignore;">· <span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 9.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;">Reduce the administrative burden for teachers and schools by using the Ultranet for recording attendance, school reports, timetabling and school events, to pool schools’ resources and give teachers access to a vast central database of classroom resources. <span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 9.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;">The Ultranet will be available online anywhere, anytime. The Ultranet will be available during and outside regular school hours, on weekends and school holidays. Within this, there will be reasonable allowances for downtime to manage maintenance and other outages. <span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 9.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;"> <span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 9.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;">CSG Services Pty Ltd has been appointed as the successful tenderer for the Ultranet project. CSG will work in partnership with the Department to deliver the Ultranet to every Victorian government school by the end of term three, 2010 <span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 9.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;">The Government is committed to the delivering the Ultranet to all Victorian government schools by the end of term three 2010. <span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 9.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;"> **<span style="color: #2f69b3; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 13pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;">Implementation ** <span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 9.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;">An implementation plan is being developed and will be finalised in conjunction with CSG Services Pty Ltd and in consultation with stakeholders. **<span style="color: #2f69b3; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 13pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;">Ultranet Coaches ** <span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 9.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;">50 Ultranet coaches have supported schools to prepare for the Ultranet and build teachers’ ICT capacity in the classroom. Ultranet Coaches have been working closely with school leadership teams to strengthen eLearning practices, in readiness for the Ultranet. We know that people who are confident users of ICT will be more likely to embrace the Ultranet. <span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 9.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;">Funding was provided in the 2009-10 Budget, to continue the work of the Ultranet Coaches until December 2011. **<span style="color: #2f69b3; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 13pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;">Communications & Consultation ** <span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 9.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;">The Ultranet has a wide range of stakeholders who are already engaged in the consultation process. The Department has conducted thorough consultation with stakeholders about the impact that the Ultranet will have on their organisations and constituents. The Ultranet team regularly meets with Ultranet Coaches, and we have set up advisory subcommittees for our stakeholders and school user groups. <span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 9.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;">The Ultranet stakeholders have had input into a number of important elements of the project, including the scope of the Ultranet, and early planning for training, implementation, communications and school readiness. <span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 9.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;">Prior to implementation a communications toolkit will be provided for Principals to deliver key messages to their school community. These communications will explain the Ultranet and set reasonable expectations for users. Other resources being developed include a teacher handbook, parent handbook, parent brochure, and student handbook. **<span style="color: #2f69b3; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 13pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;">Community Concerns ** <span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 9.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;">Research from the Australian Communications and Media Authority (2007) showed that about 90% of families have access to the Internet at home and that number is growing. The 2006 census data indicates that Internet access is lower in specific geographical areas. <span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 9.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;">As the Ultranet can be accessed anywhere via the Internet, families can use the Ultranet at libraries and other public places that provide access to the internet. <span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 9.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;">The Department will be working with schools on ways to engage parents through the Ultranet. <span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 9.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;">It is beneficial for a parent to access the Ultranet, however those who can’t will still have access to every thing they need about their child via hard copy or talking to the school as is the case now. Whilst the Ultranet project does not have the capacity to bridge the digital divide in family homes, it will help to bridge the digital divide between Victorian government schools, so that at school all students will have greater equality in accessing ICT. Teachers will be aware if their students do not have Internet access at home, and will adjust programs accordingly. **<span style="color: #2f69b3; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 13pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;">Privacy ** <span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 9.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;">The Ultranet is subject to two privacy laws, the Information Privacy Act 2000 (Vic) and the Health Records Act 2001 (Vic). Outsourced services provided to the Department by private operators are also subject to Victorian privacy laws. <span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 9.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;">Privacy impact assessments will be conducted throughout the project, to ensure that all reasonable measures are in place to protect the privacy of users. **<span style="color: #2f69b3; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 13pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;">Security ** <span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 9.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;">Extensive requirements have been built into the system, for example: <span style="color: #333333; font-family: Symbol; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-size: 9.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU; msobidifontfamily: Symbol; msobidifontsize: 9.5pt; msofareastfontfamily: Symbol; msofareastlanguage: EN-AU; msolist: Ignore;">· <span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 9.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;">security in Ultranet communications and operations management <span style="color: #333333; font-family: Symbol; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-size: 9.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU; msobidifontfamily: Symbol; msobidifontsize: 9.5pt; msofareastfontfamily: Symbol; msofareastlanguage: EN-AU; msolist: Ignore;">· <span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 9.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;">protection of Ultranet from malicious software (malware) such as computer viruses <span style="color: #333333; font-family: Symbol; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-size: 9.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU; msobidifontfamily: Symbol; msobidifontsize: 9.5pt; msofareastfontfamily: Symbol; msofareastlanguage: EN-AU; msolist: Ignore;">· <span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 9.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;">access control <span style="color: #333333; font-family: Symbol; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-size: 9.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU; msobidifontfamily: Symbol; msobidifontsize: 9.5pt; msofareastfontfamily: Symbol; msofareastlanguage: EN-AU; msolist: Ignore;">· <span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 9.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;">application level data validation <span style="color: #333333; font-family: Symbol; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-size: 9.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU; msobidifontfamily: Symbol; msobidifontsize: 9.5pt; msofareastfontfamily: Symbol; msofareastlanguage: EN-AU; msolist: Ignore;">· <span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 9.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;">data confidentiality <span style="color: #333333; font-family: Symbol; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-size: 9.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU; msobidifontfamily: Symbol; msobidifontsize: 9.5pt; msofareastfontfamily: Symbol; msofareastlanguage: EN-AU; msolist: Ignore;">· <span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 9.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;">disposal of back-up information <span style="color: #333333; font-family: Symbol; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-size: 9.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU; msobidifontfamily: Symbol; msobidifontsize: 9.5pt; msofareastfontfamily: Symbol; msofareastlanguage: EN-AU; msolist: Ignore;">· <span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 9.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;">compliance with Departmental ICT security policies
 * <span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 9.5pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;">Objectives of the Ultranet: **<span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 9.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;">
 * <span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 9.5pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;">Key benefits of the Ultranet to the community: **<span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 9.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;">
 * <span style="color: #2f69b3; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 13pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;">The Ultranet **
 * <span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 9.5pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;">What is the Ultranet? **<span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 9.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;">
 * <span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 9.5pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;">What is the focus of the Ultranet? **<span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 9.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;">
 * <span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 9.5pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;">Why have an Ultranet? **<span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 9.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;">
 * <span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 9.5pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;">Will the Ultranet operate 24 hours a day, 7 days a week? **<span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 9.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;">
 * <span style="color: #2f69b3; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 13pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;">2009 Tender Outcome **
 * <span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 9.5pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;">Who is the successful tenderer? **<span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 9.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;">
 * <span style="color: #2f69b3; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 13pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;">Timeframe **
 * <span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 9.5pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;">What are the timeframes for the project? **<span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 9.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;">
 * <span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 9.5pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;">How will implementation of the Ultranet be managed? **<span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 9.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;">
 * <span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 9.5pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;">How have coaches supported schools? **<span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 9.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;">
 * <span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 9.5pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;">How long are the Ultranet Coaches funded for? **<span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 9.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;">
 * <span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 9.5pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;">Who has the Department consulted with about the Ultranet? **<span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 9.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;">
 * <span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 9.5pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;">What have these stakeholders had input into? **<span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 9.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;">
 * <span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 9.5pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;">What communications resources will be available to stakeholders? **<span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 9.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;">
 * <span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 9.5pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;">How many families have Internet access at home? **<span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 9.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;">
 * <span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 9.5pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;">Will this disadvantage families and children who don't have Internet access at home? **<span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 9.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;">
 * <span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 9.5pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;">How will private information be protected? **<span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 9.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;">
 * <span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 9.5pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;">What security has been built into the system? **<span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 9.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;">