The overall purpose of the grant is to solicit an entity to begin building and coordinating supervisory unions that would be eligible for membership in a statewide managed network for K-12 schools. This network would ideally serve K-12 schools with a robust minimum of bandwidth and as the network grows, deliver new and attractive services to lessen the financial burden of schools with regards Internet access. Services might include filtering services, e-mail servers, dedicated videoconference circuits and leasing programs for Internet management hardware and software.