The purpose of this study was: (1) to examine state legislature agendas for providing access to use of technology for educational purposes; (2) to review legislative policy concerns and priorities related to the role of technology in postsecondary education; and (3) to examine the effect of legislative views and actions regarding technology on state higher education policy and funding. The study conducted telephone interviews with 21 current state legislators between December 1996 and January 1997 in 11 states: Ohio, Washington, Iowa, Georgia, Utah, Minnesota, Arizona, Georgia, North Carolina, Colorado, Texas, and Florida. The report is organized in five sections: Part 1 describes the technological, higher education, and policy environments in which legislative actions operate. Part 2 offers brief overviews of current legislative policy and funding priorities for supporting technology use in higher education. Part 3 examines legislative perspectives on goals for the use of technology in higher education and the implications for planning. Part 4 focuses on other aspects of state higher education policy and funding and in Part 5 state legislative visions for the future and the barriers to implementing them are described. Appendixes include: a list of the state legislators interviewed; a review of the research methodology; and a copy of the interview protocol. (Contains 19 endnotes.) (CH)