Gov. Doug Ducey and Superintendent of Public Instruction Kathy Hoffman are looking for hot spots for students in rural Arizona who need to connect to the internet.

In a video posted Wednesday, Ducey and Hoffman said the Arizona Department of Administration has located 200 hot spots to distribute to rural students across the state.

"We want every student to have access to engaging instruction material while schools are closed," Ducey said in a statement.

But the Arizona Department of Education still needs more for students.

The Arizona Department of Education is working to match hot spots with students in need. Organizations with surplus hot spots can find information about how to donate at the Arizona Commerce Authority's website.

Families in need of hot spots should reach out to their school, Morgan Dick, spokeswoman for the Arizona Department of Education, said.

Schools are closed through the end of the school year and have been closed for nearly a month. In that time, districts and charters have devised distance learning programs, many requiring internet access and a laptop or tablet.

School administrators realize not every student has access to both of those tools.

Rural counties have far less access to high-speed internet in Arizona than the state's most populated county, Maricopa. Nearly 60% of homes in Maricopa County have high-speed internet capable of video conferencing, according to research by Microsoft. In rural Cochise County, about 25% of homes have high-speed internet.

Students need 100,000+ laptops

The Greater Phoenix Chamber Foundation is also running a laptop drive for Arizona students, who need an estimated 100,000 laptops, according to Dick.

Anyone with an extra laptop can drop it off at a Data Doctors store. The organization will wipe all the information off the device's hard drive before it's turned over to a student.

Arizona Students Recycling Used Technology, a nonprofit organization, is also involved in the drive.

The nonprofit has been around for 22 years, said Tom Mehlert, the organization's executive director. The need for computers has jumped tremendously since schools closed, he said.

Mehlert said for years he's encouraged schools to adopt more technology.

"Push is really coming to shove now," he said.

Reach the reporter at Lily.Altavena@ArizonaRepublic.com or follow her on Twitter @LilyAlta.

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