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112TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 3614 

To reauthorize the Enhancing Education Through Technology Act of 2001. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

DECEMBER 8, 2011 

Ms. ROYBAL-ALLARD (for herself, Mr. HINOJOSA, and Mr. CARNAHAN) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce 

A BILL 

To reauthorize the Enhancing Education Through 

Technology Act of 2001. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Achievement Through 

5 Technology and Innovation Reauthorization Act of 2011’’. 

6 SEC. 2. ACHIEVEMENT THROUGH TECHNOLOGY AND INNO7 VATION. 

8 Part D of title II of the Elementary and Secondary 

9 Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 6751 et seq.) is amend10 ed to read as follows: 


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1 ‘‘PART D—ACHIEVEMENT THROUGH 

2 TECHNOLOGY AND INNOVATION 

3 ‘‘SEC. 2401. SHORT TITLE. 

4 ‘‘This part may be cited as the ‘Achievement Through 

5 Technology and Innovation Act of 2011’ or the ‘ATTAIN 

6 Act’. 

7 ‘‘SEC. 2402. PURPOSES AND GOALS. 

8 ‘‘The purposes and goals of this part are— 

9 ‘‘(1) to ensure that through effective and inno10 vative uses of technology that every student has ac11 cess to personalized, rigorous, and relevant learning 

12 to meet the goals of this Act to raise student 

13 achievement, close the achievement gap, and ensure 

14 highly effective teaching, and to prepare all students 

15 to be technology literate and college and career 

16 ready for the 21st century digital economy; 

17 ‘‘(2) to evaluate, build upon, and increase the 

18 use of evidence-based and innovative systemic school 

19 redesigns that center on the use of technology that 

20 leads to school improvement, improved productivity, 

21 and increased student achievement; 

22 ‘‘(3) to ensure that all educators are connected 

23 in an ongoing manner to technology-based and on24 line resources and supports, including through en25 hanced ongoing, meaningful professional develop26 ment to ensure that— 


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1 ‘‘(A) all educators are technology literate 

2 and effectively use technology to improve in3 struction; and 

4 ‘‘(B) education administrators possess the 

5 capacity to— 

6 ‘‘(i) provide leadership in the use of 

7 technology for systemic redesign of cur8 riculum, instruction, and the education en9 terprise; and 

10 ‘‘(ii) improve educational productivity; 

11 ‘‘(4) to improve student engagement, oppor12 tunity, attendance, graduation rates, and technology 

13 access through enhanced or redesigned curriculum 

14 or instruction; 

15 ‘‘(5) to more effectively collect and use student 

16 performance and other data in a timely manner to 

17 inform instruction, address individualized student 

18 needs, support school decisionmaking, and support 

19 school improvement and increased student achieve20 ment, including through delivery of computer-based 

21 and online assessments; 

22 ‘‘(6) to enhance the use of technology, online 

23 and blended learning for systemic education trans24 formation, including curricula redesign and new in25 structional strategies to personalize learning; and 


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1 ‘‘(7) to increase education productivity and re2 duce costs through the use of technology, blended 

3 and online learning, including for the delivery of on4 line assessments. 

5 ‘‘SEC. 2403. DEFINITIONS. 

6 ‘‘In this part: 

7 ‘‘(1) LOCAL EDUCATIONAL AGENCY.—The term 

8 ‘local educational agency’ includes a consortium of 

9 local educational agencies. 

10 ‘‘(2) STUDENT TECHNOLOGY LITERACY.—The 

11 term ‘student technology literacy’ means student 

12 knowledge and skills in using contemporary informa13 tion, communication, and learning technologies in a 

14 manner necessary for successful employment, life15 long learning, and citizenship in the knowledge16 based, digital, and global 21st century, as further 

17 defined by the State educational agency, which in18 cludes, at a minimum, the ability— 

19 ‘‘(A) to effectively communicate and col20 laborate; 

21 ‘‘(B) to analyze and solve problems; 

22 ‘‘(C) to access, evaluate, manage, and cre23 ate information and otherwise gain information 

24 literacy; 


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1 ‘‘(D) to demonstrate creative thinking, 

2 construct knowledge, and develop innovative 

3 products and processes; and 

4 ‘‘(E) to do so in a safe and ethical manner. 

5 ‘‘SEC. 2404. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 

6 ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—There are authorized to be ap7 propriated to carry out this part, $1,000,000,000 for fiscal 

8 year 2012, and such sums as may be necessary for each 

9 of the 5 succeeding fiscal years. 

10 ‘‘(b) ALLOCATION OF FUNDS BETWEEN STATE AND

11 LOCAL INITIATIVES.—The funds made available under 

12 subsection (a) shall be available to carry out subparts 1 

13 and 2, as described in subsection (d). 

14 ‘‘(c) LIMITATION.— 

15 ‘‘(1) LOCAL ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS.—Of the 

16 funds made available to a local educational agency 

17 under this part for a fiscal year, not more than 3 

18 percent may be used by the local educational agency 

19 for administrative costs. 

20 ‘‘(2) STATE ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS.—Of the 

21 funds made available to a State educational agency 

22 under section 2412(a)(1)(A), not more than 60 per23 cent may be used by the State educational agency 

24 for administrative costs. 

25 ‘‘(d) TRIGGER.—For fiscal years— 


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1 ‘‘(1) for which the amount appropriated to 

2 carry out this part is less than $300,000,000, all 

3 funds available under subsection (b)(2) shall be 

4 available to carry out subpart 2; and 

5 ‘‘(2) for which the amount appropriated to 

6 carry out this part equals or is more than 

7 $300,000,000, all funds available under subsection 

8 (b)(2) shall be available to carry out subpart 1. 

9 ‘‘Subpart 1—State and Local Grants 

10 ‘‘SEC. 2411. ALLOTMENT AND REALLOTMENT. 

11 ‘‘(a) RESERVATIONS AND ALLOTMENT.—From the 

12 amount made available to carry out this subpart under 

13 section 2404(b)(2) for a fiscal year— 

14 ‘‘(1) the Secretary shall reserve— 

‘‘(A) 3 15 ⁄4 of 1 percent for the Secretary of 

16 the Interior for programs under this subpart 

17 for schools operated or funded by the Bureau of 

18 Indian Affairs; and 

‘‘(B) 1 19 ⁄2 of 1 percent to provide assistance 

20 under this subpart to the outlying areas; and 

21 ‘‘(2) subject to subsection (b), the Secretary 

22 shall use the remainder to award grants by allotting 

23 to each State educational agency an amount that 

24 bears the same relationship to such remainder for 

25 such year as the amount received under part A of 


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1 title I for such year by such State educational agen2 cy bears to the amount received under such part for 

3 such year by all State educational agencies. 

4 ‘‘(b) MINIMUM ALLOTMENT.—The amount of any 

5 State educational agency’s allotment under subsection 

(a)(2) for any fiscal year shall not be less than 1 6 ⁄2 of 1 

7 percent of the amount made available for allotments to 

8 State educational agencies under this subpart for such 

9 year. 

10 ‘‘(c) REALLOTMENT OF UNUSED FUNDS.—The Sec11 retary shall reallot any unused amount of a State edu12 cational agency’s allotment to the remaining State edu13 cational agencies that use their entire allotments under 

14 this subpart in accordance with this section. 

15 ‘‘SEC. 2412. USE OF ALLOTMENT BY STATE. 

16 ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.— 

17 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Of the amount provided to 

18 a State educational agency under section 2411(a)(2) 

19 for a fiscal year— 

20 ‘‘(A) the State educational agency may use 

21 not more than 5 percent of such amount or 

22 $100,000, whichever amount is greater, to 

23 carry out activities under section 2414; and 


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1 ‘‘(B) the State educational agency shall 

2 distribute the remainder in accordance with 

3 paragraphs (2) and (3). 

4 ‘‘(2) DISTRIBUTION OF REMAINDER.—The 

5 State educational agency shall carry out the fol6 lowing: 

7 ‘‘(A) The State educational agency shall 

8 use 60 percent of the remainder to award Im9 proving Teaching and Learning through Tech10 nology subgrants to local educational agencies 

11 having applications approved under section 

12 2415(c) for the activities described in section 

13 2416(b) by allotting to each such local edu14 cational agency an amount that bears the same 

15 relationship to 60 percent of the remainder for 

16 such year as the amount received under part A 

17 of title I for such year by such local educational 

18 agency bears to the amount received under such 

19 part for such year by all local educational agen20 cies within the State, subject to subsection 

21 (b)(2). 

22 ‘‘(B) The State educational agency shall 

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1 mined competitive process, to local educational 

2 agencies having applications approved under 

3 section 2415(b) for the activities described in 

4 section 2416(a). 

5 ‘‘(3) OPTION IN YEARS WITH INSUFFICIENT

6 AMOUNTS APPROPRIATED.—If the amount provided 

7 to a State educational agency under section 

8 2411(a)(2) for a fiscal year is not large enough to 

9 provide every local educational agency with a min10 imum subgrant under subsection (b)(2), the State 

11 educational agency may distribute 100 percent of 

12 the remainder described in paragraph (1)(B) as ei13 ther formula grants under paragraph (2)(A) or com14 petitive grants under paragraph (2)(B). 

15 ‘‘(b) SUFFICIENT AMOUNTS.— 

16 ‘‘(1) SPECIAL RULE.—In awarding subgrants 

17 under subsection (a)(2)(B), the State educational 

18 agency shall— 

19 ‘‘(A) ensure the subgrants are of sufficient 

20 size and scope to be effective, consistent with 

21 the purposes of this part; 

22 ‘‘(B) ensure subgrants are of sufficient du23 ration to be effective, consistent with the pur24 poses of this part, including by awarding sub25 grants for a period of not less than 2 years that 


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1 may be renewed for not more than an addi2 tional 1 year; 

3 ‘‘(C) give preference in the awarding of 

4 subgrants, and the providing of all technical as5 sistance, to local educational agencies that serve 

6 schools in need of improvement, as identified 

7 under section 1116, including those schools 

8 with high populations of— 

9 ‘‘(i) students who are English Lan10 guage Learners; 

11 ‘‘(ii) students with disabilities; or 

12 ‘‘(iii) other subgroups of students who 

13 have not met the State’s student academic 

14 achievement standards; and 

15 ‘‘(D) ensure an equitable distribution 

16 among urban and rural areas of the State, ac17 cording to the demonstrated need for assistance 

18 under this subpart of the local educational 

19 agencies serving the areas. 

20 ‘‘(2) MINIMUM FORMULA-BASED SUBGRANT.— 

21 The amount of any local educational agency’s 

22 subgrant under subsection (a)(2)(A) for any fiscal 

23 year shall be not less than $3,000. 

24 ‘‘(c) REALLOTMENT OF UNUSED FUNDS.—If any 

25 local educational agency does not apply for a subgrant 


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1 under subsection (a) for a fiscal year, or does not use the 

2 local educational agency’s entire allotment under this sub3 part for such fiscal year, the State shall reallot any unused 

4 funds to the remaining local educational agencies. 

5 ‘‘SEC. 2413. STATE APPLICATIONS. 

6 ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—To be eligible to receive a grant 

7 under this subpart, a State educational agency shall sub8 mit to the Secretary, at such time and in such manner 

9 as the Secretary may specify, an application containing 

10 the contents described in subsection (b) and such other 

11 information as the Secretary may reasonably require. 

12 ‘‘(b) CONTENTS.—Each State educational agency ap13 plication submitted under subsection (a) shall include each 

14 of the following: 

15 ‘‘(1) A description of how the State educational 

16 agency will support local educational agencies that 

17 receive subgrants under this subpart in meeting the 

18 purposes and goals of this part and the requirements 

19 of this subpart, including through technical assist20 ance in using technology to redesign curriculum and 

21 instruction, improve educational productivity, and 

22 deliver computer-based and online assessment. 

23 ‘‘(2) A description of the State educational 

24 agency’s long-term goals and strategies for improv25 ing student academic achievement, including student 


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1 technology literacy, through the effective use of tech2 nology. 

3 ‘‘(3) A description of the priority area upon 

4 which the State educational agency will focus its as5 sistance under this subpart, which shall be identified 

6 from among the core academic subjects, grade levels, 

7 and student subgroup populations that may be caus8 ing the most number of local educational agencies in 

9 the State to not make adequate yearly progress, as 

10 defined in section 1111(b)(2)(C). 

11 ‘‘(4) A description of how the State educational 

12 agency will support local educational agencies to im13 plement, professional development programs pursu14 ant to section 2416(b)(1)(A). 

15 ‘‘(5) A description of how the State educational 

16 agency will ensure that teachers, paraprofessionals, 

17 school librarians, and administrators possess the 

18 knowledge and skills to use technology— 

19 ‘‘(A) for curriculum redesign to change 

20 teaching and learning and improve student 

21 achievement; 

22 ‘‘(B) for assessment, data analysis, and to 

23 personalize learning; 

24 ‘‘(C) to improve student technology lit25 eracy; and 


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1 ‘‘(D) for their own ongoing professional de2 velopment and for access to teaching resources 

3 and tools. 

4 ‘‘(6) A description of the process, activities, and 

5 performance measures that the State educational 

6 agency will use to evaluate the impact and effective7 ness of activities described in section 2414. 

8 ‘‘(7) Identification of the State challenging aca9 demic content standards and challenging student 

10 academic achievement standards that the State edu11 cational agency will use to ensure that each student 

12 is technology literate consistent with the definition 

13 of student technology literacy, and a description of 

14 how the State educational agency will assess student 

15 performance in gaining technology literacy, only for 

16 the purpose of tracking progress towards achieving 

17 the 8th grade technology literacy goal and not for 

18 meeting adequate yearly progress goals, including 

19 through embedding such assessment items in other 

20 State tests or performance-based assessments port21 folios, or through other valid and reliable means. 

22 Nothing in this subpart shall be construed to require 

23 States to develop a separate test to assess student 

24 technology literacy. 


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1 ‘‘(8) An assurance that financial assistance pro2 vided under this subpart will supplement, and not 

3 supplant, State and local funds. 

4 ‘‘(9) A description of how the State educational 

5 agency will, in providing technical and other assist6 ance to local educational agencies, give priority to 

7 those identified by the State as being in the highest 

8 need of assistance, including those with the highest 

9 percentage or number of students from families with 

10 incomes below the poverty line, students not achiev11 ing at the State proficiency level with student popu12 lations identified under section 2412(b)(1)(C), or 

13 schools identified as in need of improvement under 

14 section 1116. 

15 ‘‘(10) A description of how the State edu16 cational agency consulted with local educational 

17 agencies in the development of the State application. 

18 ‘‘SEC. 2414. STATE ACTIVITIES. 

19 ‘‘(a) MANDATORY ACTIVITIES.—From funds made 

20 available under section 2412(a)(1)(A), a State educational 

21 agency shall carry out each of the following activities: 

22 ‘‘(1) Identify the State challenging academic 

23 content standards and challenging student academic 

24 achievement standards that the State educational 

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1 nology literate consistent with the definition of stu2 dent technology literacy. 

3 ‘‘(2) Assess student performance in gaining 

4 technology literacy consistent with paragraph (1), in5 cluding through embedding such assessment items in 

6 other State tests, performance-based assessments, or 

7 portfolios, or through other means, except that such 

8 assessments shall be used only to track student tech9 nology literacy and shall not be used to determine 

10 adequate yearly progress, and widely disseminate 

11 such results. 

12 ‘‘(3) Provide guidance, technical assistance, and 

13 other assistance, including in the priority area iden14 tified by the State pursuant to section 2413(b)(3), 

15 in using technology to improve teaching and rede16 sign curriculum and instruction, improve educational 

17 productivity, and deliver computer-based and online 

18 assessment, and in submitting applications for fund19 ing under this part to high-need local educational 

20 agencies— 

21 ‘‘(A) with the highest percentage or num22 ber of— 

23 ‘‘(i) students not achieving at the 

24 State proficiency level; and 


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1 ‘‘(ii) student populations described in 

2 section 2412(b)(1)(C); and 

3 ‘‘(B) serving schools identified as in need 

4 of improvement under section 1116. 

5 ‘‘(b) PERMISSIVE ACTIVITIES.—From funds made 

6 available under section 2412(a)(1)(A), a State educational 

7 agency may carry out 1 or more of the following activities 

8 that assist local educational agencies: 

9 ‘‘(1) State leadership activities and technical as10 sistance that support achieving the purposes and 

11 goals of this part. 

12 ‘‘(2) Developing or utilizing research-based or 

13 innovative strategies for the delivery of specialized or 

14 rigorous academic courses and curricula through the 

15 use of technology, including distance learning tech16 nologies. 

17 ‘‘(3) Providing, or supporting local educational 

18 agencies in providing, sustained and intensive, high19 quality professional development pursuant to section 

20 2416(b)(1)(A). 

21 ‘‘(4) Assessing student performance in gaining 

22 technology literacy consistent with subsection (a)(2), 

23 including through embedding such assessment items 

24 in other State tests, performance-based assessments, 

25 or portfolios, or through other means. 


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1 ‘‘SEC. 2415. LOCAL APPLICATIONS. 

2 ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—Each local educational agency 

3 desiring a subgrant under this subpart shall submit to the 

4 State educational agency an application containing a new 

5 or updated local long-range strategic educational tech6 nology plan, and such other information as the State edu7 cational agency may reasonably require that shall include 

8 each of the following: 

9 ‘‘(1) A description of how the local educational 

10 agency will align and coordinate the local edu11 cational agency’s use of funds under this subpart 

12 with— 

13 ‘‘(A) the school district technology plan; 

14 ‘‘(B) the school district plans and activities 

15 for improving student achievement, including 

16 plans and activities under sections 1111, 1112, 

17 1116, and 2123, as applicable; and 

18 ‘‘(C) funds available from other Federal, 

19 State, and local sources. 

20 ‘‘(2) An assurance that financial assistance pro21 vided under this subpart will supplement, and not 

22 supplant, other funds available to carry out activities 

23 assisted under this subpart. 

24 ‘‘(3) A description of the process used to assess 

25 and, as needed, update technologies throughout the 

26 local educational agency. 


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1 ‘‘(4) Such other information as the State edu2 cational agency may reasonably require. 

3 ‘‘(b) COMPETITIVE GRANTS; SYSTEMIC SCHOOL RE4 DESIGN THROUGH TECHNOLOGY INTEGRATION.—In addi5 tion to the information described in subsection (a), a local 

6 educational agency submitting an application for a 

7 subgrant under section 2412(a)(2)(B) shall submit to the 

8 State educational agency an application containing each 

9 of the following: 

10 ‘‘(1) A description of how the local educational 

11 agency will use the subgrant funds to implement 

12 systemic school redesign, which is a comprehensive 

13 set of programs, practices, and technologies that— 

14 ‘‘(A) collectively lead to school or school 

15 district change and improvement, improve edu16 cational productivity, and improve student 

17 achievement and technology literacy; and 

18 ‘‘(B) incorporate all of the following ele19 ments: 

20 ‘‘(i) Reform or redesign of curriculum, 

21 instruction, assessment, use of data, or 

22 other practices through the use of tech23 nology in order to increase student learn24 ing opportunity, and engagement in learn25 ing. 


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1 ‘‘(ii) Improvement of educator quality, 

2 knowledge and skills, and effectiveness 

3 through ongoing, sustainable, timely, and 

4 contextual professional development de5 scribed in section 2416(b)(1)(A). 

6 ‘‘(iii) Ongoing use of formative and 

7 other assessments and other timely data 

8 sources and data systems to more effec9 tively identify individual student learning 

10 needs and personalize learning. 

11 ‘‘(iv) Engagement of school district 

12 leaders, school leaders, and classroom edu13 cators. 

14 ‘‘(v) Programs, practices, and tech15 nologies that are based on a review of the 

16 best available research evidence or on de17 velopment and use of new and innovative 

18 designs, programs, practices, and tech19 nologies. 

20 ‘‘(2) An assurance that the local educational 

21 agency will use not less than 25 percent of the 

22 subgrant funds to implement a program of profes23 sional development described in section 

24 2416(b)(1)(A). 


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1 ‘‘(3) A description of how the local educational 

2 agency will evaluate the impact of 1 or more pro3 grams or activities carried out under this subpart. 

4 ‘‘(c) FORMULA GRANTS; IMPROVING TEACHING AND

5 LEARNING THROUGH TECHNOLOGY.—In addition to the 

6 information described in subsection (a), a local educational 

7 agency submitting an application for a subgrant under 

8 section 2412(a)(2)(A) shall submit to the State edu9 cational agency an application containing each of the fol10 lowing: 

11 ‘‘(1) An assurance that the local educational 

12 agency will use not less than 40 percent of the 

13 subgrant funds for ensuring educators, including 

14 teachers and administrators, are technology literate, 

15 prepared to use technology to improve curriculum 

16 and instruction, and are connected online to sup17 ports and resources, including for— 

18 ‘‘(A) professional development described in 

19 section 2416(b)(1)(A); and 

20 ‘‘(B) to provide educators with ongoing ac21 cess to technology tools, applications, supports 

22 and other resources, including those related 

23 specifically to such professional development ac24 tivities. 


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1 ‘‘(2) A description of the local educational agen2 cy’s program of professional development required 

3 under paragraph (1)(A). 

4 ‘‘(3) A description of the use of technology 

5 tools, applications, and other resources to improve 

6 student learning and achievement in the area of pri7 ority identified under paragraph (4). 

8 ‘‘(4) A description of the priority area subgrant 

9 funds will target, identified from among the core 

10 academic subjects, grade levels, and student sub11 group populations in which the most number of stu12 dents served by the local educational agency are not 

13 proficient. 

14 ‘‘(5) A description of how funds will be used to 

15 integrate technology to redesign curriculum or in16 struction, implement computer-based and online as17 sessments, improve use of data to personalize learn18 ing, or improve education productivity. 

19 ‘‘(d) COMBINED APPLICATIONS.—A local educational 

20 agency that submits an application under subsection (b), 

21 may, upon notice to the State educational agency, submit 

22 a single application that will also be considered as an ap23 plication for subgrant funds awarded under subsection (c), 

24 if the application addresses each application requirement 

25 under subsections (a), (b), and (c). 


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1 ‘‘SEC. 2416. LOCAL ACTIVITIES. 

2 ‘‘(a) COMPETITIVE GRANTS; SYSTEMIC SCHOOL RE3 DESIGN THROUGH TECHNOLOGY INTEGRATION.—A local 

4 educational agency that receives funds through a subgrant 

5 under section 2412(a)(2)(B), shall carry out activities to 

6 improve student learning, technology literacy, and achieve7 ment, as follows: 

8 ‘‘(1) Use not less than 5 percent of such funds 

9 to evaluate the impact of 1 or more programs or ac10 tivities carried out under the subgrant as identified 

11 in the local educational agency’s application and ap12 proved by the State educational agency. 

13 ‘‘(2) Use funds remaining after carrying out 

14 paragraph (1) to implement a plan for systemic 

15 school redesign in 1 or more schools, in accordance 

16 with section 2415(b)(1), including each of the fol17 lowing: 

18 ‘‘(A) Using not less than 25 percent of 

19 subgrant funds to ensure educators, including 

20 teachers and administrators, are technology lit21 erate, prepared to use technology to improve 

22 curriculum and instruction, and are connected 

23 online to supports and resources, including 

24 through the following: 

25 ‘‘(i) Professional development activi26 ties, as described in subsection (b)(1)(A). 


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1 ‘‘(ii) The acquisition and implementa2 tion of technology tools, applications, and 

3 other resources to provide educators with 

4 ongoing access and support, including for 

5 use in the professional development activi6 ties described in clause (i). 

7 ‘‘(B) Acquiring and effectively imple8 menting technology tools, applications, and 

9 other resources in conjunction with enhancing 

10 or redesigning the curriculum or instruction in 

11 order to— 

12 ‘‘(i) increase student learning oppor13 tunity or access, student engagement in 

14 learning, or student attendance or gradua15 tion rates; 

16 ‘‘(ii) improve student achievement in 

17 1 or more of the core academic subjects; 

18 and 

19 ‘‘(iii) improve student technology lit20 eracy. 

21 ‘‘(C) Acquiring and effectively imple22 menting technology tools, applications, and 

23 other resources to— 

24 ‘‘(i) conduct ongoing formative and 

25 other assessments and use other timely 


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1 data sources and data systems to more ef2 fectively identify and address individual 

3 student learning needs; 

4 ‘‘(ii) support personalized student 

5 learning, including through instructional 

6 software and digital content that supports 

7 the learning needs of each student, or 

8 through providing access to high-quality 

9 courses and instructors otherwise not avail10 able except through technology and online 

11 learning; and 

12 ‘‘(iii) conduct other activities con13 sistent with research-based or innovative 

14 systemic school redesign, including activi15 ties that increase parental involvement. 

16 ‘‘(b) FORMULA GRANTS; IMPROVING TEACHING AND

17 LEARNING THROUGH TECHNOLOGY.—A local educational 

18 agency that receives funds through a subgrant under sec19 tion 2412(a)(2)(A), shall carry out activities to improve 

20 student learning, technology literacy, and achievement in 

21 the area of priority identified under section 2415(c)(4), 

22 as follows: 

23 ‘‘(1) Use not less than 40 percent of such funds 

24 for professional development activities that are 

25 aligned with activities supported under section 2123 


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1 to improve educator quality and skills through sup2 port for the following: 

3 ‘‘(A) Training of school personnel, which— 

4 ‘‘(i) shall include the development, ac5 quisition, or delivery of— 

6 ‘‘(I) training that is ongoing, sus7 tainable, timely, and directly related 

8 to up-to-date teaching content areas; 

9 ‘‘(II) training in strategies and 

10 pedagogy in the core academic sub11 jects that involve use of technology 

12 and curriculum redesign as key com13 ponents of changing teaching and 

14 learning and improving student 

15 achievement and technology literacy; 

16 ‘‘(III) training in the use of com17 puter-based and online assessments, 

18 and in the use of student performance 

19 and other data to individualized in20 struction; and 

21 ‘‘(IV) training that includes on22 going communication and follow-up 

23 with instructors, facilitators, and 

24 peers; and 

25 ‘‘(ii) may include— 


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1 ‘‘(I) the use of, and training of, 

2 instructional technology specialists, 

3 mentors, master teachers, or coaches 

4 to serve as experts and train other 

5 teachers in the effective use of tech6 nology; and 

7 ‘‘(II) the use of technology, such 

8 as distance learning and online virtual 

9 educator-to-educator peer commu10 nities, as a means for delivering pro11 fessional development. 

12 ‘‘(B) The acquisition and implementation 

13 of technology tools, applications, and other re14 sources to be employed in the professional de15 velopment activities described in subparagraph 

16 (A). 

17 ‘‘(2) Use funds remaining after carrying out 

18 paragraph (1) to acquire or implement technology 

19 tools, applications, and other resources to improve 

20 student learning, technology literacy, and achieve21 ment in the area of priority identified by the local 

22 educational agency, including through 1 or more of 

23 the following: 

24 ‘‘(A) Conducting ongoing formative assess25 ment and using other timely data sources and 


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1 data systems to more effectively identify and 

2 address individual student learning needs. 

3 ‘‘(B) Supporting personalized student 

4 learning, including through instructional soft5 ware and digital content that supports the 

6 learning needs of each student, or through pro7 viding access to high-quality courses and in8 structors not otherwise available except through 

9 technology such as online learning. 

10 ‘‘(C) Increasing parental involvement 

11 through improved communication with teachers 

12 and access to student assignments and grades. 

13 ‘‘(D) Enhancing accountability, instruc14 tion, and data-driven decisionmaking through 

15 data systems that allow for management, anal16 ysis, and disaggregating of student, teacher, 

17 and school data. 

18 ‘‘(E) Such other activities as are appro19 priate and consistent with the goals and pur20 poses of this part. 

21 ‘‘(c) MULTIPLE GRANTS.—A local educational agency 

22 that receives a subgrant under subparagraph (A) and sub23 paragraph (B) of section 2412(a)(2) may use all such 

24 subgrant funds for activities authorized under subsection 

25 (a). 


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1 ‘‘Subpart 2—State Competitive Grants 

2 ‘‘SEC. 2421. STATE COMPETITIVE GRANTS. 

3 ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—From the amount made avail4 able to carry out this subpart under section 2404(b)(2) 

5 for a fiscal year, the Secretary shall award grants to State 

6 educational agencies, and consortia of such agencies, hav7 ing applications approved under subsection (b) for the ac8 tivities described in subsection (d). 

9 ‘‘(b) APPLICATIONS.— 

10 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—To be eligible to receive a 

11 grant under this subpart, a State educational agency 

12 or consortium of State educational agencies shall 

13 submit to the Secretary an application at such time, 

14 in such manner, and containing such information as 

15 the Secretary may reasonably require, including the 

16 information described in paragraph (2). 

17 ‘‘(2) CONTENTS.—An application submitted by 

18 a State educational agency or consortium of State 

19 educational agencies for a grant under this subpart 

20 shall include the following: 

21 ‘‘(A) In the case of an applicaton by a con22 sortium, an identification of the States included 

23 in the consortium, and which State will act as 

24 both fiscal agent and lead grant administrator. 

25 ‘‘(B) A description of how the applicant 

26 will support local educational agencies in 


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1 achieving the absolute priority of supporting en2 hanced use of technology, including online and 

3 blended learning for systemic education trans4 formation, curricula redesign, and new instruc5 tional strategies to personalize learning. 

6 ‘‘(C) An identification of an additional pri7 ority the applicant will address and a descrip8 tion of how the applicant will support local edu9 cational agencies in achieving the priority. Such 

10 priority shall be 1 or more of the following: 

11 ‘‘(i) Preparing for and administering 

12 State assessments online. 

13 ‘‘(ii) Using technology and blended 

14 learning to improve education productivity 

15 and reduce education costs. 

16 ‘‘(iii) Preparing the capacity of ad17 ministrators and other education leaders to 

18 lead systemic education transformation 

19 through technology. 

20 ‘‘(D) A brief description of the applicant’s 

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1 fective use of technology and how the grant will 

2 support that plan’s implementation and achieve3 ment. 

4 ‘‘(E) A description of how the applicant 

5 will use grant funds to improve the knowledge 

6 and skills of educators, including teachers and 

7 administrators, to more effectively use tech8 nology. 

9 ‘‘(F) A description of the process, activi10 ties, and performance measures that the appli11 cant will use to evaluate the impact and effec12 tiveness of activities and to disseminate those 

13 findings. 

14 ‘‘(G) An identification of the challenging 

15 academic content standards and challenging 

16 student academic achievement standards that 

17 the applicant will use to ensure that each stu18 dent is technology literate. 

19 ‘‘(H) An assurance that financial assist20 ance provided under this subpart will supple21 ment, and not supplant, State and local funds 

22 available for activities described in this subpart. 

23 ‘‘(I) A description of how the applicant 

24 consulted with local educational agencies in the 

25 development of the application. 


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1 ‘‘(J) A listing of the local educational 

2 agencies that will receive subgrants, and a de3 scription of the activities the local educational 

4 agencies have agreed to undertake with such 

5 funds should the applicant be awarded a grant 

6 under this subpart. 

7 ‘‘(K) A description of how the applicant 

8 will coordinate activities carried out with funds 

9 under this subpart with other Federal, State, 

10 and local funds and activities in order to lever11 age their impact beyond what could be accom12 plished directly with grant funds. 

13 ‘‘(c) AWARDS.—In awarding grants under this sub14 part, the Secretary shall do the following: 

15 ‘‘(1) Ensure the grants— 

16 ‘‘(A) are of sufficient size and duration to 

17 be effective; 

18 ‘‘(B) are distributed among States of di19 verse geographic locations and populations; and 

20 ‘‘(C) serve students of greatest need. 

21 ‘‘(2) Use the following characteristics of a State 

22 educational agency (or, in the case of an applicant 

23 that is a consortium of State educational agencies, 

24 the characteristics of each participating agency) as 

25 absolute priorities for awarding grants: 


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1 ‘‘(A) Bases student advancement and 

2 graduation on demonstrated competency re3 gardless of seat-time, or time spent in a tradi4 tional classroom. 

5 ‘‘(B) Seeks to ensure all students have ac6 cess to high-quality digital content and online 

7 courses without arbitrary caps or other limita8 tions on enrollment in online learning. 

9 ‘‘(C) Has teacher certification or licensure 

10 requirements that require educators to be tech11 nology literate, including the ability to— 

12 ‘‘(i) integrate technology into cur13 riculum, instruction, and assessment; 

14 ‘‘(ii) use data to personalize learning; 

15 or 

16 ‘‘(iii) teach online. 

17 ‘‘(D) Allows the use of State funds for 

18 technology tools and applications, if appro19 priate, to meet program goals and require20 ments, including ensuring that the State’s rules 

21 support adoption of electronic learning mate22 rials, including allowance that materials may be 

23 updated in an ongoing manner and can be ac24 quired through subscription. 


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1 ‘‘(E) Has learning standards that include 

2 student technology literacy standards and learn3 ing performance standards that assess student 

4 technology literacy. 

5 ‘‘(3) Use the following characteristics of a State 

6 educational agency (or, in the case of an applicant 

7 that is a consortium of State educational agencies, 

8 the characteristics of each participating agency) as 

9 competitive preference priorities for awarding 

10 grants: 

11 ‘‘(A) Assessments are delivered online and 

12 may be taken when students have completed a 

13 particular course or unit of instruction, not at 

14 a specified time and date. 

15 ‘‘(B) Has teacher certification reciprocity 

16 agreements with 1 or more other State edu17 cational agencies, including for online instruc18 tion. 

19 ‘‘(C) Postsecondary and other teacher 

20 training institutions are required to provide, or 

21 supported in providing, training in online and 

22 blended instruction. 

23 ‘‘(D) Directly supports technology tools 

24 and applications and ensure all students and 

25 teachers have high-speed access to the Internet. 


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1 ‘‘(E) Supports policies or plans facilitating 

2 the use of student owned devices in schools or 

3 that facilitate home access to digital content. 

4 ‘‘(F) Has plans that support students with 

5 disabilities, advanced learners, below-grade-level 

6 learners, and English language learners. 

7 ‘‘(d) USE OF FUNDS.—A recipient of a grant under 

8 this subpart shall— 

9 ‘‘(1) allocate not less than 75 percent of grant 

10 funds to local educational agencies to carry out the 

11 activities described in the application; and 

12 ‘‘(2) use the funds remaining after carrying out 

13 paragraph (1) for State-level activities, as described 

14 in the application, including— 

15 ‘‘(A) assessing the impact of grant funds; 

16 and 

17 ‘‘(B) disseminating the findings of the re18 cipient statewide and nationally and, in the case 

19 of a consortium, throughout the States within 

20 the consortium.’’. 

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