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103D CONGRESS

1ST SESSION H. R. 89

To authorize a program of grants to States and establish a technology

agency within the Department of Education to improve the use of technology in elementary and secondary schools.

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

JANUARY 5, 1993

Mr. KILDEE introduced the following bill; which was referred to the

Committee on Education and Labor

A BILL

To authorize a program of grants to States and establish

a technology agency within the Department of Education

to improve the use of technology in elementary and secondary schools.

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 ‘‘Technology Education

5 Assistance Act of 1993’’.

6 SEC. 2. STATEMENT OF PURPOSE.

7 The purpose of this Act is—

8 (1) to authorize grants to States that—
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1 (A) strengthen the skills of teachers in ef2 fectively utilizing technology in their courses of

3 instruction; and

4 (B) improve the academic performance of

5 students in the classroom; and

6 (2) to establish within the Department of Edu7 cation, an agency with primary responsibility for—

8 (A) establishing national standards for the

9 introduction, use, and upgrading of technology

10 in schools;

11 (B) reducing barriers which may impede

12 the exchange of information between schools in

13 different localities and States; and

14 (C) developing a financing system which

15 will enable schools to purchase technology.

16 TITLE I—STATE GRANTS AND

17 NATIONAL PROGRAMS

18 SEC. 101. PROGRAM AUTHORIZED.

19 (a) GRANTS.—The Secretary is authorized to make

20 grants to States in accordance with the provisions of this

21 subpart to strengthen the skills of teachers and improve

22 instruction regarding the use of technology in the class23 room.

24 (b) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There

25 are authorized to be appropriated for the purposes of this
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1 part, $500,000,000 for fiscal year 1993 and such sums

2 as may be necessary for each of the 5 succeeding fiscal

3 years.

4 SEC. 102. ALLOCATION OF FUNDS.

5 (a) IN GENERAL.—(1) From the amount appro6 priated under section 101(b) for any fiscal year, the Sec7 retary shall reserve—

(A) not more than 1 8 ⁄2 of 1 percent for allocation

9 among Guam, American Samoa, the Virgin Islands,

10 the Northern Mariana Islands, and the Trust Terri11 tory of the Pacific Islands according to their respec12 tive needs for assistance under this subpart;

(B) 1 13 ⁄2 of 1 percent for programs for Indian

14 students served by schools funded by the Secretary

15 of the Interior consistent with the purposes of this

16 subpart; and

17 (C) 4 percent for section 2012.

18 (2) The remainder of the amount so appropriated

19 (after meeting the requirements of paragraph (1)) shall

20 be allocated among the States (treating the District of Co21 lumbia and Puerto Rico as States) as follows—

(A) 1 22 ⁄2 of such remainder shall be allocated

23 among the States by allocating to each State an

amount which bears the same ratio to such 1 24 ⁄2 of

25 such remainder as the number of children aged 5 to
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1 17, inclusive, in the State bears to the number of

2 such children in all States; and

(B) 1 3 ⁄2 of such remainder shall be allocated

4 among the States according to each State’s share of

5 allocations under chapter 1 of the Education Con6 solidation and Improvement Act of 1981 or part A

7 of chapter 1 of title I of this Act, whichever program

8 was effective for the previous fiscal year,

except that no State shall receive less than 1 9 ⁄2 of 1 percent

10 of the amount available under this subsection in any fiscal

11 year or less than the amount allotted to such State for

12 fiscal year 1988 under title II of the Education for Eco13 nomic Security Act.

14 (3) For the purposes of this subsection, the term

15 ‘‘State’’ does not include Guam, American Samoa, the Vir16 gin Islands, the Northern Mariana Islands, or the Trust

17 Territory of the Pacific Islands.

18 (4) The number of children aged 5 to 17, inclusive,

19 in the State and in all States shall be determined by the

20 Secretary on the basis of the most recent satisfactory data

21 available to the Secretary.

22 (5) The Secretary shall make payments under para23 graph (1)(B) on whatever terms the Secretary determines

24 will best carry out the purposes of this subpart.
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1 (b) REALLOTMENT OF UNUSED FUNDS.—The

2 amount of any State’s allotment under subsection (a) for

3 any fiscal year to carry out this subpart which the Sec4 retary determines will not be required for that fiscal year

5 to carry out this subpart shall be available for reallotment

6 from time to time, on such dates during that year as the

7 Secretary may determine, to other States in proportion to

8 the original allotments to those States under subsection

9 (a) for that year but with such proportionate amount for

10 any of those other States being reduced to the extent it

11 exceeds the sum the Secretary estimates that State needs

12 and will be able to use for that year; and the total of those

13 reductions shall be similarly reallotted among the States

14 whose proportionate amounts were not so reduced. Any

15 amounts reallotted to a State under this subsection during

16 a year shall be deemed a subpart of its allotment under

17 subsection (a) for that year.

18 SEC. 103. IN-STATE APPORTIONMENT.

19 (a) ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION PRO20 GRAMS.—(1) For each fiscal year, an amount equal to 75

21 percent of each State’s allotment under section 102 shall

22 be used for elementary and secondary education programs

23 in accordance with section 104 and for technical assist24 ance under section 104(c).
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1 (2) Not less than 90 percent of a State’s allotment

2 shall be distributed to local educational agencies through

3 competitive grants.

4 (b) HIGHER EDUCATION PROGRAMS.—For each fis5 cal year, 25 percent of each State’s allotment under sec6 tion 102 shall be used for higher education programs in

7 accordance with section 105.

8 SEC. 104. ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION PRO9 GRAMS.

10 (a) IN GENERAL.—The amount apportioned under

11 section 103(a)(2) from each State’s allotment under this

12 subpart shall be used by the State educational agency to

13 strengthen elementary and secondary education programs

14 in accordance with the provisions of this section.

15 (b) LOCAL EDUCATIONAL AGENCIES.—(1) Each local

16 educational agency shall use funds distributed under this

17 subpart for—

18 (A) the expansion and improvement of

19 preservice training, inservice training, and retraining

20 of teachers and other appropriate school personnel

21 regarding the use of technology in schools, including

22 the use of computers, videos, and telecommuni23 cations to enhance instruction.

24 (B) providing funds for grants projects for indi25 vidual teachers within the local educational agency
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1 to undertake projects to improve their teaching abil2 ity or to improve the instructional materials used in

3 their classrooms through the use of technology.

4 (2) Such training and instruction may be carried out

5 through agreements with public agencies, private industry,

6 institutions of higher education, and nonprofit organiza7 tions, including museums, libraries, educational television

8 stations, and other appropriate institutions. A local edu9 cational agency may carry out the activities authorized by

10 this paragraph with one or more other local educational

11 agencies within the State, or with the State educational

12 agency, or both. Each local educational agency shall as13 sure that programs of training, inservice training and re14 training will take into account the need for greater access

15 to and participation in the use of technology in the class16 room.

17 (3) A local educational agency for any fiscal year may

18 apply for funds as part of a consortium with other local

19 educational agencies, institutions of higher education, or

20 an intermediate educational unit for the conduct of local

21 programs. The State educational agency may assist in the

22 formation of consortia between local educational agencies,

23 institutions of higher education, or intermediate edu24 cational units to provide services for the teachers and stu-
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1 dents in such local educational agency at the request of

2 such local educational agency.

3 (4) Not more than 5 percent of funds available to

4 the local educational agency for the purpose of this section

5 for any fiscal year may be used for local administration.

6 (c) TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE AND EVALUATION

7 COSTS.—Not more than 5 percent of the amount available

8 under this section, or $20,000, whichever is greater, may

9 be used by the State educational agency—

10 (1) to provide technical assistance to local edu11 cational agencies; and

12 (2) for the costs of evaluation of programs as13 sisted under this part.

14 SEC. 105. HIGHER EDUCATION PROGRAMS.

15 (a) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in paragraph

16 (2), the amount apportioned under section 103(b) from

17 each State’s allotment under this subpart shall be used

18 by the State agency for higher education for education

19 programs in accordance with the provisions of this section.

20 (b) GRANTS TO INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER EDU21 CATION.—(1)(A) Not less than 95 percent or the remain22 der after application of subsection (d) of the amount avail23 able for this section shall be used by the State agency for

24 higher education for grants to institutions of higher edu25 cation in accordance with the provisions of this subsection.
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1 (B) The State agency for higher education shall make

2 funds available on a competitive basis to institutions of

3 higher education in the State which apply for payments

4 under this section and which demonstrate involvement of

5 local educational agencies. The State agency for higher

6 education shall make every effort to ensure equitable par7 ticipation of private and public institutions of higher edu8 cation.

9 (2) The amount available under this subsection shall

10 be used for—

11 (A) establishing traineeship programs for new

12 teachers who will specialize in the use of technology

13 as an educational adjunct; and

14 (B) inservice training for elementary, second15 ary, and vocational school teachers and training for

16 other appropriate school personnel to improve their

17 teaching skills in the use of technology in the class18 room.

19 (3) No institution of higher education may receive as20 sistance under paragraphs (2)(B) and (2)(C) of this sub21 section unless the institution enters into an agreement

22 with a local educational agency, or consortium of such

23 agencies, to provide inservice training and retraining for

24 the elementary and secondary school teachers in the public
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1 and private schools of the school district of each such

2 agency.

3 (c) COOPERATIVE PROGRAMS.—The State agency for

4 higher education may use funds described in subsection

5 (b)(1)(A) for cooperative programs among institutions of

6 higher education, local educational agencies, private indus7 try, and nonprofit organizations, for the development and

8 dissemination of projects to improve student performance

9 in all academic areas.

10 (d) EVALUATION COSTS.—Not to exceed 5 percent

11 of the amount available under this section, or $20,000,

12 whichever is greater, may be used by the State agency for

13 higher education for—

14 (1) the State evaluation required by section

15 106(c); and

16 (2) the costs incurred by such agency for eval17 uation of programs assisted under this subpart.

18 SEC. 106. STATE APPLICATION.

19 (a) APPLICATION.—Each State which desires to re20 ceive a grant under this subpart shall file an application

21 with the Secretary which covers a period of 3 fiscal years.

22 Such application shall be filed at such time, in such man23 ner, and containing or accompanied by such information

24 as the Secretary may reasonably require.
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1 (b) CONTENTS OF APPLICATION.—Each such appli2 cation shall—

3 (1) designate the State educational agency for

4 the purpose of programs described in section 104,

5 and the State agency for higher education for the

6 purpose of programs described in section 105 as the

7 agency or agencies responsible for the administration

8 and supervision of the programs described in section

9 104 or 105, as the case may be;

10 (2) provide assurances that—

11 (A) payments will be distributed by the

12 State in accordance with the provisions of this

13 title;

14 (B) the State will provide such fiscal con15 trol and funds accounting as the Secretary may

16 require;

17 (C) funds provided under this part will

18 supplement, not supplant, State and local funds

19 made available for activities authorized under

20 this subpart;

21 (D) during the 3-year period of the plan,

22 the State will evaluate its standards for teacher

23 preparation in the use of technology;

24 (E) that the programs conducted with

25 State funds will be evaluated (including statis-
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1 tics on the number of students and teachers in2 volved in these programs) and that the data

3 from such evaluations, as well as a summary of

4 the local evaluations shall be submitted to the

5 Secretary;

6 (3) if appropriate, provide a description of how

7 funds paid under this subpart will be coordinated

8 with State and local funds and other Federal re9 sources; and

10 (4) describe procedures—

11 (A) for submitting applications for pro12 grams described in sections 104 and 105 for

13 distribution of payments under this subpart

14 within the State, and

15 (B) for approval of applications by the ap16 propriate State agency, including appropriate

17 procedures to assure that such agency will not

18 disapprove an application without notice and

19 opportunity for a hearing.

20 (c) APPROVAL.—The Secretary shall expeditiously

21 approve any State application that meets the requirements

22 of this section.

23 SEC. 107. LOCAL APPLICATION.

24 (a) APPLICATION.—A local educational agency that

25 desires to receive a grant under this subpart shall submit
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1 an application which covers a 3-year period (singly or in

2 conjunction with other local educational agencies, institu3 tions of higher education, or an intermediate educational

4 unit).

5 (b) CONTENTS OF APPLICATION.—A local edu6 cational agency application shall—

7 (1) describe how the local educational agency

8 plans to use funds received under this subpart to im9 prove the use of technology in the classroom;

10 (2) describe how funds under this subpart will

11 be coordinated with State and local and other Fed12 eral resources;

13 (3) describe how the programs will use other re14 sources of the community and involve public agen15 cies, private industry, institutions of higher edu16 cation, public and private nonprofit organizations,

17 and other appropriate institutions; and

18 (4) assure that the programs will be evaluated,

19 that progress made will be reported in terms of

20 numbers of teachers and students affected, and that

21 the results will be submitted to the State educational

22 agency in the time and manner required.

23 (c) RENEWAL OF PAYMENTS.—The State educational

24 agency shall make payments to local educational agencies

25 to carry out the second and third year activities of their
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1 3-year projects under this section based upon a determina2 tion by the State educational agency that the local edu3 cational agency is making adequate progress toward the

4 goals of this subpart. The State educational agency will

5 not disapprove an application without notice.

6 SEC. 108. FEDERAL ADMINISTRATION.

7 (a) EVALUATION PROCEDURES.—The Secretary

8 shall, with State and local representatives, develop proce9 dures for State and local evaluations of the programs

10 under this subpart.

11 (b) SUMMARY.—The Secretary shall submit to the

12 Congress every 2 years a summary of the State evalua13 tions of programs under this subpart.

14 TITLE II—TECHNOLOGY AGENCY

15 SEC. 201. EDUCATION TECHNOLOGY AGENCY.

16 Title II of the Department of Education Organization

17 Act (20 U.S.C. 3411 et seq.) is amended by adding at

18 the end the following new section:

19 ‘‘SEC. 405A. EDUCATION TECHNOLOGY AGENCY.

20 ‘‘(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—

21 ‘‘(1) OFFICE ESTABLISHED.—The Secretary

22 shall establish within the Department of Education

23 an Education Technology Agency.

24 ‘‘(2) DIRECTOR.—The Education Technology

25 Agency (hereafter in this section referred to as the
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1 ‘Agency’) shall be headed by a Director, who shall

2 be appointed by the Secretary and shall have dem3 onstrated expertise and experience in the application

4 of a broad range of technologies for instruction and

5 educational management, and in planning and policy

6 formulation pertaining to technology application at

7 all levels in the education system. The Director shall

8 be compensated at the rate of pay payable for level

9 IV of the Executive Schedule.

10 ‘‘(b) TECHNOLOGY BOARD.—The Secretary shall ap11 point a Technology Board consisting of 11 members, of

12 which—

13 ‘‘(1) six such members shall have demonstrated

14 competencies or expertise in developing technology

15 systems;

16 ‘‘(2) five such members shall have past and on17 going experience with education at the State or local

18 school level;

19 ‘‘(3) four such members shall have experience

20 in financial matters related to the issuance of bonds

21 or the development and distribution of loans; and

22 ‘‘(4) at least 3 such members shall be educators

23 with experience in using technology in the classroom.

24 ‘‘(c) PERSONNEL.—In order to carry out the provi25 sions of this section, the Director may appoint personnel
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1 in accordance with title 5, United States Code, and may

2 compensate such personnel in accordance with the General

3 Schedule described in section 5332 of title 5, United

4 States Code.

5 ‘‘(d) FUNCTIONS OF THE AGENCY.—The Secretary,

6 through the Office, shall—

7 ‘‘(1) provide leadership for policy development

8 and coordinate technology-related education activi9 ties within the Department of Education;

10 ‘‘(2) coordinate with the Federal Coordinating

11 Council on Science, Engineering and Technology and

12 other Federal agencies to establish national stand13 ards for the integration, utilization and upgrading of

14 technology in schools;

15 ‘‘(3) work with relevant Federal agencies to re16 duce regulatory barriers which prevent schools from

17 integrating technology into the classroom;

18 ‘‘(4) consult, cooperate, and coordinate edu19 cational technology programs with analogous pro20 grams of other Federal agencies and initiate inter21 agency agreements for joint funding of such pro22 grams;

23 ‘‘(5) make recommendations for wider applica24 tions of the use of technology in Federal education

25 programs;
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1 ‘‘(6) develop a proposal for a system that will

2 enable local school districts, schools and classrooms

3 nationwide to communicate via computer systems,

4 visual transmission systems, including open broad5 cast, closed circuit, cable, microwave, or satellite

6 transmission, the use of video cassettes, video discs,

7 fiber optics, and other systems or devices which

8 produce visual images, and other technological meth9 ods; and

10 ‘‘(7) develop a proposal for schools to finance

11 the purchase of technology through the issuance of

12 federally guaranteed bonds using a secondary agent

13 or a federally guaranteed loan program.

14 ‘‘(e) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There

15 are authorized to be appropriated $5,000,000 for the fis16 cal year 1993 and such sums as may be necessary for each

17 of the fiscal years 1994 through 1999 for salaries and ex18 penses of the Office.’’.

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