Calendar No. 379

103D CONGRESS

2D SESSION S. 1040

[Report No. 103–234]

A BILL

To support systemic improvement of education and

schools throughout the United States.standards that may be developed, are provided toEducation Goals and any national educationsources and services, that support the Nationallum, instruction, and administrative support rewhich appropriate technology-enhanced curricuby establishing a comprehensive system throughzenry and internationally competitive work forcethe development of a technologically literate citiMARCH 9 (legislative day, FEBRUARY 22,) 1994

Reported with an amendment
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Calendar No. 379

103D CONGRESS

2D SESSION S. 1040

[Report No. 103–234]

To support systemic improvement of education and the development of a

technologically literate citizenry and internationally competitive work

force by establishing a comprehensive system through which appropriate

technology-enhanced curriculum, instruction, and administrative support

resources and services, that support the National Education Goals and

any national education standards that may be developed, are provided

to schools throughout the United States.

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

MAY 27 (legislative day, APRIL 19), 1993

Mr. BINGAMAN (for himself, Mr. KENNEDY, Mr. COCHRAN, Mr. HARKIN, Mr.

CONRAD, Mr. KERREY, Mr. INOUYE, Mr. JEFFORDS, Mr. REID, Mr.

THURMOND, Mrs. BOXER, Ms. MIKULSKI, Mr. SARBANES, Mr. DODD,

Mr. GREGG, and Mr. PELL) introduced the following bill; which was read

twice and referred to the Committee on Labor and Human Resources

MARCH 9 (legislative day, FEBRUARY 22), 1994

Reported by Mr. KENNEDY, with an amendment

[Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic]

A BILL

To support systemic improvement of education and the development of a technologically literate citizenry and internationally competitive work force by establishing a comprehensive system through which appropriate technologyenhanced curriculum, instruction, and administrative
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support resources and services, that support the National

Education Goals and any national education standards

that may be developed, are provided to schools throughout the United States.

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; TABLE OF CONTENTS.

4 (a) SHORT TITLE.—This Act may be cited as the

5 ‘‘Technology for Education Act of 1993’’.

6 (b) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—The table of contents of

7 this Act is as follows:

Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents.

Sec. 2. Findings.

Sec. 3. Statement of purpose.

Sec. 4. Definitions.

TITLE I—LEADERSHIP FOR TECHNOLOGY IN EDUCATION

Sec. 101. Office of Educational Technology.

Sec. 102. National Commission on Technology in Education.

TITLE II—SCHOOL TECHNOLOGY SUPPORT

Sec. 201. Statement of purposes.

Sec. 202. State technology planning grants.

Sec. 203. Elementary and secondary school library and media services.

Sec. 204. School technology resource grants and loans.

Sec. 205. Information dissemination.

TITLE III—INFORMATION DISSEMINATION, TECHNOLOGY

TRAINING AND TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE

Sec. 301. Statement of purpose.

Sec. 302. Electronic dissemination network.

Sec. 303. Regional implementation and assistance.

Sec. 304. Authorization of appropriations.

TITLE IV—EDUCATIONAL TECHNOLOGY PRODUCT

DEVELOPMENT, PRODUCTION, AND DISTRIBUTION

Sec. 401. Statement of purpose.

Sec. 402. Priority in federally supported education programs.

Sec. 403. Classrooms for the future.

Sec. 404. Instructional broadcasting and video instructional programming.

Sec. 405. Star Schools Program.
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TITLE V—EDUCATIONAL TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH,

DEVELOPMENT AND ASSESSMENT

Sec. 501. Purposes.

Sec. 502. Application of advanced technologies to education.

Sec. 503. High performance educational computing and telecommunications

networks.

Sec. 504. Assessment of technology in education.

TITLE VI—MISCELLANEOUS

Sec. 601. Study of systemic funding alternatives.

Sec. 602. Participation of private school children.

1 SEC. 2. FINDINGS.

2 The Congress finds that with respect to the use of

3 technology to improve education in America—

4 (1) the use of technology as a tool in the learn5 ing process is essential to the development and

6 maintenance of a technologically literate citizenry

7 and internationally competitive work force;

8 (2) technology-enhanced curriculum, instruc9 tion, and administrative support resources and serv10 ices that support the National Education Goals and

11 any national education standards that may be devel12 oped are needed and can be used for the systemic

13 improvement of all aspects of education;

14 (3) the acquisition and use of technology in

15 education throughout the United States has been in16 hibited by the absence of Federal leadership, the in17 ability of many State and local educational agencies

18 to invest in and support the needed technologies,

19 and the limited availability of appropriate tech-
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1 nology-enhanced curriculum, instruction, teacher

2 training, and administrative support resources and

3 services in the educational marketplace;

4 (4) national educational technology standards

5 and national educational technology application

6 standards should be developed for both hardware

7 and software;

8 (5) the acquisition and use of technology-en9 hanced curriculum, instruction, and administrative

10 support resources and services by elementary and

11 secondary schools in the United States must be sup12 ported by a comprehensive system which includes—

13 (A) national leadership with respect to the

14 need for, and the provision of, appropriate tech15 nology-enhanced curriculum, instruction, and

16 administrative programs and services for edu17 cational institutions in the United States and

18 the schools of the defense dependents’ education

19 system;

20 (B) funding mechanisms which will sup21 port development interconnection, implementa22 tion, improvement and maintenance of an effec23 tive educational technology infrastructure for all

24 learners in the United States;
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1 (C) information dissemination networks to

2 facilitate access to information on effective

3 learning programs, assessment and evaluation

4 of such programs, research findings, and sup5 porting resources (including instructionally

6 based, technology-enhanced programs, research,

7 and resources) by educators throughout the

8 United States;

9 (D) information regarding curriculum con10 tent standards, teacher performance standards,

11 opportunity to learn standards, and assess12 ments and standards for integrating technology

13 into curriculum and instruction;

14 (E) an extensive variety of opportunities

15 for teacher education, inservice training, and

16 administrator training and technical assistance

17 with respect to effective uses of technologies in

18 education;

19 (F) consortia for the development, produc20 tion, distribution, and reuse of technology-en21 hanced curriculum, instruction and administra22 tive support resources and services with Federal

23 assistance;
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1 (G) building upon, and not duplicating, ex2 isting telecommunications infrastructure dedi3 cated to educational purposes;

4 (H) development and evaluation of new

5 and emerging educational technologies and tele6 communications networks; and

7 (I) assessment data regarding state-of-the8 art uses of technologies in United States edu9 cation upon which businesses, noncommercial

10 telecommunications entities, and governments

11 can rely for decisionmaking about the need for,

12 and provision of, appropriate technologies for

13 education in the United States;

14 (6) educational equalization concerns and school

15 restructuring needs can be addressed through edu16 cational telecommunications and technology by offer17 ing universal access to high-quality teaching and

18 programs, particularly in urban and rural areas;

19 (7) in an increasingly technological world where

20 technology and telecommunications have become an

21 integral part of many households, the disparity be22 tween rich and poor students will become even great23 er, and educational policies must address such dis24 parity;
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1 (8) the increasing use of new technologies and

2 telecommunications systems in business has

3 furthered the gap between schooling and work force

4 preparation; and

5 (9) improved professional development for

6 teachers requires constant access to updated re7 search in teaching and learning, and telecommuni8 cations can be the conduit for ongoing teacher

9 training.

10 SEC. 3. STATEMENT OF PURPOSE.

11 It is the purpose of this Act—

12 (1) to develop and maintain a technologically

13 literate citizenry and internationally competitive

14 work force by encouraging systemic integration of

15 technology and telecommunications in all aspects of

16 education in the United States;

17 (2) to promote greater equality of educational

18 opportunity and instruction among school districts

19 through the use of technology to improve the aca20 demic achievements of all students, in general, and

21 disadvantaged, disabled, and limited-English pro22 ficient students, in particular;

23 (3) to improve educational quality and oppor24 tunity by expanding and improving technology in the

25 school, classroom, library, and home;
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1 (4) to develop educational and instructional

2 programming in critical subject areas which address

3 the National Education Goals;

4 (5) to expand teacher training opportunities for

5 the use of such technology;

6 (6) to avoid duplication and the development of

7 incompatible systems by strengthening and building

8 upon existing telecommunications infrastructure

9 dedicated to educational purposes;

10 (7) to establish a National Commission on

11 Technology in Education to periodically assess na12 tional requirements, make recommendations with re13 spect to the use of technology and telecommuni14 cations in public and private elementary and second15 ary education throughout the United States, and ad16 vise the Congress with respect to funding priorities

17 and needed policies; and

18 (8) to establish within the Department of Edu19 cation, a high level office with primary responsibility

20 for—

21 (A) providing national leadership for uni22 versal access to effective uses of telecommuni23 cations and educational technologies for teach24 ing and learning;
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1 (B) facilitating access to a broad range of

2 information resources for teachers, learners,

3 and others engaged in education;

4 (C) establishing technical standards and

5 guidelines for advanced technologies, including

6 software as well as hardware, and instructional

7 software as well as software for operating sys8 tems and communications;

9 (D) establishing funding mechanisms

10 which will support the development and mainte11 nance of an effective educational technology in12 frastructure for all learners in the United

13 States;

14 (E) providing for sustained teacher, ad15 ministrator and other school personnel edu16 cation and support for using technologies;

17 (F) supporting development, production,

18 distribution, and reuse of information resources

19 and strategies;

20 (G) promoting development and evaluation

21 of new and emerging educational technologies;

22 (H) stimulating private and public partner23 ships;

24 (I) stimulating partnerships between—
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1 (i) noncommercial telecommunications

2 entities; and

3 (ii) public schools, local educational

4 agencies or State educational agencies;

5 (J) stimulating private sector investment

6 in the development, production, and distribution

7 of technology-enhanced curriculum, instruction,

8 and administrative support resources and serv9 ices; and

10 (K) developing and administering a com11 prehensive system of information dissemination,

12 technical assistance, training, research, and as13 sessment activities which will enable all schools

14 to effectively utilize appropriate technology-en15 hanced curriculum, instruction, and administra16 tive support resources and services.

17 SEC. 4. DEFINITIONS.

18 (a) IN GENERAL.—The terms used in this Act, unless

19 otherwise specified, shall have the same meaning given to

20 such terms by section 1471 of the Elementary and Sec21 ondary Education Act of 1965.

22 (b) ADDITIONAL DEFINITIONS.—For the purpose of

23 this Act—

24 (1) the term ‘‘Assistant Secretary’’ means the

25 Assistant Secretary for Educational Technology;
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1 (2) the term ‘‘Office’’ means the Office of Edu2 cational Technology;

3 (3) the term ‘‘noncommercial telecommuni4 cations entity’’ has the same meaning given to such

5 term by section 397(7) of the Communications Act

6 of 1934; and

7 (4) the term ‘‘technology’’ includes closed cir8 cuit television systems, educational television and

9 radio broadcasting, cable television, satellite, copper

10 and fiber optic transmission, computer, video and

11 audio laser and CD ROM discs, video and audio

12 tapes or other technologies.

13 TITLE I—LEADERSHIP FOR

14 TECHNOLOGY IN EDUCATION

15 SEC. 101. OFFICE OF EDUCATIONAL TECHNOLOGY.

16 (a) AMENDMENT TO THE DEPARTMENT OF EDU17 CATION ORGANIZATION ACT.—

18 (1) ASSISTANT SECRETARY.—(A) Section 202

19 of the Department Organization Act (20 U.S.C.

20 3412(b)(1)) is amended—

21 (i) in subparagraph (F), by striking ‘‘and’’

22 after the semicolon;

23 (ii) by redesignating subparagraph (G) as

24 subparagraph (H); and
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1 (iii) by adding after subparagraph (F) the

2 following new subparagraph:

3 ‘‘(G) an Assistant Secretary for Edu4 cational Technology; and’’.

5 (B) Section 5314 of title 5, United States Code,

6 is amended by adding at the end the following new

7 item:

8 ‘‘Assistant Secretary for Educational Technology’’.

9 (2) OFFICE OF EDUCATIONAL TECHNOLOGY.—

10 Title II of the Department of Education Organiza11 tion Act (20 U.S.C. 3411 et seq.) is amended by

12 adding at the end the following new section:

13 ‘‘OFFICE OF EDUCATIONAL TECHNOLOGY

14 ‘‘SEC. 216. (a) There shall be in the Department of

15 Education an Office of Educational Technology, to be ad16 ministered by the Assistant Secretary for Educational

17 Technology. Such Office shall be established in accordance

18 with section 405A of the General Education Provisions

19 Act.

20 ‘‘(b) The Assistant Secretary for Educational Tech21 nology shall have demonstrated expertise and experience

22 in the application of a broad range of technologies for in23 struction and educational management, and in planning

24 and formulating policy pertaining to technology use, devel25 opment and application at several levels in the education
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1 system but with specific emphasis on experience in the

2 kindergarten through 12th grade.

3 ‘‘(c) There shall be in the Office of Educational Tech4 nology a Division of Elementary and Secondary School Li5 brary Media Services, to be administered by the Director

6 of the Division. Such Division shall be established in ac7 cordance with section 405B of the General Education Pro8 visions Act.’’.

9 (b) AMENDMENT TO THE GENERAL EDUCATION

10 PROVISIONS ACT.—Part A of the General Education Pro11 visions Act (20 U.S.C. 1221e et seq.) is amended by in12 serting after section 405 the following new section:

13 ‘‘SEC. 405A. OFFICE OF EDUCATIONAL TECHNOLOGY.

14 ‘‘(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—

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

16 shall establish an Office of Educational Technology

17 (hereafter in this section referred to as the ‘Office’)

18 within 90 days after the date of enactment of the

19 Technology for Education Act of 1993. The Office

20 shall be the principal technology unit in the Depart21 ment of Education and shall be responsible for as22 sisting schools in obtaining and utilizing technology.

23 ‘‘(2) PERSONNEL.—

24 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The Assistant Sec25 retary for Educational Technology (hereafter in
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1 this section referred to as the ‘‘Assistant Sec2 retary’’) may appoint personnel in accordance

3 with title 5 of the United States Code, and may

4 compensate such personnel in accordance with

5 the General Schedule described in section 5332

6 of title 5, United States Code.

7 ‘‘(B) EXPERTS AND CONSULTANTS.—The

8 Assistant Secretary may procure temporary and

9 intermittent services under section 3019(b) of

10 title 5, United States Code, if the individual

11 performing such services, by virtue of such indi12 vidual’s education or training and experience, is

13 eminently qualified to assist the Office in per14 forming the functions of the Office.

15 ‘‘(3) ADMINISTRATIVE SUPPORT.—To the

16 greatest extent possible, the Assistant Secretary

17 shall utilize existing administrative support services

18 of the Department of Education in accomplishing

19 the functions of the Office. However, the Assistant

20 Secretary is authorized to obtain any or all requisite

21 administrative support services required by the Of22 fice through competitive contracting with a private

23 sector enterprise or through noncompetitive, reim24 bursable service agreements with any other Federal

25 department, agency or governmental entity. The As-
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1 sistant Secretary shall have sole responsibility for

2 determining whether any or all of the administrative

3 support requirements of the Office may be more effi4 ciently provided by existing administrative support

5 services within the Department of Education, by a

6 private sector enterprise, or by a governmental en7 tity outside the Department of Education.

8 ‘‘(4) REPORTING REORGANIZATIONS.—Any

9 change in the functions or reorganization of the Of10 fice as established by this Act shall be reported to

11 the Congress prior to implementation of the change

12 or reorganization.

13 ‘‘(b) FUNCTIONS OF THE OFFICE.—The Assistant

14 Secretary, through the Office, shall—

15 ‘‘(1) provide national leadership for policy de16 velopment and coordinate technology-related edu17 cation activities within the Department of Edu18 cation;

19 ‘‘(2) be an advisor within the Department of

20 Education for the design, coordination, and evalua21 tion of any technology-enhanced network or system

22 used for the transfer and dissemination of informa23 tion through activities and programs such as the

24 education resources information clearinghouses, the

25 National Diffusion Network, the regional mathe-
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1 matics and science education consortia assisted

2 under subpart 2 of part A of title II of the Elemen3 tary and Secondary Education Act of 1965, and the

4 National Clearinghouse for Science, Mathematics

5 and Technology Education;

6 ‘‘(3) administer a comprehensive school tech7 nology support system of grants, loans, and alter8 native systemic funding sources to encourage—

9 ‘‘(A) State and local educational agency

10 planning for the use of technology in education;

11 ‘‘(B) the acquisition and use of technology

12 advanced information management resources by

13 public or private elementary and secondary

14 school library media centers, which resources

15 shall build upon existing infrastructure; and

16 ‘‘(C) the acquisition, development and

17 maintenance of technology-enhanced curricu18 lum, instruction, and administrative support re19 sources and services for school classrooms and

20 administrative offices, which resources and

21 services shall build upon existing infrastructure

22 in order to avoid duplication;

23 ‘‘(4) consult, cooperate and coordinate edu24 cational technology programs with analogous pro25 grams of other Federal departments, agencies and
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1 other entities, including the National Science Foun2 dation, the Federal Coordinating Council for Science

3 Engineering and Technology, the Corporation for

4 Public Broadcasting, and Public Telecommuni5 cations Facilities Program and, whenever possible,

6 initiate agreements for joint funding of such edu7 cational technology and analogous programs;

8 ‘‘(5) support the research, design, development,

9 production, distribution, reuse and evaluation by

10 public or private agencies, nonprofit organizations,

11 colleges and universities, or individuals, or by com12 binations thereof, of new technology-enhanced cur13 riculum, instruction, and administrative support re14 sources and services which hold promise for improv15 ing the effectiveness of education in the United

16 States;

17 ‘‘(6) make recommendations to all Federal de18 partments and agencies for wider application of the

19 use of technology in federally supported education

20 programs within such departments and agencies;

21 ‘‘(7) support and encourage cooperative efforts

22 to resolve issues which have served as impediments

23 to the use of educational technologies, such as State

24 requirements for teacher certification, incompati25 bility of various technological systems, and lack of
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1 access to telecommunications linkages in the class2 room;

3 ‘‘(8) establish and administer alternative mech4 anisms for financing the planning, implementation,

5 and maintenance of a telecommunications and edu6 cational technology infrastructure to serve education

7 at all levels;

8 ‘‘(9) regularly convene meetings of educators,

9 policy makers, business leaders and telecommuni10 cations and educational technology vendors, and rep11 resentatives of noncommercial telecommunications

12 entities and service providers in order to—

13 ‘‘(A) support appropriate public and pri14 vate partnerships for more effective cooperation

15 leading to improvements in the design and de16 velopment of new technologies for application in

17 education; and

18 ‘‘(B) benefit the effective integration of

19 technologies to enhance and support teaching

20 and learning;

21 ‘‘(10) support research on advanced learning

22 technologies in cooperation with other Federal de23 partments, agencies, and programs, including the

24 Advanced Research Projects Agency (ARPA) of the

25 Department of Defense, the Advanced Technology
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1 Program of the Department of Commerce, the Cor2 poration for Public Broadcasting, the Department of

3 Labor, the National Science Foundation, the De4 partment of Energy, the National Aeronautics and

5 Space Administration, and the Department of De6 fense;

7 ‘‘(11) identify and analyze Federal and State

8 policies’ impact on present and future uses of tech9 nologies in education;

10 ‘‘(12) support and encourage cooperative efforts

11 to develop standards and guidelines for the use of

12 technology in Federal, State and local education pro13 grams;

14 ‘‘(13) promote collaboration among government,

15 business, educational organizations, and other non16 profit organizations and noncommercial tele17 communications entities, to expand and improve the

18 use of technology in education;

19 ‘‘(14) support a variety of opportunities for

20 teacher, librarian, administrator and other school

21 personnel education and inservice training regarding

22 the effective uses of educational technologies through

23 institutions of higher education, regional educational

24 laboratories and centers, State and local educational

25 agencies, museums, science centers, noncommercial
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1 telecommunications entities or other institutions con2 ducting training;

3 ‘‘(15) annually evaluate the level of implemen4 tation of, and the impact on teaching and learning

5 resulting from, programs, projects and activities for

6 which the Office is responsible;

7 ‘‘(16) support inclusion of technology applica8 tions, as appropriate, in the development of National

9 Education Goals, reform initiatives, and assessment

10 systems;

11 ‘‘(17) develop criteria that identify programs,

12 projects, and practices that effectively use tech13 nologies for national dissemination;

14 ‘‘(18) develop, and update periodically, in co15 operation with other Federal, State and regional

16 agencies, and noncommercial telecommunications en17 tities, as appropriate, a long-range strategic plan for

18 implementing telecommunications and educational

19 technologies in all schools;

20 ‘‘(19) assess and determine school technology

21 needs such as development, training and equipment

22 linkages;

23 ‘‘(20) review factors such as cost, dissemina24 tion, audience, accessibility, and usage in determin25 ing the maximum value of various technologies;
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1 ‘‘(21) develop and administer special programs

2 for students who are academically disadvantaged,

3 impaired or limited in their use of the English lan4 guage, in order to make available affordable infra5 structure or appropriate methods of instruction that

6 will improve such students’ ability to attain a high

7 level of academic achievement;

8 ‘‘(22) coordinate Federal, State, and local tele9 communications franchising authorities for purposes

10 of favorable rate regulations governing educational

11 uses of telecommunications;

12 ‘‘(23) provide leadership for the development of

13 universal connections for educational and informa14 tion providers to national high performance edu15 cational computing and communications networks,

16 including the National Research Education Network

17 and Telstar 401, that will allow educational profes18 sionals, students, parents, and the general public to

19 access resources available through such networks;

20 ‘‘(24) support and coordinate the activities of

21 the regional educational technology assistance con22 sortia described in section 304 of the Technology for

23 Education Act of 1993 to enable schools to utilize

24 technology-enhanced curriculum, instruction, and ad25 ministrative support resources and services; and
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1 ‘‘(25) provide an annual report to the Secretary

2 and the Congress, documenting progress toward im3 plementing the provisions of the Technology for

4 Education Act of 1993.

5 ‘‘(c) ADDITIONAL OFFICE ACTIVITIES.—The Assist6 ant Secretary shall provide technical support related to the

7 application of educational technologies and the use of tele8 communication resources to assist in the dissemination of

9 resources identified for dissemination by the Office of

10 Training Technology Transfer, the education resources in11 formation clearinghouses, the National Diffusion Net12 work, and the Assistant Secretary on behalf of the Star

13 Schools Program Assistance Act.

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

15 are authorized to be appropriated $3,000,000 for fiscal

16 year 1994, and such sums as may be necessary for each

17 of the fiscal years 1995 through 1998.’’.

18 SEC. 102. NATIONAL COMMISSION ON TECHNOLOGY IN

19 EDUCATION.

20 (a) ESTABLISHMENT.—There is established a com21 mission to be known as the National Commission on Tech22 nology in Education (hereafter in this section referred to

23 as the ‘‘Commission’’) which shall advise the President

24 and the Congress with respect to the need for, and the

25 provision of, appropriate national educational technology
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1 standards, technology-enhanced curriculum, instruction,

2 and administrative resources and services for educational

3 institutions in the United States.

4 (b) MEMBERSHIP.—

5 (1) APPOINTMENT OF MEMBERS.—The Presi6 dent shall appoint 15 members to the Commission,

7 of which—

8 (A) three shall be appointed because of

9 their expertise in State and local government;

10 (B) three shall be appointed because of

11 their expertise in the governance or supervision

12 of school district operations, in administering

13 State- or district-wide educational technology

14 programs, in administering elementary or sec15 ondary schools, or in the development of tech16 nology-enhanced curriculum, instruction, or ad17 ministrative support programs or services;

18 (C) four shall be appointed because of

19 their expertise in providing instructional serv20 ices in university, community college, secondary

21 school, elementary school, preschool, and adult

22 and continuing education environments;

23 (D) two shall be—

24 (i) a parent of a school age child; or
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1 (ii) a State or local school board mem2 ber; and

3 (E) three shall be appointed because of

4 their expertise in the telecommunications indus5 try (including noncommercial communications),

6 the computer hardware or software industry, or

7 the educational technology resources and serv8 ices industry.

9 (2) TERMS.—

10 (A) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in

11 subparagraph (B), members of the Commission

12 shall be appointed for terms of 4 years. Mem13 bers of the Commission may be reappointed.

14 (B) STAGGERED TERMS.—As designated

15 by the President at the time of initial appoint16 ments under paragraph (1), the terms of 5

17 members shall expire at the end of 3 years, the

18 terms of 5 members shall expire at the end of

19 4 years, and the terms of 5 members shall ex20 pire at the end of 5 years.

21 (3) DATE.—The appointments of members of

22 the Commission shall be made not later than 90

23 days after the date of enactment of this Act.

24 (4) DIVERSITY.—The President shall make ap25 pointments to the Commission by providing due con-
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1 sideration to gender and ethnicity in order to obtain

2 members who are broadly representative of the eth3 nic diversity of the United States.

4 (5) LIMITATION ON DUAL APPOINTMENTS.—A

5 member of the Commission may not serve on any

6 other governing or advisory board within—

7 (A) the Department of Education; or

8 (B) any other department or agency of the

9 Federal Government.

10 (6) CONFIRMATION.—Appointments to the

11 Commission shall be effective upon confirmation by

12 the United States Senate.

13 (7) SELECTION OF CHAIRPERSON.—The mem14 bers of the Commission shall elect a Chairperson

15 from among their membership by majority vote of

16 the members of the Commission. The Chairperson

17 shall serve a term of not more than 4 years.

18 (8) COMPENSATION OF MEMBERS.—Each mem19 ber of the Commission shall be compensated at a

20 rate equal to the daily equivalent of the annual rate

21 of pay for level IV of the Executive Schedule under

22 section 5316 of title 5, United States Code, for each

23 day (including traveltime) during which such mem24 ber is engaged in the performance of duties of the
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1 Commission, as authorized by the Chairperson of the

2 Commission.

3 (c) PERSONNEL.—

4 (1) ADMINISTRATIVE AND CLERICAL SUP5 PORT.—The Commission shall receive administrative

6 support services from the Office.

7 (2) EXECUTIVE SECRETARY.—The Assistant

8 Secretary shall serve as the Executive Secretary of

9 the Commission in order to facilitate accomplish10 ment of the Commission’s functions.

11 (d) MEETINGS OF THE COMMISSION.—

12 (1) APPLICABILITY OF THE GOVERNMENT IN

13 THE SUNSHINE ACT.—The provisions of the Govern14 ment in the Sunshine Act (5 U.S.C. 552b) shall

15 apply to meetings of the Commission.

16 (2) MINIMUM NUMBER OF MEETINGS; FIRST

17 MEETING.—The Commission shall meet at least

18 twice a year, with the first meeting being held within

19 120 days of the date of enactment of this Act.

20 (3) FREQUENCY OF MEETINGS.—With the ap21 proval of the Chairperson of the Commission and

22 subject to the availability of funds appropriated pur23 suant to the authority of subsection (f), members of

24 the Commission may meet as often as the Commis-
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1 sion determines necessary in order to accomplish the

2 functions of the Commission in a timely manner.

3 (4) QUORUM.—A majority of the Commission

4 shall constitute a quorum for the purpose of con5 ducting the business of the Commission.

6 (e) FUNCTIONS.—The functions of the Commission

7 are as follows:

8 (1) IDENTIFY NATIONAL EDUCATIONAL TECH9 NOLOGY REQUIREMENTS.—

10 (A) TECHNOLOGY INITIATIVES.—The

11 Commission shall review Federal, State, and

12 local educational technology initiatives, assess

13 their effectiveness and potential for the im14 provement of education, and make rec15 ommendations to the Secretary and the Con16 gress with respect to what technologies are

17 needed and should be made available to learners

18 in the United States.

19 (B) NEEDS.—The Commission shall review

20 the needs of schools and educational institu21 tions for technology, and make Federal policy

22 recommendations for meeting such needs. Such

23 review shall include factors such as equity, ac24 cessibility, how many children are reached, cost,

25 quality and demonstrated effectiveness.
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1 (2) PROVIDE RECOMMENDATIONS WITH RE2 SPECT TO DEPARTMENTAL TECHNOLOGY IN EDU3 CATION PROGRAMS.—The Commission shall review

4 and make recommendations to the Secretary and the

5 Assistant Secretary with respect to the need for, op6 eration of, effectiveness of, and support and re7 sources available for, educational technology pro8 grams and policies throughout the Department of

9 Education and within the Office.

10 (3) INDUSTRY, TECHNOLOGY AND EDU11 CATIONAL CONSORTIA.—The Commission shall en12 courage the development of consortia consisting of a

13 representative of the telecommunications and tech14 nology industries, and the education community, in

15 order to promote the collaborative development and

16 implementation of educational technologies, projects,

17 and practices that allow for the sharing of public

18 and private resources to enhance school achievement.

19 (4) MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS WITH RESPECT

20 TO THE COORDINATION OF FEDERAL PROGRAMS.—

21 The Commission shall review support and resources

22 available for educational technologies used in Fed23 eral programs operating on the date of enactment of

24 this Act and make recommendations to the Sec25 retary and the Congress with respect to the coordi-
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1 nation and resource level required to achieve the

2 most effective Federal support for educational tech3 nology needs.

4 (5) DEVELOP POLICY RECOMMENDATIONS.—

5 The Commission shall consult with persons having

6 an interest in the uses of technology to support

7 teaching and learning in order to ensure that the in8 terests and concerns of all citizens are represented

9 in national policies for the development, implementa10 tion and evaluation of the educational technology in11 frastructure of the United States.

12 (6) COMMITTEE OF EXPERTS.—The Commis13 sion shall appoint a committee of experts represent14 ing the telecommunication, computer hardware and

15 software industries, educational software developers,

16 noncommercial telecommunications entities, and the

17 elementary and secondary education community to

18 explore the feasibility and desirability of national

19 education guidelines or standards for educational

20 hardware and software. Such committee shall

21 produce a report which, at a minimum, examines—

22 (A) standards to ensure that software can

23 be used on the variety of hardware likely to be

24 available in schools;
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1 (B) multimedia standards to allow for the

2 integration of video and audio recordings with

3 text and computer graphics;

4 (C) user interface standards so that teach5 ers and students will not have to learn totally

6 new techniques for using new software pack7 ages;

8 (D) database interface standards so that

9 students can integrate information from na10 tional databases into their work;

11 (E) communication standards such as

12 those for information exchange and video com13 pression;

14 (F) interface standards so that educational

15 software and other technology may be inte16 grated together in a way that is easy to use and

17 maintain; and

18 (G) standards for collecting data about

19 student performance and achievement to guide

20 individual instructional paths and the refine21 ment of curriculum.

22 (6) REPORT.—

23 (A) IN GENERAL.—The Commission shall

24 prepare and submit to the President, the Sec25 retary and the Congress a report every 2 years
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1 on the need for the development and implemen2 tation of instructionally based technologies in

3 educational curriculum throughout the United

4 States. At a minimum, the Commission’s report

5 shall include recommendations with respect to

6 the status of the implementation of the provi7 sions of this Act.

8 (B) SUBMISSION.—The report described in

9 subparagraph (A) shall be submitted in accord10 ance with such subparagraph within 2 years of

11 the date of enactment of this Act and every 2

12 years thereafter.

13 (f) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—

14 (1) SALARIES AND EXPENSES.—There are au15 thorized to be appropriated $1,500,000 for each of

16 the fiscal years 1994 through 1998 for the salaries

17 and expenses of the Commission.

18 (2) FUNCTIONS.—There are authorized to be

19 appropriated $1,000,000 for fiscal year 1994, and

20 such sums as may be necessary for each of the fiscal

21 years 1995 through 1998, to carry out this section.
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1 TITLE II—SCHOOL TECHNOLOGY

2 SUPPORT

3 SEC. 201. STATEMENT OF PURPOSES.

4 It is the purpose of this title to provide Federal as5 sistance in the form of loans, grants, and systemic funding

6 alternatives to support the acquisition, training, use and

7 maintenance in elementary and secondary schools of tech8 nology-enhanced curriculum, instruction, and school ad9 ministration.

10 SEC. 202. STATE TECHNOLOGY PLANNING GRANTS.

11 (a) PURPOSE.—It is the purpose of this section to

12 ensure that all States have effective plans for the provision

13 of technology in all schools throughout the State.

14 (b) GRANTS AUTHORIZED.—

15 (1) IN GENERAL.—The Assistant Secretary

16 shall award grants to State educational agencies,

17 who in consultation with the Governor and other ap18 propriate State agencies, shall develop a systemic

19 statewide plan to infuse modern technologies into an

20 educational program to enhance student learning

21 and staff development in support of the National

22 Education Goals and State academic standards.

23 (2) REQUIREMENTS.—Such plan shall—

24 (A) develop and implement a high speed,

25 statewide, interoperable, wide area communica-
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1 tion educational technology infrastructure for

2 all elementary and secondary education institu3 tions within the State; and

4 (B) emphasize the participation of schools

5 with a high percentage of disadvantaged stu6 dents.

7 (c) CONTENT OF PLANS.—At a minimum, each sys8 temic statewide plan described in subsection (b) that is

9 developed in whole or in part, with grant funds under this

10 section, shall—

11 (1) be developed in collaboration with the Gov12 ernor, representative of the State legislature, State

13 school boards, other appropriate State agencies, and

14 noncommercial telecommunication entities through a

15 representational process involving input from com16 munities throughout the State;

17 (2) identify requirements for infusing modern

18 technologies into the classroom to enhance edu19 cational curricula;

20 (3) describe how the application of tele21 communications, computer networks, and related ad22 vanced technologies in the schools will enhance the

23 curriculum, provide greater access and equity for

24 more students, and help achieve the National Edu25 cation Goals;
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1 (4) provide for the ongoing training of edu2 cational personnel to integrate educational tech3 nologies in the classroom and other applications of

4 technology in education;

5 (5) establish a mechanism for statewide dis6 semination of exemplary programs and practices;

7 (6) include an estimate of the funding and re8 sources needed to develop and maintain the requisite

9 educational technology infrastructure identified in

10 the plan, including the appropriate use of other Fed11 eral education funds available to the State or local

12 educational agency;

13 (7) establish a schedule for the development

14 and implementation of the planned educational tech15 nology infrastructure;

16 (8) develop a plan for the coordination and dis17 tribution of grants under this section, section 204,

18 and section 405B(b)(1)(B) of the General Education

19 Provisions Act;

20 (9) describe how the State educational agency

21 will utilize the services and resources of the regional

22 educational technology assistance consortia;

23 (10) distribute guidelines to all elementary and

24 secondary schools and educational agencies in the
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1 State related to the various programs and initiatives

2 assisted under this Act;

3 (11) describe how the State will assess the level

4 of—

5 (A) the statewide implementation of such

6 plan;

7 (B) the increased access by the elementary

8 and secondary schools to technology-enhanced

9 resources assisted under this section; and

10 (C) the impact of such plan on school

11 achievement;

12 (12) describe how State and local educational

13 agencies will coordinate and cooperate with business

14 and industry, as well as noncommercial tele15 communications entities to implement standards to

16 meet work force training needs;

17 (13) describe how the State educational agency

18 will promote the purchase of equipment by local

19 school districts and schools that, when placed in op20 eration, will meet the highest level of interoperability

21 and open system design among—

22 (A) technology hardware and software, ei23 ther when used on a stand-alone basis or when

24 connected together within a local area network

25 or a wide area network; and
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1 (B) schools within the State;

2 (14) will utilize existing telecommunications in3 frastructure and technology resources; and

4 (15) create a planning process through which

5 such plan is reviewed and updated periodically.

6 (d) AMOUNT OF GRANTS.—

7 (1) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in para8 graph (2), the Assistant Secretary shall award

9 grants under this section to each State, in each fis10 cal year, in an amount which bears the same rela11 tionship to the amount appropriated pursuant to the

12 authority of subsection (e) as the amount such State

13 received under chapter 1 of title I of the Elementary

14 and Secondary Education Act of 1965 in such year

15 bears to the amount received under such chapter by

16 all States in such year.

17 (2) MINIMUM.—No State shall receive a grant

18 under subsection (b) in an amount which is less than

19 $100,000.

20 (3) STATE MATCHING.—

21 (A) STATE.—Each State receiving a grant

22 under this section shall provide matching funds

23 in an amount equal to 20 percent of such grant

24 funds.
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1 (B) WAIVER.—The Secretary may waive

2 the State matching requirement described in

3 subparagraph (A) for good cause, as deter4 mined by the Secretary.

5 (e) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There

6 are authorized to be appropriated $10,000,000 for the fis7 cal year 1994, and such sums as may be necessary for

8 each of the 4 succeeding fiscal years, to carry out this

9 section.

10 SEC. 203. ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY SCHOOL LIBRARY

11 AND MEDIA SERVICES.

12 Title IV of the General Education Provisions Act (20

13 U.S.C. 1221 et seq.) is further amended by adding after

14 section 405A (as added by section 101(b)) the following

15 new section:

16 ‘‘SEC. 405B. ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY SCHOOL LI17 BRARY AND MEDIA SERVICES.

18 ‘‘(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—The Assistant Secretary

19 shall establish a Division of Elementary and Secondary

20 School Library Media Services (hereafter in this section

21 referred to as the ‘Division’) within the Office of Edu22 cational Technology within 90 days of enactment of the

23 Technology for Education Act of 1993. Such division shall

24 consist of a Director, who shall have primary responsibility

25 for the daily operation of the Division, and of such staff
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1 as may be needed to carry out the functions described in

2 subsection (b).

3 ‘‘(b) FUNCTIONS.—

4 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Division shall—

5 ‘‘(A) provide information and leadership to

6 elementary and secondary school library media

7 specialists, teachers, and school administrators

8 with respect to—

9 ‘‘(i) the effective operation of library

10 media resources;

11 ‘‘(ii) methods of improving edu12 cational programs;

13 ‘‘(iii) training of library media person14 nel; and

15 ‘‘(iv) the development of library media

16 resources, including resources that will en17 courage students to acquire skills in other

18 languages; and

19 ‘‘(B) develop, implement and administer

20 grant programs, on a competitive basis, for—

21 ‘‘(i) elementary and secondary school

22 library media center resource development,

23 including projects that—

24 ‘‘(I) enable school library media

25 centers to acquire technologically ad-
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1 vanced information management re2 sources;

3 ‘‘(II) provide increased student

4 access to library media center re5 sources through the use of modern in6 formation resource technologies; and

7 ‘‘(III) assist in the implementa8 tion of distance learning via satellite,

9 microwave, fiber, picture telephones

10 and other visual media;

11 ‘‘(ii) elementary and secondary school

12 library media specialist and teacher part13 nership for innovative education projects

14 that—

15 ‘‘(I) encourage collaboration be16 tween elementary and secondary

17 school library media specialists and

18 teachers in order to develop units of

19 instruction that enable students to use

20 a variety of technologically advanced

21 information resources; and

22 ‘‘(II) expand students’ informa23 tion-gathering abilities and cognitive

24 skills of selection, analysis, evaluation,

25 and application; and
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1 ‘‘(iii) technology in the classroom

2 projects that are linked to a library media

3 center in order to—

4 ‘‘(I) expand the use of computers

5 and computer networks in the curricu6 lum;

7 ‘‘(II) enable elementary and sec8 ondary school library media centers to

9 access information from computerized

10 databases and other technologically

11 advanced methods of access to infor12 mation; and

13 ‘‘(III) assist in the implementa14 tion of distance learning via satellite,

15 microwave, fiber, picture telephones

16 and other visual media.

17 ‘‘(2) SPECIAL RULE.—In awarding grants

18 under paragraph (1)(B) the Assistant Secretary

19 shall—

20 ‘‘(A) award grants to schools with the

21 greatest need for library materials and services;

22 and

23 ‘‘(B) ensure that such grants are awarded

24 on an equitable geographic basis.
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1 ‘‘(c) COOPERATIVE AGREEMENTS.—The Director of

2 the Division is authorized to enter into such cooperative

3 agreements with the Department of Education, the Na4 tional Science Foundation, other Federal departments or

5 agencies, noncommercial telecommunications entities, or

6 nonprofit organizations, as the Director determines is nec7 essary to carry out the provisions of this section.

8 ‘‘(d) CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in this section shall

9 be construed to interfere with State and local initiative

10 and responsibility in the conduct and support of school

11 library media services, the administration of school library

12 media centers, or the selection of personnel or library

13 books and resources.

14 ‘‘(e) SUPPLEMENTATION.—Funds provided under

15 this section shall be used so as to supplement and not to

16 supplant other Federal, State, or local funds available to

17 carry out the activities and services assisted under this

18 section, including funds made available to elementary and

19 secondary school library media centers under the Tech20 nology for Education Act of 1993.

21 ‘‘(f) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There

22 are authorized to be appropriated $45,000,000 for fiscal

23 year 1994, and such sums as may be necessary in each

24 succeeding fiscal year, to carry out this section, of which—
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1 ‘‘(1) $15,000,000 shall be available in each

2 such fiscal year to carry out subsection (b)(2)(A);

3 ‘‘(2) $15,000,000 shall be available in each

4 such fiscal year to carry out subsection (b)(2)(B);

5 and

6 ‘‘(3) $15,000,000 shall be available in each

7 such fiscal year to carry out subsection (b)(2)(C).’’.

8 SEC. 204. SCHOOL TECHNOLOGY RESOURCE GRANTS AND

9 LOANS.

10 (a) IN GENERAL.—

11 (1) IN GENERAL.—The Assistant Secretary

12 shall award grants to State educational agencies

13 having a plan approved under section 202 in order

14 to enable such agencies to provide assistance to local

15 educational agencies and schools having highest per16 centages of children in poverty and showing the

17 greatest need for technology to enable such local

18 educational agencies and schools to purchase quality

19 technology related equipment, technology-enhanced

20 curriculum, instruction, and administrative support

21 resources and services that improve the instructional

22 programs in schools.

23 (2) AMOUNT.—(A) Except as provided in sub24 paragraph (B), the Secretary shall award grants

25 under this section to each State educational agency
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1 in an amount which bears the same relationship to

2 the amount appropriated pursuant to the authority

3 of subsection (b) as the amount such State received

4 under chapter 1 of title I of the Elementary and

5 Secondary Education Act of 1965 bears to the

6 amount received under such chapter by all States.

7 (B) No State educational agency shall receive a

8 grant pursuant to subparagraph (A) in an amount

9 which is less than $100,000.

10 (3) LIMITATION ON STATE COSTS.—Not more

11 than 5 percent of grant funds awarded to a State

12 educational agency under this section may be used

13 by the State or State educational agency for admin14 istrative costs or technical assistance.

15 (b) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There

16 are authorized to be appropriated $100,000,000 for fiscal

17 year 1994, and such sums as may be necessary in each

18 succeeding fiscal year, to carry out this section.

19 (c) LOCAL USES OF GRANT FUNDS.—Each local edu20 cational agency or school receiving assistance under this

21 section may use such assistance—

22 (1) to acquire technology-enhanced education

23 resources and services, such as computer hardware,

24 software, and telecommunications services, for use

25 by teachers and students in the classroom in order
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1 to support the instructional program offered by

2 schools to assure that students in such schools will

3 have meaningful access on a regular basis to such

4 resources and services;

5 (2) for staff development in the integration of

6 quality instructional educational technologies into

7 school curriculum and long-term planning for imple8 menting educational technologies;

9 (3) to acquire connectivity with wide area net10 works, such as the INTERNET, for purposes of

11 accessing information and educational programming

12 sources outside the local educational agency or

13 school;

14 (4) for necessary site preparation for the instal15 lation of technology-enhanced curriculum, instruc16 tion, and administrative support resources and serv17 ices, except that such acquisitions may not exceed 25

18 percent of the amount of the assistance provided

19 under this section;

20 (5) for ongoing technology training and staff

21 development services, resources, or programs that

22 instruct teachers and administrators in the effective

23 integration of technology in the classroom through

24 ongoing, onsite consultation; and
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1 (6) to establish partnerships consisting of a rep2 resentative of a local educational agency, a college or

3 university, and any other agency the Assistant Sec4 retary deems appropriate, for development and im5 plementation of preservice education programs to

6 train teachers in the application of instructional7 based technologies in the curriculum.

8 (d) SCHOOL PLANS.—Each local educational agency

9 or school desiring assistance under this section shall sub10 mit a plan to the State educational agency at such time

11 and in such manner as such agency may prescribe. Such

12 plan shall—

13 (1) include a strategic, long-range (3- to 5-

14 year), outcome-based plan that includes—

15 (A) a process for the ongoing evaluation of

16 how technologies acquired under this section—

17 (i) are being implemented into the

18 school curriculum; and

19 (ii) are impacting student achieve20 ment; and

21 (B) a description of how the local edu22 cational agency or school has involved parents,

23 business leaders and community leaders in the

24 development of such plan;
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1 (2) describe how the assistance will be used to

2 further access for both teachers and students to best

3 teaching practices and best curriculum resources

4 that are aligned with any national educational stand5 ards that may be developed;

6 (3) describe the type of technologies to be ac7 quired, including specific provisions for interoper8 ability among components of such technologies;

9 (4) include the projected cost of technologies to

10 be acquired and related expenses needed to imple11 ment the plan;

12 (5) include the projected timetable for imple13 menting the technologies in schools;

14 (6) include an explanation of how the acquired

15 technologies will be integrated into the curriculum to

16 help the local educational agency or school enhance

17 teaching, training, and student achievement;

18 (7) describe how the acquired instructionally

19 based technologies will help the local educational

20 agency or school achieve equity in curricular offer21 ings;

22 (8) describe the supporting resources such as

23 services, software and print resources, which will be

24 acquired to ensure successful and effective use of

25 technologies acquired under this section;
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1 (9) describe how the instructionally based tech2 nologies and resources will support any State and

3 national content and teaching educational standards

4 that may be developed;

5 (10) describe how the local educational agency

6 or school will ensure ongoing, sustained staff devel7 opment for teachers and administrators in the local

8 educational agency or school regarding the use of

9 technology in the classroom, and contain a list of the

10 source or sources of ongoing training available to

11 such teachers and administrators, such as State

12 technology offices, intermediate educational support

13 units, regional educational laboratories, or institu14 tions of higher education;

15 (11) describe identifiable, measurable outcome16 based levels of achievement in the implementation of

17 the plan that can be used to determine progress and

18 to support decisions to provide additional funds; and

19 (12) describe how the local educational agency

20 or school will promote the sharing, distribution, and

21 reuse of applications of educational technology that

22 are determined by such agency to be effective in in23 dividual schools.
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1 (e) TECHNOLOGY LOANS.—Subsection (a) of section

2 751 of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C.

3 1132f(a)) is amended—

4 (1) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘and’’ after

5 the semicolon;

6 (2) by redesignating paragraph (3) as para7 graph (4);

8 (3) by adding after paragraph (2) the following

9 new paragraph:

10 ‘‘(3) guarantee, insure or reinsure low-interest,

11 long-term loans to State educational agencies and

12 local educational agencies in order to enable such

13 agencies to obtain resources for distance learning,

14 computer networks and other technology-enhanced

15 curriculum, instruction, and administrative support

16 resources and services that are used in the education

17 process; and’’; and

18 (4) in paragraph (4) (as redesignated by para19 graph (2)), by striking ‘‘and (2)’’ and inserting ‘‘,

20 (2) and (3)’’.

21 SEC. 205. INFORMATION DISSEMINATION.

22 The Assistant Secretary and National Commission on

23 Technology in Education shall compile and disseminate in24 formation on various successful models of integrating

25 technology into education to assist State or local edu-
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1 cational agencies, and schools in the development of sys2 temic reform initiatives.

3 TITLE III—INFORMATION DIS4 SEMINATION, TECHNOLOGY

5 TRAINING AND TECHNICAL

6 ASSISTANCE

7 SEC. 301. STATEMENT OF PURPOSE.

8 It is the purpose of this title to ensure that schools

9 have access to all the resources necessary for effectively

10 utilizing technology in the classroom by—

11 (1) supporting identification and dissemination

12 of information on effective educational programs, re13 sources and services throughout the United States,

14 and, more specifically, to promote information dis15 semination through electronic means; and

16 (2) developing a coordinated network of edu17 cational technology assistance and training provid18 ers, such as universities, regional technology centers,

19 museums, science centers, laboratories supported by

20 the Department of Energy, noncommercial tele21 communications entities, other nonprofit organiza22 tions, and State and local educational agencies to

23 ensure effective utilization of technology-enhanced

24 curriculum, instruction and educational administra25 tive support resources and services to improve the
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1 instructional programs in schools consistent with ef2 forts to achieve the National Education Goals and

3 State academic standards.

4 SEC. 302. ELECTRONIC DISSEMINATION NETWORK.

5 The Assistant Secretary, in cooperation with the Fed6 eral Communications Commission, the National Science

7 Foundation, the Department of Defense, or any other de8 partment or agency of Federal, State and local govern9 ments that the Assistant Secretary deems appropriate,

10 shall establish an electronic network for the dissemination

11 of educational information throughout the United States,

12 including information about effective technology-enhanced

13 programs, resources, and services to the extent reasonably

14 possible, the electronic dissemination network should make

15 use of existing networks and networks to be built for other

16 purposes. The electronic dissemination network shall—

17 (1) provide sufficient staffing and other re18 sources as may be necessary to ensure the effective

19 operation of the Electronic Dissemination Network;

20 and

21 (2) consult with educators, State and local edu22 cational agencies, telecommunications providers, and

23 other stakeholders in the education process through24 out the United States to determine information re-
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1 quirements and policies for the effective operation of

2 the Electronic Dissemination Network.

3 SEC. 303. REGIONAL IMPLEMENTATION AND ASSISTANCE.

4 (a) PURPOSE.—It is the purpose of this section to

5 establish regional educational technology assistance con6 sortia to facilitate information dissemination, planning, re7 source development, implementation, and evaluation of

8 educational technology applications by States, regional

9 educational organizations, local educational agencies and

10 schools.

11 (b) GRANTS AUTHORIZED.—

12 (1) AUTHORITY.—The Assistant Secretary shall

13 make grants, on a competitive basis, to regional edu14 cational technology assistance consortia in accord15 ance with the provisions of this section.

16 (2) REQUIREMENTS.—Each consortium receiv17 ing a grant under this section shall—

18 (A) serve 1 of the 10 regions of the United

19 States served by a regional educational labora20 tory supported pursuant to section

21 405(d)(4)(A)(i) of the General Education Provi22 sions Act;

23 (B) consist of a consortium of State edu24 cational agencies, nonprofit organizations, or a

25 combination thereof; and
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1 (C) in cooperation with State and local

2 education programs, develop a regional plan

3 that addresses staff development, technical as4 sistance, information resource dissemination,

5 and program evaluation and reporting needs of

6 the region regarding educational technology.

7 (3) SPECIAL RULE.—Each consortium receiving

8 a grant under this section shall use not less than 80

9 percent of the grant funds to carry out paragraph

10 (3) of subsection (c).

11 (c) FUNCTIONS.—

12 (1) TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE.—Each consortium

13 receiving a grant under this section shall—

14 (A) collaborate with State and local edu15 cation programs in the development of State

16 technology plans and in particular in the devel17 opment of strategies for reaching those schools

18 with highest percentages of disadvantaged stu19 dents with little or no access to technology in

20 the classroom;

21 (B) provide information to States, local

22 educational agencies, and schools on the types

23 and features of various educational technology

24 equipment and software available, evaluate and

25 make recommendations on equipment and soft-
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1 ware that is suited for a program’s particular

2 needs, and compile and share information on

3 creative applications of technology in the class4 room;

5 (C) collaborate with State educational

6 agencies, local educational agencies, or schools

7 in the tailoring of software programs and other

8 supporting materials to meet State curriculum

9 standards and individual needs of schools and

10 students; and

11 (D) provide technical assistance to facili12 tate use of the electronic dissemination network

13 by State and local educational agencies and

14 schools throughout the region;

15 (2) INFORMATION RESOURCE MANAGEMENT.—

16 Each consortium receiving a grant under this section

17 shall—

18 (A) assist the Office in the collection and

19 access of information resources produced by the

20 National Clearinghouse for Mathematics and

21 Science Education, the regional mathematics

22 and science consortia, the National Diffusion

23 Network, and other educational organizations

24 that the Assistant Secretary deems appropriate;
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1 (B) assist in the review and documentation

2 of effective educational programs, resources,

3 and services created or utilized within the

4 region;

5 (C) facilitate coordination and implementa6 tion of an electronic dissemination network and

7 the distance learning described in section

8 907(a)(4)(B)(ii) of the Star Schools Program

9 Assistance Act;

10 (D) assist the Office in designing and im11 plementing an interactive telecommunications

12 network to link educational agencies within and

13 among consortia for the purpose of transferring

14 educational information resources, including re15 sources that utilize voice, video, data, and re16 sources that are transmitted over satellite,

17 microwave, cable, fiber, and other means; and

18 (E) establish a coordinated system of dis19 tance education involving microwave technology

20 combined with other technology, as appropriate,

21 that can serve to disseminate information and

22 provide interactive staff development related to

23 new research findings, national educational ini24 tiatives, funding and program resources, and
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1 educational technology developments and re2 sources appropriate to teaching and learning.

3 (3) STAFF DEVELOPMENT.—Each consortium

4 receiving a grant under this section shall—

5 (A) develop and implement, in collabora6 tion with State educational agencies, training

7 and technology assistance training that can be

8 offered through site-based intensive summer

9 and school year workshops that utilize the

10 teachers-training-teachers model or accessed

11 through existing and emerging distance edu12 cational resources, including—

13 (i) interactive satellite training

14 telecourses using researchers, educators,

15 and telecommunications personnel who

16 have experience in developing, implement17 ing, or operating educational and instruc18 tional technology as a learning tool;

19 (ii) onsite courses teaching teachers to

20 use educational and instructional tech21 nology and to develop their own instruc22 tional materials for effectively incorporat23 ing technology and programming in their

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1 (iii) methods for successful integration

2 of instructional technology into the cur3 riculum; and

4 (iv) video conferences and seminars

5 which offer professional development

6 through peer interaction with experts as

7 well as other teachers using technologies in

8 their classrooms;

9 (B) develop training resources that are—

10 (i) relevant to the needs of the region

11 and schools within the region; and

12 (ii) aligned with the needs of edu13 cators and administrators in the region, in14 cluding educators and administrators from

15 public and private schools;

16 (C) establish a repository of staff develop17 ment and technical assistance resources;

18 (D) work with existing agencies in the re19 gion to identify and link technical assistance

20 providers to educational agencies, as needed;

21 (E) provide followup to ensure that train22 ing, staff development, and technical assistance

23 meets the needs of educators served by the re24 gion; and
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1 (F) assist colleges and universities within

2 the region to develop and apply for funding to

3 implement preservice training programs for stu4 dents enrolled in teacher education programs.

5 (3) RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT.—Each consor6 tium receiving a grant under this section shall—

7 (A) assist educational agencies in the iden8 tification and procurement of financial, techno9 logical and human resources needed to imple10 ment technology plans;

11 (B) work with the local educational agen12 cies to assist in the development and validation

13 of instructionally based technology education re14 sources;

15 (C) identify and provide or broker, as ap16 propriate, human and technical resources to as17 sist schools in the application of the resources

18 assisted under this section; and

19 (D) coordinate activities and establish

20 partnerships with national and State nonprofit

21 professional educational organizations that rep22 resent the interests of the region as such inter23 ests pertain to the application of technology in

24 teaching, learning, instructional management,

25 dissemination, collection and distribution of
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1 educational statistics, and the transfer of stu2 dent information.

3 SEC. 304. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.

4 There are authorized to be appropriated $41,000,000

5 for the fiscal year 1994, and such sums as may be nec6 essary for each of the 4 succeeding fiscal years, to carry

7 out this title, of which—

8 (1) $5,000,000 shall be available for the elec9 tronic dissemination network described in section

10 302; and

11 (2) $50,000,000 shall be available to support

12 the regional educational technology assistance con13 sortia described in section 303.

14 TITLE IV—EDUCATIONAL TECH15 NOLOGY PRODUCT DEVELOP16 MENT, PRODUCTION, AND

17 DISTRIBUTION

18 SEC. 401. STATEMENT OF PURPOSE.

19 It is the purpose of this title to support development,

20 production, and distribution of technology-enhanced cur21 riculum, and instruction and administrative support re22 sources and services, by—

23 (1) establishing as a priority for federally sup24 ported education technology programs the develop25 ment (as opposed to research) of such programs;
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1 (2) authorizing the Assistant Secretary to sup2 port the development, production and distribution of

3 technology-enhanced instructional resources and

4 services under this title;

5 (3) providing Federal funding for the joint de6 velopment, production, and distribution of resources

7 and services by consortia of businesses and edu8 cational institutions; and

9 (4) providing direction for the development of

10 the Ready To Learn Act and the Star Schools Pro11 gram Assistance Act.

12 SEC. 402. PRIORITY IN FEDERALLY SUPPORTED EDU13 CATION PROGRAMS.

14 Notwithstanding any other provision of law, in

15 awarding funds pursuant to any competitively awarded

16 Federal education program administered by the Secretary,

17 the Secretary shall ensure that a high priority is placed

18 on funding projects that utilize technology-enhanced cur19 riculum, instruction and administrative support resources

20 and services.

21 SEC. 403. CLASSROOMS FOR THE FUTURE.

22 (a) SHORT TITLE.—This section may be cited as the

23 ‘‘Technology for the Classroom Act of 1993’’.

24 (b) PURPOSE.—It is the purpose of this section to

25 establish a program to develop and expand the use of high
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1 quality computer curriculum-based learning resources

2 using state-of-the-art technologies and techniques which

3 are or can be designed to increase the achievement levels

4 of students in subject areas including mathematics,

5 science, geography, history and language arts.

6 (c) ACHIEVEMENT GRANTS.—

7 (1) COMPETITIVE GRANTS.—

8 (A) IN GENERAL.—The Assistant Sec9 retary shall award grants, on a competitive

10 basis, to eligible consortia to enable such eligi11 ble consortia to develop computer-based instruc12 tional programs or technology-enhanced systems

13 for complete courses or units of study for a spe14 cific subject and grade level, if such programs

15 or systems are commercially unavailable in the

16 local area served by such eligible consortia.

17 (B) ELIGIBLE CONSORTIUM.—For the pur18 pose of this subsection the term ‘‘eligible con19 sortium’’ means a consortium—

20 (i) that shall include—

21 (I) a State or local educational

22 agency; and

23 (II) a business or industry; and

24 (ii) that may include—
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1 (I) a public or private nonprofit

2 organization; or

3 (II) a postsecondary institution.

4 (2) PRIORITY.—In awarding grants under this

5 subsection, the Assistant Secretary shall give prior6 ity to applications describing programs or systems

7 that are developed—

8 (A) so that the program or system may be

9 adapted and applied nationally at a reasonable

10 cost;

11 (B) to raise the achievement levels of stu12 dents, particularly disadvantaged students who

13 are not realizing their potential; and

14 (C) in consultation with classroom teach15 ers.

16 (3) DURATION AND AMOUNT.—Each grant

17 made under this subsection shall be awarded for a

18 period not to exceed 3 years and in an amount not

19 to exceed $3,000,000.

20 (4) MATCHING REQUIREMENT.—The Assistant

21 Secretary shall not make a grant to an eligible con22 sortium under paragraph (1) unless the eligible con23 sortium agrees that, with respect to the costs to be

24 incurred by the eligible consortium in carrying out

25 the program or system for which the grant was
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1 awarded, the eligible consortium will make available

2 non-Federal contributions in an amount equal to not

3 less than 25 percent of the Federal funds provided

4 under the grant.

5 (5) APPLICATION.—

6 (A) IN GENERAL.—Each eligible consor7 tium desiring a grant under this subsection

8 shall submit an application to the Assistant

9 Secretary at such time, in such manner, and ac10 companied by such information as the Assistant

11 Secretary may prescribe.

12 (B) CONTENTS.—Each application submit13 ted pursuant to paragraph (1) shall include—

14 (i) a description of how the program

15 or system shall improve the achievement

16 levels of students;

17 (ii) a description of how teachers asso18 ciated with the program or system will be

19 trained to integrate technology into the

20 classroom;

21 (iii) an assurance that the program or

22 system shall effectively serve a large num23 ber or percentage of economically dis24 advantaged students; and
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1 (iv) plans for dissemination to a wide

2 audience of learners.

3 (6) CRITERIA FOR AWARDING GRANTS.—In

4 awarding a grant under this subsection to develop a

5 program or system, the Assistant Secretary shall

6 consider the appropriateness and quality of the fol7 lowing elements of the program or system:

8 (A) Identification of specific learning ob9 jectives and strategies of the proposed course or

10 unit of study, that take into consideration any

11 national education standards that may be devel12 oped for various disciplines.

13 (B) Incorporation in creative ways of a va14 riety of technology-enhanced learning resources,

15 such as computer software, databases, films,

16 transparencies, video and audio discs, tele17 communications (including educational radio

18 and television), with print resources.

19 (C) Design that allows tailoring of the pro20 gram or system to meet individual needs of stu21 dents, particularly students at greatest risk of

22 not reaching their educational potential.

23 (D) Flexibility of use by teachers or local

24 schools.
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1 (E) Methods for updating or revising infor2 mation and resources.

3 (F) Programs or resources to train and

4 guide teachers.

5 (G) Coordination with teacher training

6 programs.

7 (H) Explanatory resources for students

8 and parents.

9 (I) Field testing and evaluation in terms of

10 stated learning objectives.

11 (J) Plans for pricing technology-enhanced

12 resources that are affordable for schools and

13 agencies.

14 (K) Plans for distribution that ensure ac15 cess for the poorest schools and school districts.

16 (L) Demonstration of cost-effectiveness in

17 relation to existing programs and to achieving

18 stated learning objectives.

19 (d) FEDERAL INTERAGENCY COORDINATION.—The

20 Assistant Secretary shall coordinate and share informa21 tion regarding curriculum-based educational technology

22 programs assisted under this section with other Federal

23 agencies which administer programs that support the de24 velopment of such programs, including the National

25 Science Foundation, the Department of Defense, the Of-
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1 fice of Technology Assessment, the Corporation for Public

2 Broadcasting, the Department of Energy, and the Depart3 ment of Agriculture.

4 (e) CONSUMER REPORT.—The Assistant Secretary

5 shall collect information about products developed pursu6 ant to provisions of this section and the evaluation of such

7 products, and shall disseminate such information in regu8 lar reports to State and local educational agencies, and

9 other organizations or individuals that the Assistant Sec10 retary determines to be appropriate.

11 (f) ROYALTIES.—Notwithstanding any other provi12 sion of law, any royalties paid to any State or local edu13 cational agency as a result of assistance provided under

14 this section shall be used by such agency for further devel15 opment of curriculum-based learning resources authorized

16 by this section.

17 (g) CLOSED CAPTIONING.—Each eligible consortium

18 receiving a grant under this section shall provide closed

19 captioning, where appropriate.

20 (h) AUTHORIZATION OF FUNDS.—For the purpose of

21 carrying out this section, there are authorized to be appro22 priated $45,000,000 for the fiscal year 1994 and such

23 sums as may be necessary for each of the 4 succeeding

24 fiscal years.
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1 SEC. 404. INSTRUCTIONAL BROADCASTING AND VIDEO IN2 STRUCTIONAL PROGRAMMING.

3 (a) STATEMENT OF PURPOSE.—It is the purpose of

4 this section to support the development of long-term com5 prehensive instructional programming and associated sup6 port resources for elementary and secondary grade core

7 curricula outlined in the National Education Goals so that

8 such resources are distributed electronically to the broad9 est possible segments of education in the United States

10 and are stored in archival formats that assure maximum

11 access by all educational institutions.

12 (b) PROGRAM AUTHORIZED.—

13 (1) IN GENERAL.—(A) The Assistant Secretary

14 is authorized to award grants to or enter into con15 tracts or cooperative agreements with eligible edu16 cational telecommunications partnerships to pay the

17 Federal share of the cost of the research, produc18 tion, and distribution of instructional programming

19 for students, and staff development programming

20 for teachers.

21 (B) For the purpose of this section the term

22 ‘‘programming’’ means the full range of audio and

23 video text and graphics used for education and in24 struction which can be distributed through inter25 active, command and control or passive methods.
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1 (2) DURATION.—The Assistant Secretary shall

2 award grants and enter into contracts or cooperative

3 agreements pursuant to paragraph (1) for a period

4 of not more than 5 years.

5 (3) LIMITATION.—An eligible educational tele6 communications partnership may not receive assist7 ance under this section unless such entity has cer8 tified that all educational programming prepared

9 and distributed by such partnership, where appro10 priate, contains closed captioning of the verbal con11 tent of such program to be broadcast by way of line

12 21 of the vertical blanking interval, or by way of

13 comparable successor technologies, unless the provi14 sion of closed captioned broadcasting would cause

15 undue administrative or financial burden.

16 (4) RENEWALS.—Grants awarded and contracts

17 or cooperative agreements entered into pursuant to

18 paragraph (1) may be renewed to update and ex19 pand such resources.

20 (5) COLLABORATION.—Each eligible edu21 cational telecommunications partnership receiving

22 assistance under this section shall collaborate and

23 consult with appropriate education entities in design24 ing the instructional components of programming to
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1 ensure that such components are relevant to na2 tional and State curriculum frameworks.

3 (c) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—

4 (1) IN GENERAL.—There are authorized to be

5 appropriated $15,000,000 for fiscal year 1994, and

6 such sums as may be necessary for each succeeding

7 fiscal year, to carry out this section.

8 (2) AVAILABILITY.—Funds appropriated pursu9 ant to the authority of paragraph (1) shall remain

10 available until expended.

11 (d) FEDERAL SHARE.—The Federal share of a grant,

12 contract or cooperative agreement under this section in

13 any fiscal year shall not exceed 75 percent.

14 (e) COORDINATION.—The Department of Education,

15 the National Science Foundation, the Department of En16 ergy, the Department of Agriculture, the Department of

17 Commerce, the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, the

18 public broadcasting services, and any other Federal agen19 cy funding educational programming for children may co20 ordinate with and jointly fund activities assisted under

21 this section.

22 (f) ELIGIBLE EDUCATION TELECOMMUNICATIONS

23 PARTNERSHIPS.—For the purpose of this section, the

24 term ‘‘eligible educational telecommunications partner-
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1 ship’’ means a partnership consisting of the following enti2 ties:

3 (1) A noncommercial telecommunications entity

4 with a demonstrated record of the production of

5 high quality educational video programming.

6 (2) A recognized organization knowledgeable

7 about the requirements of implementing within or

8 across a content area a curriculum compatible with

9 proposed or established voluntary national content

10 standards, such as an institution of higher edu11 cation, national professional organizations, or a sci12 entific laboratory.

13 (3) An instructional design institution that can

14 integrate student and teacher print resources, relat15 ed computer resources, interactive multimedia and

16 programming series into a coordinated whole.

17 (4) A marketing entity capable of distributing

18 all aspects of the products developed under this sec19 tion.

20 (g) APPLICATIONS.—

21 (1) APPLICATION REQUIRED.—Each eligible

22 educational telecommunications partnership which

23 desires to receive a grant or enter into a contract or

24 cooperative agreement under this section shall sub25 mit an application to the Assistant Secretary, at
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1 such time, in such manner, and containing or ac2 companied by such information as the Assistant Sec3 retary may reasonably require.

4 (2) CONTENTS OF THE APPLICATION.—Each

5 application submitted under paragraph (1) shall—

6 (A) describe the programming and such

7 programming’s relevance to the core curricula

8 outlined in the National Education Goals;

9 (B) describe the professional capabilities

10 for which assistance is sought, including—

11 (i) the research, design, piloting, pro12 duction, field testing, and distribution of

13 the products developed under this section;

14 and

15 (ii) the technical facilities available for

16 developing the programming; and

17 (C) describe the piloting, teacher training

18 and testing of the programming, print, com19 puter, television, radio and interactive media

20 products.

21 (h) PROGRAMS RELATED OPERATING FUNDS FOR

22 INSTRUCTIONAL TEACHER TRAINING (PROFIT).—The As23 sistant Secretary shall allow the eligible educational tele24 communications partnership to receive a financial benefit

25 from the distribution of programming assisted under this
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1 section. Such benefit shall be used by the eligible edu2 cational telecommunications partnership to support more

3 development of curriculum specific programming and to

4 provide greater access to a wider audience of educational

5 programming.

6 SEC. 405. STAR SCHOOLS PROGRAM.

7 The Star Schools Program Assistance Act (20 U.S.C.

8 4081 et seq.) is amended to read as follows:

9 ‘‘SEC. 901. PURPOSE.

10 ‘‘It is the purpose of this title to encourage improved

11 instruction in mathematics, science, and foreign languages

12 as well as other subjects, such as literacy skills and voca13 tional education, and to serve underserved populations, in14 cluding the disadvantaged, illiterate, limited-English pro15 ficient, and disabled, through a star schools program

16 under which grants are made to eligible telecommuni17 cation partnerships to enable such partnerships to—

18 ‘‘(1) develop, construct, acquire, maintain and

19 operate telecommunications audio and visual facili20 ties and equipment;

21 ‘‘(2) develop and acquire educational and in22 structional programming; and

23 ‘‘(3) obtain technical assistance for the use of

24 such facilities and instructional programming.
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1 ‘‘SEC. 902. GRANTS AUTHORIZED.

2 ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The Assistant Secretary is au3 thorized, in accordance with the provisions of this title,

4 to make grants to eligible telecommunications partner5 ships to pay the Federal share of the cost of—

6 ‘‘(1) the development, construction, acquisition,

7 maintenance and operation of telecommunications

8 facilities and equipment;

9 ‘‘(2) the development and acquisition of live,

10 interactive instructional programming;

11 ‘‘(3) the development and acquisition of

12 preservice and inservice teacher training programs

13 based on established research regarding teacher-to14 teacher mentoring, effective skill transfer, and ongo15 ing, in-class instruction;

16 ‘‘(4) the establishment of teleconferencing facili17 ties and resources for broadcasting interactive train18 ing to teachers;

19 ‘‘(5) obtaining technical assistance; and

20 ‘‘(6) the coordination of the design and

21 connectivity of telecommunications networks to

22 reach greater numbers of schools.

23 ‘‘(b) DURATION.—

24 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Assistant Secretary

25 shall award grants pursuant to subsection (a) for a

26 period of 5 years.
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1 ‘‘(2) RENEWAL.—Grants awarded pursuant to

2 subsection (a) may be renewed for 1 additional 5-

3 year period.

4 ‘‘(c) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—

5 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—There are authorized to be

6 appropriated $35,000,000 for fiscal year 1994 and

7 such sums as may be necessary for each succeeding

8 fiscal year, to carry out this title.

9 ‘‘(2) AVAILABILITY.—Funds appropriated pur10 suant to the authority of subsection (a) shall remain

11 available until expended.

12 ‘‘(d) LIMITATIONS.—

13 ‘‘(1) AMOUNT.—A grant made to an eligible

14 telecommunications partnership under this title shall

15 not exceed $4,000,000 in any 1 fiscal year.

16 ‘‘(2) RESERVATIONS.—

17 ‘‘(A) FACILITIES AND EQUIPMENT.—Not

18 less than 25 percent of the funds available to

19 the Assistant Secretary in any fiscal year under

20 this title shall be used for telecommunications

21 facilities and equipment.

22 ‘‘(B) CERTAIN LOCAL EDUCATIONAL AGEN23 CIES.—Not less that 25 percent of the funds

24 available to the Assistant Secretary in any fis25 cal year under this title shall be used for the
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1 cost of facilities, equipment, teacher training or

2 retaining, technical assistance, or programming,

3 for local educational agencies which are eligible

4 to receive assistance under chapter 1 of title I

5 of the Elementary and Secondary Education

6 Act of 1965.

7 ‘‘(e) FEDERAL SHARE.—

8 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Federal share for any

9 fiscal year shall be not more than 75 percent.

10 ‘‘(2) WAIVER.—The Assistant Secretary may

11 reduce or waive the requirements of the non-Federal

12 share required under subparagraph (A) for good

13 cause, as determined by the Assistant Secretary.

14 ‘‘(f) COORDINATION.—The Department of Edu15 cation, the National Science Foundation, the Department

16 of Agriculture, and any other Federal department or agen17 cy operating a telecommunications network for edu18 cational purposes, shall coordinate the activities assisted

19 under this title with the activities of such department or

20 agency relating to a telecommunications network for edu21 cational purposes.

22 ‘‘(g) CLOSED CAPTIONING.—Each entity receiving

23 funds under this title are encouraged to provide closed

24 captioning of the verbal content of such program, where

25 appropriate, to be broadcast by way of line 21 of the verti-
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1 cal blanking interval, or by way of comparable successor

2 technologies.

3 ‘‘SEC. 903. ELIGIBLE TELECOMMUNICATIONS PARTNER4 SHIPS.

5 ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—In order to be eligible for a grant

6 under this title, an eligible telecommunications partner7 ship shall consist of—

8 ‘‘(1) a public agency or corporation established

9 for the purposes of developing and operating tele10 communications networks to enhance educational op11 portunities provided by educational institutions,

12 teacher training centers, and other entities, except

13 that any such agency or corporation shall represent

14 the interest of elementary and secondary schools

15 which are eligible for assistance under chapter 1 of

16 title I of the Elementary and Secondary Education

17 Act of 1965; or

18 ‘‘(2) a partnership that will provide a tele19 communications network and which includes 3 or

20 more of the following entities, at least 1 of which

21 shall be an agency described in subparagraph (A) or

22 (B):

23 ‘‘(A) a local educational agency serving a

24 significant number of elementary and secondary

25 schools that are eligible for assistance under
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1 chapter 1 of title 1 of the Elementary and Sec2 ondary Education Act of 1965 or elementary

3 and secondary schools operated for Indian chil4 dren by the Department of Interior under sec5 tion 1005(d) of such Act;

6 ‘‘(B) a State educational agency;

7 ‘‘(C) an institution of higher education or

8 a State higher education agency;

9 ‘‘(D) a teacher training center or academy

10 which—

11 ‘‘(i) provides teacher preservice and

12 inservice training; and

13 ‘‘(ii) receives Federal financial assist14 ance or has been approved by a State

15 agency; or

16 ‘‘(E)(i) a public or private entity with ex17 perience and expertise in the planning and op18 eration of a telecommunications network, in19 cluding entities involved in telecommunications

20 through satellite, cable, telephone or computers;

21 or

22 ‘‘(ii) a public broadcasting entity with such

23 experience.
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1 ‘‘(b) SPECIAL RULE.—An eligible telecommuni2 cations partnership shall be organized on a statewide or

3 multistate basis.

4 ‘‘SEC. 904. APPLICATIONS.

5 ‘‘(a) APPLICATIONS REQUIRED.—

6 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Each eligible telecommuni7 cations partnership which desires to receive a grant

8 under section 902 shall submit an application to the

9 Assistant Secretary, at such time, in such manner,

10 and containing or accompanied by such information

11 as the Assistant Secretary may reasonably require.

12 ‘‘(2) SPECIAL RULE.—The Assistant Secretary

13 shall permit applicants for assistance under this Act

14 and applicants for assistance under any other Fed15 eral program providing educational technology in the

16 classroom to submit a single application for assist17 ance.

18 ‘‘(b) CONTENTS OF THE APPLICATION.—Each appli19 cation submitted pursuant to subsection (a) shall—

20 ‘‘(1) describe the telecommunications facilities

21 and equipment and technical assistance for which

22 assistance is sought, which may include—

23 ‘‘(A) the design, development, construction,

24 acquisition, maintenance and operation of State
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1 or multistate educational telecommunications

2 networks and technology resource centers;

3 ‘‘(B) microwave, fiber optics, cable, and

4 satellite transmission equipment or any com5 bination thereof;

6 ‘‘(C) reception facilities;

7 ‘‘(D) satellite time;

8 ‘‘(E) production facilities;

9 ‘‘(F) other telecommunications equipment

10 capable of serving a wide geographic area;

11 ‘‘(G) the provision of training services to

12 instructors who will be using the facilities and

13 equipment for which assistance is sought, in14 cluding training in using such facilities and

15 equipment and training in integrating programs

16 into the classroom curriculum; and

17 ‘‘(H) the development of educational pro18 gramming for use on a telecommunications net19 work;

20 ‘‘(2) in the case of an application for assistance

21 for instructional programming, describe the types of

22 programming which will be developed to enhance in23 struction and training and provide assurances that

24 such programming will be designed in consultation
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1 with professionals who are experts in the applicable

2 subject matter and grade level;

3 ‘‘(3) demonstrate that the eligible telecommuni4 cations partnership has engaged in sufficient survey

5 and analysis of the area to be served to ensure that

6 the services offered by the eligible telecommuni7 cations partnership will increase the availability of

8 courses of instruction in mathematics, science, and

9 foreign languages, as well as other subjects to be of10 fered;

11 ‘‘(4) describe the training policies for teachers

12 and other school personnel to be implemented to en13 sure the effective use of telecommunications facilities

14 and equipment for which assistance is sought;

15 ‘‘(5) provide assurances that the financial inter16 est of the United States in the telecommunications

17 facilities and equipment will be protected for the

18 useful life of such facilities and equipment;

19 ‘‘(6) provide assurances that a significant por20 tion of any facilities and equipment, technical assist21 ance, and programming for which assistance is

22 sought for elementary and secondary schools will be

23 made available to schools of local educational agen24 cies which have a high percentage of children eligible
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1 to be counted under chapter 1 of title I of the Ele2 mentary and Secondary Education Act of 1965;

3 ‘‘(7) describe the manner in which traditionally

4 underserved students, such as students who are dis5 advantaged, limited-English proficient, disabled, or

6 illiterate will participate in the benefits of the tele7 communications facilities, equipment, technical as8 sistance, and programming assisted under this title;

9 ‘‘(8) provide assurances that the applicant will

10 use the funds provided under this title to supple11 ment and not supplant funds otherwise available for

12 the purposes of this title;

13 ‘‘(9) if the applicant is submitting an applica14 tion for assistance under title II of the Technology

15 for Education Act of 1993, describe how funds re16 ceived under this title will be coordinated with funds

17 received for educational technology in the classroom

18 under title II of such Act;

19 ‘‘(10) describe the activities or services for

20 which assistance is sought, including activities and

21 services such as—

22 ‘‘(A) providing facilities, equipment, train23 ing, services, and technical assistance described

24 in paragraphs (1), (2), (4) and (7);
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1 ‘‘(B) making programs accessible to indi2 viduals with disabilities through mechanisms

3 such as closed captioning and descriptive video

4 services;

5 ‘‘(C) linking networks together, for exam6 ple, around an issue of national importance,

7 such as national elections;

8 ‘‘(D) sharing curriculum resources between

9 networks and development of program guides

10 which demonstrate cooperative, cross-network

11 listing of programs for specific curriculum

12 areas;

13 ‘‘(E) providing teacher and student sup14 port services including classroom and training

15 support materials which permit student and

16 teacher involvement in the live interactive dis17 tance learning telecasts;

18 ‘‘(F) incorporating community resources,

19 such as libraries and museums, into instruc20 tional programs;

21 ‘‘(G) providing teacher training to early

22 childhood development and Head Start teachers

23 and staff;

24 ‘‘(H) providing teacher training to voca25 tional education teachers and staff;
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1 ‘‘(I) providing teacher training on proposed

2 or established voluntary national content stand3 ards in mathematics and science and other dis4 ciplines as such standards are developed;

5 ‘‘(J) providing programs for adults at

6 times other than the regular school day in order

7 to maximize the use of telecommunications fa8 cilities and equipment; and

9 ‘‘(K) providing parent education programs

10 during and after the regular school day which

11 reinforce the student’s course of study and ac12 tively involve parents in the learning process;

13 and

14 ‘‘(11) include such additional assurances as the

15 Secretary may reasonably require.

16 ‘‘(c) APPROVAL OF APPLICATION; PRIORITY.—The

17 Assistant Secretary, in approving applications under this

18 title, shall give priority to applications which demonstrate

19 that—

20 ‘‘(1) a concentration and quality of mathe21 matics, science, and foreign languages resources

22 which, by their distribution through the eligible tele23 communications partnership, will offer significant

24 new educational opportunities to network partici25 pants, particularly to traditionally underserved popu-
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1 lations and areas with scarce resources and limited

2 access to courses in mathematics, science, and for3 eign languages;

4 ‘‘(2) the eligible telecommunications partnership

5 has secured the direct cooperation and involvement

6 of public and private educational institutions, State

7 and local government, and industry in planning the

8 network;

9 ‘‘(3) the eligible telecommunications partnership

10 will serve the broadest range of institutions, includ11 ing in the case of elementary and secondary schools,

12 those elementary and secondary schools having a

13 significant number of students eligible to be counted

14 under chapter 1 of title I of the Elementary and

15 Secondary Education Act of 1965, programs provid16 ing instruction outside of the school setting, institu17 tions of higher education, teacher training centers,

18 research institutes, and private industry;

19 ‘‘(4) a significant number of educational insti20 tutions have agreed to participate or will participate

21 in the use of the telecommunications system for

22 which assistance is sought;

23 ‘‘(5) the eligible telecommunications partnership

24 will have substantial academic and teaching capabili25 ties, including the capability of training, retraining,
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1 and service upgrading of teaching skills and the ca2 pability to provide professional development leading

3 to comprehensive effective instructional strategies,

4 outcomes-based curriculum and parenting practices;

5 ‘‘(6) the eligible telecommunications partnership

6 will—

7 ‘‘(A) provide a comprehensive range of

8 courses for educators with different skill levels

9 to teach instructional strategies for students

10 with different skill levels;

11 ‘‘(B) provide training to participating edu12 cators in ways to integrate telecommunications

13 courses into existing school curriculum; and

14 ‘‘(C) include instruction for students,

15 teachers, and parents;

16 ‘‘(7) the eligible telecommunications partnership

17 will serve a multistate area;

18 ‘‘(8) a telecommunications entity (such as a

19 satellite, cable, telephone, computer, or public or pri20 vate television stations) will participate in the part21 nership and will donate equipment or in kind serv22 ices for telecommunications linkages; and

23 ‘‘(9) the eligible telecommunications partnership

24 will, in providing services with assistance under this

25 title, meet the needs of groups of individuals tradi-
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1 tionally excluded from careers in mathematics and

2 science because of discrimination, inaccessibility, or

3 economically disadvantaged backgrounds.

4 ‘‘(d) GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION.—In approving ap5 plications under this title, the Assistant Secretary shall

6 assure an equitable geographic distribution of grants

7 under this title.

8 ‘‘SEC. 905. DISSEMINATION OF COURSES AND RESOURCES

9 UNDER THE STAR SCHOOLS PROGRAM.

10 ‘‘(a) REPORT.—Each eligible telecommunications

11 partnership awarded a grant under this title shall report

12 to the Assistant Secretary a listing and description of

13 available courses of instruction and resources to be offered

14 by educational institutions and teacher training centers

15 which will be transmitted over satellite, specifying the sat16 ellite on which such transmission will occur and the time

17 of such transmission.

18 ‘‘(b) DISSEMINATION OF COURSES OF INSTRUC19 TION.—The Assistant Secretary shall compile and prepare

20 for dissemination a listing and description of available

21 courses of instruction and resources to be offered by edu22 cational institutions and teacher training centers equipped

23 with satellite transmission capabilities as reported to the

24 Assistant Secretary under subsection (a).
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1 ‘‘(c) DISSEMINATION TO STATE EDUCATIONAL

2 AGENCIES.—The Assistant Secretary shall distribute the

3 list required by subsection (b) to all State educational

4 agencies.

5 ‘‘SEC. 906. ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS.

6 ‘‘(a) CONTINUING ELIGIBILITY.—

7 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—In order to be eligible to

8 receive a grant under this title in any fiscal year

9 after the first fiscal year in which an eligible tele10 communications partnership receives a grant under

11 this title, such partnership shall demonstrate in the

12 application submitted pursuant to section 904 that

13 such partnership will—

14 ‘‘(A) continue to provide services in the

15 subject areas and geographic areas assisted

16 with funds received under this title in the pre17 vious fiscal year; and

18 ‘‘(B) use all such grant funds to provide

19 expanded services by—

20 ‘‘(i) increasing the number of stu21 dents, schools or school districts served by

22 the courses of instruction assisted under

23 this title in the previous fiscal year;

24 ‘‘(ii) providing new courses of instruc25 tion; and
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1 ‘‘(iii) serving new populations of un2 derserved individuals, such as children or

3 adults who are disadvantaged, have lim4 ited-English proficiency, are disabled, are

5 illiterate, or lack high school diplomas or

6 their equivalent.

7 ‘‘(2) SPECIAL RULES.—Grant funds received

8 pursuant to the application of paragraph (1) shall be

9 used to supplement and not supplant services pro10 vided by the recipient under this title in the previous

11 fiscal year.

12 ‘‘(b) EVALUATION.—

13 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—From amounts appro14 priated pursuant to the authority of subsection (b),

15 the Secretary shall reserve not more than $500,000

16 or 5 percent of such appropriations, whichever is

17 less, to conduct an independent evaluation by grant,

18 contract, or cooperative agreement, of the program

19 assisted under this title.

20 ‘‘(2) SUBMISSION.—The evaluation required

21 under paragraph (1) shall be submitted to the Con22 gress and the Assistant Secretary not later than

23 June 1, 1995.

24 ‘‘(3) CONTENTS.—The evaluation described in

25 paragraph (1) shall include—
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1 ‘‘(A) a review of the effectiveness of eligi2 ble telecommunications partnerships and pro3 grams assisted under this title after Federal

4 funding under this title ceases;

5 ‘‘(B) an analysis of the effectiveness of

6 non-Federal funds provided under this title, in7 cluding funds leveraged under this title and the

8 permanency of such funding;

9 ‘‘(C) an analysis of how grant recipients

10 under this title spend funds appropriated to

11 carry out this title;

12 ‘‘(D) a review of the subject matter and

13 success of distance learning through programs

14 assisted under this title;

15 ‘‘(E) a comprehensive review of inservice

16 teacher training programs assisted under this

17 title, including the number of teachers trained,

18 time spent in training programs, and a com19 parison of the effectiveness of such training and

20 conventional teacher training programs;

21 ‘‘(F) an analysis of programs assisted

22 under this title that focus on teacher certifi23 cation and other requirements and the resulting

24 effect on the delivery of instructional program25 ming;
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1 ‘‘(G) the effects of distance learning on

2 curriculum and staffing patterns at participat3 ing schools;

4 ‘‘(H) an analysis of the socioeconomic

5 characteristics of students participating in pro6 grams assisted under this title, including a re7 view of the differences and effectiveness of pro8 gramming and services provided to economically

9 disadvantaged and minority students;

10 ‘‘(I) an analysis of the socioeconomic and

11 geographic characteristics of schools participat12 ing in programs assisted under this title, in13 cluding a review of the variety of programming

14 provided to different schools; and

15 ‘‘(J) the impact of dissemination grants

16 under section 907(a) on the use of technology17 enhanced programs in local educational agen18 cies.

19 ‘‘(c) FEDERAL ACTIVITIES.—The Assistant Secretary

20 may assist grant recipients under this title in acquiring

21 satellite time, where appropriate, as economically as

22 possible.

23 ‘‘SEC. 907. OTHER ASSISTANCE.

24 ‘‘(a) DISSEMINATION GRANTS.—
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1 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Assistant Secretary

2 shall make grants under this subsection to eligible

3 telecommunications partnerships assisted under this

4 title and to eligible entities that enter into an agree5 ment with the Assistant Secretary to provide dis6 semination and technical assistance to State and

7 local educational agencies not served under this title.

8 ‘‘(2) DEFINITION.—For the purposes of this

9 subsection, the term ‘eligible entity’ means an orga10 nization or institution of higher education that has

11 demonstrated expertise in educational applications of

12 technology and provides comprehensive technical as13 sistance to educators and policymakers at the local

14 level.

15 ‘‘(3) RESERVATION.—The Assistant Secretary

16 shall reserve not less than 5 percent and not more

17 than 10 percent of the amount appropriated pursu18 ant to the authority of subsection (c) in each fiscal

19 year to award grants under this subsection.

20 ‘‘(4) APPLICATIONS.—

21 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Each eligible tele22 communications partnership and eligible entity

23 that desires to receive a grant under this sub24 section shall submit an application to the Sec25 retary, at such time, in such manner, and con-
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1 taining or accompanied by such information, as

2 the Assistant Secretary may reasonably require.

3 ‘‘(B) CONTENTS.—Each applicant de4 scribed in paragraph (2) shall contain assur5 ances that the eligible telecommunications part6 nership or eligible entity shall provide technical

7 assistance to State and local educational agen8 cies in order to enable such agencies to plan

9 and implement technology-enhanced systems,

10 including—

11 ‘‘(i) information regarding successful

12 distance learning resources for States, local

13 educational agencies, and schools;

14 ‘‘(ii) assistance in connecting users of

15 distance learning, regional educational

16 services centers, colleges and universities,

17 the private sector, and other relevant enti18 ties;

19 ‘‘(iii) assistance and advice in the de20 sign and implementation of systems, in21 cluding needs assessment and technology

22 design; and

23 ‘‘(iv) support for the identification of

24 possible connections, and cost-sharing ar25 rangements for users of such systems.
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1 ‘‘(b) SPECIAL STATEWIDE NETWORK.—

2 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Assistant Secretary

3 may provide assistance to a statewide telecommuni4 cations network under this subsection if such net5 work—

6 ‘‘(A) provides 2-way interactive video and

7 audio communications;

8 ‘‘(B) links together public colleges and uni9 versities and secondary schools throughout the

10 State; and

11 ‘‘(C) meets any other requirements deter12 mined appropriate by the Secretary.

13 ‘‘(2) STATE CONTRIBUTION.—A statewide tele14 communications network assisted under paragraph

15 (1) shall contribute, either directly or through pri16 vate contributions, non-Federal funds equal to not

17 less than 50 percent of the cost of such network.

18 ‘‘(c) SPECIAL LOCAL NETWORK.—

19 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Assistant Secretary

20 may provide assistance to a local educational agency

21 or consortium thereof to enable such agency or con22 sortium to establish a high technology demonstration

23 program.
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1 ‘‘(2) PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS.—A high tech2 nology demonstration program assisted under para3 graph (1) shall—

4 ‘‘(A) include 2-way full motion interactive

5 video, audio and text communications;

6 ‘‘(B) link together elementary and second7 ary schools, colleges, and universities;

8 ‘‘(C) provide parent participation and fam9 ily programs;

10 ‘‘(D) include a staff development program;

11 and

12 ‘‘(E) have a significant contribution and

13 participation from business and industry.

14 ‘‘(3) SPECIAL RULE.—Each high technology

15 demonstration program assisted under paragraph

16 (1) shall be of sufficient size and scope to have an

17 effect on meeting the National Education Goals.

18 ‘‘(4) MATCHING REQUIREMENT.—A local edu19 cational agency or consortium receiving a grant

20 under paragraph (1) shall provide, either directly or

21 through private contributions, non-Federal matching

22 funds equal to not less than 50 percent of the

23 amount of the grant.

24 ‘‘SEC. 908. DEFINITIONS.

25 ‘‘As used in this title—
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1 ‘‘(1) the term ‘educational institution’ means an

2 institution of higher education, a local educational

3 agency, or a State educational agency;

4 ‘‘(2) the term ‘institution of higher education’

5 has the same meaning given that term by section

6 1201(a) of the Higher Education Act of 1965;

7 ‘‘(3) the term ‘local educational agency’ has the

8 same meaning given that term by section 1471(12)

9 of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of

10 1965;

11 ‘‘(4) the term ‘instructional programming’

12 means courses of instruction, training courses, and

13 resources used in such instruction and training,

14 which have been prepared in audio and visual form

15 on tape, disc, film, live, and presented by means of

16 telecommunications devices;

17 ‘‘(5) the term ‘public broadcasting entity’ has

18 the same meaning given that term by section 397 of

19 the Communications Act of 1934;

20 ‘‘(6) the term ‘Assistant Secretary’ means the

21 Assistant Secretary for Educational Technology;

22 ‘‘(7) the term ‘State educational agency’ has

23 the same meaning given that term under section

24 1471(23) of the Elementary and Secondary Edu25 cation Act of 1965; and
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1 ‘‘(8) the term ‘State’ means each of the several

2 States, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth

3 of Puerto Rico, Guam, American Samoa, the Virgin

4 Islands, the Republic of the Marshall Islands, the

5 Federated States of Micronesia, the Republic of

6 Palau, and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mar7 iana Islands.’’.

8 TITLE V—EDUCATIONAL TECH9 NOLOGY RESEARCH, DEVEL10 OPMENT AND ASSESSMENT

11 SEC. 501. PURPOSES.

12 It is the purpose of this title—

13 (1) to provide direction and support for the

14 conduct of developmental research on advanced edu15 cational technologies;

16 (2) to support the design and development of

17 educational access to high performance communica18 tions and computing services;

19 (3) to assess the effectiveness of technology in

20 education programs; and

21 (4) to make an annual status report available

22 to the public regarding the state-of-the-art uses of

23 technology in United States education which private

24 businesses and governments can rely upon for deci25 sionmaking about the need for, and provision of, ap-
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1 propriate technologies for education in the United

2 States.

3 SEC. 502. APPLICATION OF ADVANCED TECHNOLOGIES TO

4 EDUCATION.

5 (a) STATEMENT OF PURPOSE.—It is the purpose of

6 this section to provide support for the design and develop7 ment of long-term comprehensive educational applications

8 of advanced high performance computer and communica9 tion technologies and video technologies in support of the

10 core subjects of the National Education Goals. Such ad11 vanced technologies include systems identified as inter12 active multimedia, super computing, virtual reality, ad13 vanced digital television, telecomputing, and the networks

14 associated with such systems, including video dial tone

15 access.

16 (b) GENERAL AUTHORITY.—The Assistant Sec17 retary, in cooperation with other Federal departments and

18 agencies (including the Advanced Research Projects Agen19 cy (ARPA) of the Department of Defense, the Advanced

20 Technology Program of the Department of Commerce, the

21 National Science Foundation, all laboratories supported

22 by the Department of Energy, the National Aeronautics

23 and Space Administration, and the Department of De24 fense) is authorized to support research on advanced

25 learning technologies.
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1 (c) PRIORITIES.—In awarding assistance under this

2 section, the Assistant Secretary shall give the highest pri3 ority to research projects which are intended to develop

4 educational applications using advanced technologies

5 which have been used effectively by the Federal Govern6 ment, or business and industry.

7 (d) ELIGIBLE APPLICANTS.—Any single developer or

8 partnership that can demonstrate both the technological

9 expertise and educational content and instructional design

10 expertise is eligible to apply for assistance under sub11 section (b).

12 (e) APPLICATION REQUIREMENTS.—Each eligible ap13 plicant desiring assistance under this section shall submit

14 an application to the Assistant Secretary at such time, in

15 such manner, and accompanied by such information, as

16 the Assistant Secretary may reasonably require. Each

17 such application shall—

18 (1) define clearly the scope and content of the

19 subject matter of the research and the relevance of

20 the advanced technology to such content;

21 (2) describe the potential market for both the

22 hardware and software developed under this section;

23 (3) assess and test the applications of the ad24 vanced technology in a way that will validate the
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1 technology and content usage by the proposed stu2 dents;

3 (4) develop products that are usable by all stu4 dents, including disabled, limited-English speaking,

5 gifted and talented, and disadvantaged students; and

6 (5) develop a marketing plan for the transfer of

7 prototype development into mass distribution or

8 marketing that may be used in homes, schools, or

9 workplaces.

10 (f) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There

11 are authorized to be appropriated $20,000,000 for fiscal

12 year 1994, and such sums as may be necessary for each

13 succeeding fiscal year, to carry out this section.

14 SEC. 503. HIGH PERFORMANCE EDUCATIONAL COMPUTING

15 AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS NETWORKS.

16 (a) FINDINGS; STATEMENT OF PURPOSE.—

17 (1) FINDINGS.—The Congress finds that—

18 (A) throughout the United States various

19 public and private sector groups are developing

20 high performance computing and telecommuni21 cations networks;

22 (B) by the year 2000, such efforts should

23 result in public access to a variety of informa24 tion resources;
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1 (C) there needs to be more direct coordina2 tion among such efforts and a more explicit

3 consideration of the needs of education in the

4 designs of such efforts; and

5 (D) support and resources are required to

6 permit schools and libraries to take advantage

7 of the explosive growth in communication capa8 bilities and information access that technology

9 provides.

10 (2) STATEMENT OF PURPOSE.—It is the pur11 pose of this section to ensure that such high per12 formance computing and telecommunications net13 works (often identified as ‘‘information highways’’)

14 are developed with due consideration to the needs of

15 elementary and secondary education and that such

16 networks have explicit provisions which facilitate

17 educational uses in order to ensure that the class18 rooms and libraries in the Nation’s elementary and

19 secondary schools have adequate access to the

20 emerging ‘‘information highways’’.

21 (b) AUTHORITY.—The Assistant Secretary is author22 ized to—

23 (1) identify educational high performance com24 puting and telecommunications network require25 ments;
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1 (2) develop specifications for the implementa2 tion of such requirements within any national tele3 communications network;

4 (3) establish prototype operations on existing

5 networks to validate and further develop the edu6 cational specifications which will facilitate the use of

7 such networks by kindergarten through twelfth

8 grade students, teachers, administrators, and par9 ents;

10 (4) represent the needs and interests of elemen11 tary and secondary schools in the Federal planning

12 and development of a national information infra13 structure; and

14 (5) identify policy issues, such as communica15 tion rate structures and intellectual property rights,

16 that impact upon the ability of the public schools to

17 make effective use of the emerging information high18 ways and make recommendations to the Secretary

19 and the Congress.

20 (c) TYPES OF GRANTS.—The Assistant Secretary

21 shall award the following types of grants:

22 (1) REQUIREMENTS GRANTS.—The Assistant

23 Secretary shall solicit proposals for and award

24 grants to 1 or more entities for the identification of

25 educational high performance computing and tele-
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1 communications network requirements. The solicita2 tion shall request proposals which—

3 (A) identify and describe existing and

4 planned educational high performance comput5 ing and telecommunications network efforts;

6 (B) identify and describe current uses of

7 such networks in kindergarten through twelfth

8 grade education throughout the United States;

9 (C) identify potential uses of such net10 works in kindergarten through twelfth grade

11 education by schools throughout the United

12 States;

13 (D) assess impediments to the development

14 of such networks in kindergarten through

15 twelfth grade education (such as technological

16 impediments, availability of technology-en17 hanced curriculum, instruction, and administra18 tive support resources and services in local

19 schools; and parent, student, teacher and ad20 ministrator attitudes toward technology-en21 hanced education);

22 (E) assess the anticipated costs and bene23 fits to be derived from such network access in

24 kindergarten through twelfth grade education;

25 and
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1 (F) recommend priorities for development

2 of educational access to such networks based on

3 the anticipated cost benefit analysis.

4 (2) SPECIFICATIONS GRANTS.—The Assistant

5 Secretary shall solicit proposals for and award

6 grants to 1 or more entities for the design and de7 velopment of educational specifications which may be

8 used to ensure educational access to any national

9 educational high performance computing and tele10 communications network. The solicitation shall re11 quest proposals which—

12 (A) incorporate—

13 (i) the findings of the grant recipients

14 under paragraph (1); and

15 (ii) the priorities recommended for

16 such networks by the Assistant Secretary

17 with the advice of the National Commis18 sion on Technology in Education;

19 (B) provide for the development of several

20 distinct design alternatives, each with internal

21 design options based on uses of alternative

22 technologies and costs;

23 (C) provide for the development of speci24 fications for selected design alternatives or of

25 specifications for a composite design;
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1 (D) address technological issues, includ2 ing—

3 (i) linkage of schools and communities

4 with each other, with central resource cen5 ters, and with Federal and State agencies

6 over existing or planned telecommuni7 cations networks, such as INTERNET,

8 the National Research Education Network,

9 and Telstar 401;

10 (ii) uses of alternative connectivity

11 modes, such as fiber optics, satellites, and

12 land-based broadcasting;

13 (iii) integrated uses of two-way inter14 active voice, video, and data communica15 tions;

16 (iv) uses of interactive multimedia;

17 (v) system capacity, such as maximum

18 telecommunications traffic in a variety of

19 use modes;

20 (vi) availability of needed technologies;

21 (vii) availability of support services;

22 and

23 (viii) assessment of the impact of pro24 posed educational access specifications on
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1 existing or planned telecommunications

2 network; and

3 (E) provide comprehensive specifications

4 which will ensure educational access to any na5 tional educational high performance computing

6 and telecommunications network as the primary

7 deliverable product of the specifications grants

8 described in paragraph (1).

9 (3) PROTOTYPE DEVELOPMENT GRANTS.—The

10 Assistant Secretary shall solicit proposals for and

11 award grants to 1 or more entities for prototype op12 erations on existing networks in order to validate

13 and further develop the educational specifications

14 which will facilitate use of existing or planned edu15 cational high performance communicating and tele16 communications networks by kindergarten through

17 twelfth grade students, teachers, administrators, and

18 parents. The solicitation shall request proposals

19 which—

20 (A) incorporate the design limits of the

21 comprehensive educational high performance

22 computing and telecommunications network

23 specifications developed by grant recipients

24 under paragraph (2);
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1 (B) support prototype operations for at

2 least 1 year in a minimum of 5 test sites which

3 are selected to represent a variety of economic,

4 social, urban and rural settings;

5 (C) provide for inservice training and tech6 nical assistance during the period of prototype

7 operations;

8 (D) provide provisions for the identifica9 tion and correction of operational problems dur10 ing the period of prototype operations (includ11 ing design flaws);

12 (E) include a comprehensive evaluation of

13 all aspects of the prototype, including—

14 (i) design flaws;

15 (ii) training requirements, including

16 resources and strategies for initial and on17 going training;

18 (iii) technical support requirements;

19 (iv) financing constraints;

20 (v) availability and utility of informa21 tion resources and services accessed during

22 the prototype operations period;

23 (vi) factors which enhanced or im24 peded prototype operations; and
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1 (vii) an overall assessment of the im2 pact of such technology on the educational

3 process; and

4 (F) provide recommended revisions of the

5 Assistant Secretary’s educational high perform6 ance computing and telecommunications net7 work specifications based on findings of the

8 comprehensive evaluation of prototype oper9 ations.

10 (d) TIMELINE.—The Assistant Secretary shall award

11 grants under this section in accordance with the following:

12 (1) REQUIREMENT GRANTS.—The Assistant

13 Secretary shall award requirement grants under sub14 section (c)(1) by January 1, 1995.

15 (2) DEVELOPMENT OF DESIGN SPECIFICA16 TIONS.—The Assistant Secretary shall award grants

17 under subsection (c)(2) by January 1, 1996.

18 (3) PROTOTYPE OPERATIONS.—The Assistant

19 Secretary shall award grants under subsection (c)(3)

20 by July 1, 1997.

21 (e) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There

22 are authorized to be appropriated $2,500,000 for fiscal

23 year 1994, $2,500,000 for fiscal year 1995, and

24 $10,000,000 for fiscal year 1996, to carry out this section.
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1 SEC. 504. ASSESSMENT OF TECHNOLOGY IN EDUCATION.

2 (a) PURPOSES.—It is the purpose of this section—

3 (1) to make an annual status report available

4 to the Congress and the public regarding the state5 of-the-art uses of technology in State and local edu6 cational programs throughout the United States;

7 and

8 (2) to support research regarding—

9 (A) the effectiveness of technology-en10 hanced curriculum instruction;

11 (B) administrative support resources and

12 services in improving education in the United

13 States; and

14 (C) school library media center techno15 logical support.

16 (b) AUTHORITY.—The Assistant Secretary, through

17 the Office, shall—

18 (1) conduct an annual assessment of the uses

19 of technology in State and local educational pro20 grams; and

21 (2) award grants to support research on the ef22 fectiveness of technology-enhanced education pro23 grams.

24 (c) ANNUAL ASSESSMENT.—The Assistant Secretary

25 shall conduct the annual assessment described in sub26 section (b)(1) by obtaining input from a variety of sources,
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1 including State and local educational agencies, regional

2 technology centers, university preservice and inservice

3 technology training providers, national survey bureaus,

4 and other departments and agencies of the Federal

5 Government.

6 (1) TIMING OF THE ASSESSMENTS.—Each as7 sessment shall be conducted during the normal

8 school year at such a time that the data collection

9 will coincide with other data collections and facilitate

10 data interpretation in reference to other routinely

11 collected educational performance data, such as stu12 dent enrollment and teacher preparation statistics.

13 (2) INTERAGENCY COOPERATION.—The head of

14 each Federal department or agency that supports an

15 education program shall cooperate with the Assist16 ant Secretary’s efforts to assess and report on the

17 utilization of technology-enhanced curriculum, in18 struction, and administrative support resources and

19 services in federally supported education programs.

20 (3) USE OF GOVERNMENT RESOURCES; CON21 TRACTED SERVICES.—The Assistant Secretary shall

22 conduct the assessments using the resources of the

23 Office or the resources of any other Federal depart24 ment or agency made available to the Assistant Sec-
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1 retary, and by contracting for services from the pub2 lic, private, or nonprofit sectors.

3 (4) SUBMISSION.—The Assistant Secretary’s

4 annual assessment shall be submitted to the Con5 gress in the fall of each year.

6 (d) EFFECTIVENESS RESEARCH.—The Assistant

7 Secretary is authorized to provide grants to public or pri8 vate, nonprofit organizations or institutions for the con9 duct and dissemination of research on the effectiveness of

10 new technologies for the improvement of education in the

11 United States. In awarding such grants, the Assistant

12 Secretary shall give priority to research projects which

13 focus on—

14 (1) teaching and learning in the kindergarten

15 through twelfth grade environment;

16 (2) technology-enhanced curriculum, instruc17 tion, and administrative support resources and serv18 ices developed in whole or in part with Federal fund19 ing; or

20 (3) operational needs of elementary or second21 ary schools involved in implementing technology-en22 hanced curriculum, instruction, and administrative

23 support resources and services to achieve the Na24 tional Education Goals.
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1 (e) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There

2 are authorized to be appropriated $5,000,000 for fiscal

3 year 1994, and such sums as may be necessary in each

4 succeeding fiscal year, to carry out this section.

5 TITLE VI—MISCELLANEOUS

6 SEC. 601. STUDY OF SYSTEMIC FUNDING ALTERNATIVES.

7 (a) IN GENERAL.—The Assistant Secretary shall con8 duct a study to evaluate, and report to the Congress on,

9 the feasibility of several alternative models for providing

10 systematic funding for schools throughout the United

11 States so that such schools are able to acquire and main12 tain technology-enhanced curriculum, instruction, and ad13 ministrative support resources and services.

14 (b) REPORT.—The report described in subsection (a)

15 shall be presented to the Congress not later than August

16 1, 1995.

17 SEC. 602. PARTICIPATION OF PRIVATE SCHOOL CHILDREN.

18 (a) PARTICIPATION OF PRIVATE SCHOOL CHIL19 DREN.—To the extent consistent with the number of chil20 dren who are enrolled in private nonprofit elementary or

21 secondary schools served by an entity receiving assistance

22 under this Act, such entity shall, after consultation with

23 appropriate private school representatives, make provision

24 for including services and arrangements for the benefit of
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1 such children as will assure the equitable participation of

2 such children in the purposes and benefits of this Act.

3 (b) WAIVER.—If by reason of any provision of State

4 law an entity receiving assistance under this Act is prohib5 ited from providing for the participation of children from

6 private nonprofit schools as required by subsection (a), or

7 if the Secretary determines that such entity has substan8 tially failed or is unwilling to provide for such participa9 tion on an equitable basis, the Secretary shall waive such

10 requirements and shall arrange for the provision of serv11 ices to such children.

12 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS.

13 (a) SHORT TITLE.—This Act may be cited as the

14 ‘‘Technology for Education Act of 1994’’.

15 (b) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—The table of contents is as

16 follows:

Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents.

Sec. 2. Findings.

Sec. 3. Statement of purpose.

Sec. 4. Definitions.

TITLE I—LEADERSHIP IN EDUCATIONAL TECHNOLOGY

Sec. 101. Purposes.

Sec. 102. Federal leadership.

Sec. 103. Office of Educational Technology.

Sec. 104. Uses of funds.

Sec. 105. Non-Federal share.

Sec. 106. Office of Training Technology Transfer.

Sec. 107. Authorization of appropriations.

TITLE II—STATE PLANNING FOR IMPROVING STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT THROUGH INTEGRATION OF TECHNOLOGY INTO THE CURRICULUM

Sec. 201. State planning for improving student achievement through integration

of technology into the curriculum.
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TITLE III—SCHOOL TECHNOLOGY RESOURCES, TECHNICAL

SUPPORT, AND PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT

Sec. 301. Statement of purpose.

Sec. 302. School technology resource grants.

Sec. 303. Regional technical support and professional development.

TITLE IV—EDUCATIONAL TECHNOLOGY PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT,

PRODUCTION, AND DISTRIBUTION

Sec. 401. Statement of purpose.

Sec. 402. Educational technology product development.

Sec. 403. Star Schools Program.

TITLE V—EDUCATIONAL APPLICATIONS OF ADVANCED

TECHNOLOGIES AND NETWORKS

Sec. 501. Statement of purpose.

Sec. 502. Research on educational applications of advanced technologies.

Sec. 503. High performance educational computing and telecommunications networks.

TITLE VI—MISCELLANEOUS

Sec. 601. Study of systemic funding alternatives.

Sec. 602. Participation of private school children.

1 SEC. 2. FINDINGS.

2 The Congress finds that with respect to the use of tech3 nology in the educational process—

4 (1) technology applications can help propel our

5 Nation’s school systems into very immediate and dra6 matic reform, without which our Nation will not meet

7 the National Education Goals by the target year

8 2000;

9 (2) creative uses of technology can reshape our

10 Nation’s outdated method of providing education and

11 empower teachers to create an environment where stu12 dents can be challenged through rigorous, rich class13 room instruction at a pace that suits the learning

14 style of each individual student;
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1 (3) the acquisition and use of technology in edu2 cation throughout the United States has been inhib3 ited by—

4 (A) the limited exposure of students and

5 teachers to the power of technology as a cost-ef6 fective tool to improve student learning and

7 achievement;

8 (B) the inability of many State and local

9 educational agencies to invest in and support

10 needed technologies;

11 (C) the lack of appropriate electrical and

12 telephone connections in the classroom; and

13 (D) the limited availability of technology14 enhanced curriculum, professional development

15 and administrative support resources and serv16 ices in the educational marketplace;

17 (4) advancements in technology offer new oppor18 tunities to promote partnerships among teachers, ad19 ministrators, students, parents, communities, and in20 dustry in the quest for knowledge and the process for

21 learning;

22 (5) technology, when used as an essential tool in

23 the learning process, will help cultivate and maintain

24 a technologically literate citizenry and internation25 ally competitive work force;
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1 (6) the Department of Education, consistent with

2 the overall national technology policy established by

3 the President, must assume a vital leadership and co4 ordinating role in developing the national vision and

5 strategy to infuse advanced technology throughout all

6 educational programs;

7 (7) Federal support can ease the burden at the

8 State and local levels by enabling the acquisition of

9 advanced technology and initiating the development

10 of teacher training and support as well as new edu11 cational products;

12 (8) leadership at the Federal level should con13 sider guidelines to ensure that educational technology

14 is accessible to all users with maximum interoper15 ability nationwide;

16 (9) policies at the Federal, State, and local levels

17 concerning technology in education must address dis18 parities in the availability of technology to different

19 groups of students and make it a priority to serve

20 those students in greatest need;

21 (10) continuing professional development for

22 teachers and administrators requires ongoing expo23 sure to advancements in technology in order to keep

24 such teachers and administrators excited and knowl-
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1 edgeable about the unfolding opportunities for the

2 classroom; and

3 (11) the increasing use of new technologies and

4 telecommunications systems in business has increased

5 the gap between schooling and work force preparation,

6 and underscores the need for technology policies at the

7 Federal, State, and local levels that address prepara8 tion for school-to-work transitions.

9 SEC. 3. STATEMENT OF PURPOSE.

10 It is the purpose of this Act—

11 (1) to promote equal access for all students to

12 educational opportunities through advances in tech13 nology, including the information infrastructure, in

14 order to achieve the National Education Goals by the

15 year 2000;

16 (2) to provide funding that will assist activities

17 undertaken by the State and local school districts to

18 promote and provide equipment, teacher training,

19 and technical support;

20 (3) to support technical assistance, professional

21 development, information and resource dissemination,

22 in order to help States, local school districts, and

23 teachers successfully integrate technology into kinder24 garten through 12th grade classrooms;
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1 (4) to support the development of educational

2 and instructional programming in core subject areas,

3 which programming shall address the National Edu4 cation Goals;

5 (5) to offer opportunities for creative partner6 ships within the marketplace in order to develop

7 state-of-the-art educational technology products that

8 promote the use of advanced technologies in the class9 room;

10 (6) to avoid duplication and the development of

11 incompatible systems by strengthening and building

12 upon existing telecommunications infrastructure dedi13 cated to educational purposes; and

14 (7) to ensure that uses of educational technology

15 are consistent with the overall national technology

16 policy established by the President.

17 SEC. 4. DEFINITIONS.

18 (a) IN GENERAL.—The terms used in this Act, unless

19 otherwise specified, shall have the same meaning given to

20 such terms by section 1471 of the Elementary and Second21 ary Education Act of 1965.

22 (b) ADDITIONAL DEFINITIONS.—For the purpose of

23 this Act—

24 (1) the term ‘‘all students’’ means students from

25 a broad range of backgrounds and circumstances, in-
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1 cluding disadvantaged students, students with diverse

2 racial, ethnic, and cultural backgrounds, students

3 with disabilities, students with limited-English pro4 ficiency, students who have dropped out of school, and

5 academically talented students;

6 (2) the term ‘‘information infrastructure’’ means

7 a network of communication systems designed to ex8 change information among all citizens and residents

9 of the United States;

10 (3) the terms ‘‘interoperable’’ and ‘‘interoper11 ability’’ refer to the ability to easily exchange data

12 with, and connect to, other hardware and software in

13 order to provide the greatest accessibility for all stu14 dents;

15 (4) the term ‘‘Office’’ means the Office of Edu16 cational Technology;

17 (5) the term ‘‘public telecommunications entity’’

18 has the same meaning given to such term by section

19 397(12) of the Communications Act of 1934;

20 (6) the term ‘‘technology’’ means state-of-the-art

21 technology products and services, such as closed cir22 cuit television systems, educational television and

23 radio programs and services, cable television, satellite,

24 copper and fiber optic transmission, computer, video
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1 and audio laser and CD-ROM discs, and video and

2 audio tapes; and

3 (7) the term ‘‘instructional programming’’

4 means the full range of audio and video data, text,

5 graphics, or additional state-of-the-art communica6 tions, including multimedia based resources distrib7 uted through interactive, command and control, or

8 passive methods for the purpose of education and in9 struction.

10 TITLE I—LEADERSHIP IN

11 EDUCATIONAL TECHNOLOGY

12 SEC. 101. PURPOSES.

13 It is the purpose of this title to promote achievement

14 of the National Education Goals and—

15 (1) to provide leadership at the Federal level,

16 through the Department of Education, by developing

17 a national vision and strategy—

18 (A) to infuse technology and technology

19 planning into all educational programs and

20 training functions carried out within school sys21 tems at the State and local level;

22 (B) to coordinate educational technology ac23 tivities among the related Federal and State de24 partments or agencies, industry leaders, and in25 terested educational and parental organizations;
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1 (C) to establish working guidelines to ensure

2 maximum interoperability nationwide and ease

3 of access for the emerging technologies so that no

4 school system will be excluded from the techno5 logical revolution; and

6 (D) to ensure that Federal technology-relat7 ed policies and programs facilitate the use of

8 technology in education;

9 (2) to promote awareness of the potential of tech10 nology for improving teaching and learning;

11 (3) to support State and local efforts to increase

12 the effective use of technology for education;

13 (4) to demonstrate ways in which technology can

14 be used to improve teaching and learning, and to help

15 ensure that all students have an equal opportunity to

16 meet challenging State education standards;

17 (5) to ensure the availability and dissemination

18 of knowledge (drawn from research and experience)

19 that can form the basis for sound State and local de20 cisions about investment in, and effective uses of, edu21 cational technology;

22 (6) to promote high-quality professional develop23 ment opportunities for teachers and administrators

24 regarding the integration of technology into instruc25 tion and administration;
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1 (7) to promote the effective uses of technology in

2 existing Federal education programs, such as chapter

3 1 of title I of the Elementary and Secondary Edu4 cation Act of 1965 and vocational education pro5 grams; and

6 (8) to monitor, and disseminate information re7 garding, advancements in technology to encourage the

8 development of effective educational uses of technology.

9 SEC. 102. FEDERAL LEADERSHIP.

10 (a) ACTIVITIES AUTHORIZED.—

11 (1) IN GENERAL.—In order to provide Federal

12 leadership that promotes higher student achievement

13 through the use of technology in education and to

14 achieve the purposes of this title, the Secretary, in

15 consultation with the Office of Science and Tech16 nology Policy, the National Science Foundation, the

17 United States National Commission on Libraries and

18 Information Sciences, the Department of Commerce,

19 the Department of Energy, the National Aeronautics

20 and Space Administration, and other appropriate

21 Federal departments or agencies, may carry out ac22 tivities designed to achieve the purposes of this title.

23 (2) TRANSFER OF FUNDS.—For the purpose of

24 carrying out coordinated or joint activities to achieve

25 the purposes of this title, the Secretary may accept
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1 funds from, and transfer funds to, other Federal de2 partments or agencies.

3 (b) NATIONAL LONG-RANGE TECHNOLOGY PLAN.—

4 (1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall develop

5 and publish within 12 months of the date of enact6 ment of this Act, and update when the Secretary de7 termines appropriate, a national long-range plan that

8 supports the overall national technology policy and

9 carries out the purposes of this title.

10 (2) PLAN REQUIREMENTS.—The Secretary

11 shall—

12 (A) develop the national long-range plan in

13 consultation with other Federal departments or

14 agencies, State and local education practitioners

15 and policymakers, experts in technology and the

16 educational applications of technology, represent17 atives of distance learning consortia, representa18 tives of telecommunications partnerships receiv19 ing assistance under the Star Schools Program

20 Assistance Act, and providers of technology serv21 ices and products;

22 (B) transmit such plan to the President and

23 to the appropriate committees of the Congress;

24 and
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1 (C) publish such plan in a form that is

2 readily accessible to the public.

3 (3) CONTENTS OF THE PLAN.—The national

4 long-range plan shall describe the Secretary’s activi5 ties to promote the purposes of this title, including—

6 (A) how the Secretary will encourage the ef7 fective use of technology to provide all students

8 the opportunity to achieve challenging State con9 tent standards and challenging State student

10 performance standards, especially through pro11 grams administered by the Department of Edu12 cation;

13 (B) joint activities in support of the overall

14 national technology policy with other Federal de15 partments or agencies, such as the Office of

16 Science and Technology Policy, the National En17 dowment for the Humanities, the National En18 dowment for the Arts, the National Aeronautics

19 and Space Administration, the National Science

20 Foundation, and the Departments of Commerce,

21 Energy, Health and Human Services, and

22 Labor—

23 (i) to promote the use of technology in

24 education, and training and lifelong learn25 ing, including plans for the educational
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1 uses of a national information infrastruc2 ture; and

3 (ii) to ensure that the policies and pro4 grams of such departments or agencies fa5 cilitate the use of technology for educational

6 purposes, to the extent feasible;

7 (C) how the Secretary will work with edu8 cators, State and local educational agencies, and

9 appropriate representatives of the private sector

10 to facilitate the effective use of technology in edu11 cation;

12 (D) how the Secretary will promote—

13 (i) higher achievement of all students

14 through the integration of technology into

15 the curriculum;

16 (ii) increased access to the benefits of

17 technology for teaching and learning for

18 schools with a high concentration of chil19 dren from low-income families;

20 (iii) the use of technology to assist in

21 the implementation of State systemic reform

22 strategies;

23 (iv) the application of technological

24 advances to use in education; and
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1 (v) increased opportunities for the pro2 fessional development of teachers in the use

3 of new technologies;

4 (E) how the Secretary will determine, in

5 consultation with appropriate individuals, orga6 nizations, industries, and agencies, the feasibility

7 and desirability of establishing guidelines to fa8 cilitate an easy exchange of data and effective

9 use of technology in education;

10 (F) how the Secretary will utilize the out11 comes of the evaluation undertaken pursuant to

12 section 908 of the Star Schools Program Assist13 ance Act to promote the purposes of this title;

14 and

15 (G) the Secretary’s long-range measurable

16 goals and objectives relating to the purposes of

17 this title.

18 (c) ASSISTANCE.—The Secretary shall provide assist19 ance to the States to enable such States to plan effectively

20 for the use of technology in all schools throughout the State

21 in accordance with the purpose and requirements of section

22 201.

23 SEC. 103. OFFICE OF EDUCATIONAL TECHNOLOGY.

24 (a) AMENDMENT TO THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

25 ORGANIZATION ACT.—Title II of the Department of Edu-
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1 cation Organization Act (20 U.S.C. 3411 et seq.) is amend2 ed by adding at the end the following new section:

3 ‘‘OFFICE OF EDUCATIONAL TECHNOLOGY

4 ‘‘SEC. 216. There shall be in the Department of Edu5 cation an Office of Educational Technology, to be adminis6 tered by the Director of Educational Technology. The Direc7 tor of Educational Technology shall report directly to the

8 Secretary and shall perform such additional functions as

9 the Secretary may prescribe. Such Office shall be established

10 in accordance with section 405A of the General Education

11 Provisions Act.’’.

12 (b) AMENDMENT TO THE GENERAL EDUCATION PROVI13 SIONS ACT.—Part A of the General Education Provisions

14 Act (20 U.S.C. 1221c et seq.) is amended by inserting after

15 section 405 the following new section:

16 ‘‘SEC. 405A. OFFICE OF EDUCATIONAL TECHNOLOGY.

17 ‘‘(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—The Secretary shall establish

18 an Office of Educational Technology (hereafter in this sec19 tion referred to as the ‘Office’).

20 ‘‘(b) FUNCTIONS OF THE OFFICE.—The Director of the

21 Office of Educational Technology (hereafter in this section

22 referred to as the ‘Director’), through the Office, shall—

23 ‘‘(1) in support of the overall national technology

24 policy and in consultation with other Federal depart25 ments or agencies which the Director determines ap26 propriate, provide leadership to the Nation in the use
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1 of technology to promote achievement of the National

2 Education Goals and to increase opportunities for all

3 students to achieve challenging State content and

4 challenging State student performance standards;

5 ‘‘(2) review all programs and training functions

6 administered by the Department and recommend

7 policies in order to promote increased use of tech8 nology and technology planning throughout all such

9 programs and functions;

10 ‘‘(3) review all relevant programs supported by

11 the Department to ensure that such programs are co12 ordinated with and support the national long-range

13 technology plan developed pursuant to this Act; and

14 ‘‘(4) perform such additional functions as the

15 Secretary may require.

16 ‘‘(c) PERSONNEL.—The Director is authorized to select,

17 appoint, and employ such officers and employees as may

18 be necessary to carry out the functions of the Office, subject

19 to the provisions of title 5, United States Code (governing

20 appointments in the competitive service), and the provi21 sions of chapter 51 and subchapter III of chapter 53 of such

22 title (relating to classification and General Schedule pay

23 rates.
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1 ‘‘(d) EXPERTS AND CONSULTANTS.—The Secretary

2 may obtain the services of experts and consultants in ac3 cordance with section 3109 of title 5, United States Code.’’.

4 (c) COMPENSATION OF THE DIRECTOR.—Section 5315

5 of title 5, United States Code, is amended by adding at

6 the end the following:

7 ‘‘Director of the Office of Educational Tech8 nology.’’.

9 SEC. 104. USES OF FUNDS.

10 (a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall use funds ap11 propriated pursuant to the authority of section 107 for ac12 tivities designed to carry out the purpose of this title, in13 cluding—

14 (1) providing assistance to technical assistance

15 providers to enable such providers to improve sub16 stantially the services such providers offer to edu17 cators regarding the educational uses of technology,

18 including professional development;

19 (2) consulting with representatives of industry,

20 elementary and secondary education, higher edu21 cation, and appropriate experts in technology and the

22 educational applications of technology, in carrying

23 out the activities assisted under this title;

24 (3) research on, and the development of, guide25 lines to facilitate maximum interoperability, effi-
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1 ciency and easy exchange of data for effective use of

2 technology in education;

3 (4) research on, and the development of, edu4 cational applications of the most advanced and newly

5 emerging technologies;

6 (5) the development, demonstration, and evalua7 tion of applications of existing technology in pre8 school education, elementary and secondary edu9 cation, training and lifelong learning, and profes10 sional development of educational personnel;

11 (6) the development and evaluation of software

12 and other products, including multimedia television

13 programming, that incorporate advances in tech14 nology and help achieve the National Education

15 Goals, challenging State content standards and chal16 lenging State student performance standards;

17 (7) the development, demonstration, and evalua18 tion of model strategies for preparing teachers and

19 other personnel to use technology effectively to im20 prove teaching and learning;

21 (8) the development of model programs that dem22 onstrate the educational effectiveness of technology in

23 urban and rural areas and economically distressed

24 communities;
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1 (9) research on, and the evaluation of, the effec2 tiveness and benefits of technology in education giving

3 priority to research on, and evaluation of, such effec4 tiveness and benefits in elementary and secondary

5 schools;

6 (10) a biannual assessment of, and report to the

7 public regarding, the uses of technology in elementary

8 and secondary education throughout the United

9 States upon which private businesses and Federal,

10 State and local governments may rely for decision11 making about the need for, and provision of, appro12 priate technologies in schools, which assessment and

13 report shall use, to the extent possible, existing infor14 mation and resources;

15 (11) conferences on, and dissemination of infor16 mation regarding, the uses of technology in education;

17 (12) the development of model strategies to pro18 mote gender equity in the use of technology;

19 (13) encouraging collaboration between the De20 partment of Education and other Federal agencies in

21 the development, implementation, evaluation and

22 funding of applications of technology for education,

23 as appropriate; and

24 (14) such other activities as the Secretary deter25 mines will meet the purposes of this title.
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1 (b) SPECIAL RULES.—

2 (1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall carry out

3 the activities described in subsection (a) directly or by

4 grant or contract.

5 (2) GRANTS AND CONTRACTS.—Each grant or

6 contract under this title shall be awarded—

7 (A) on a competitive basis; and

8 (B) pursuant to a peer review process.

9 SEC. 105. NON-FEDERAL SHARE.

10 (a) IN GENERAL.—Subject to subsections (b) and (c),

11 the Secretary may require any recipient of a grant or con12 tract under this title to share in the cost of the activities

13 assisted under such grant or contract, which non-Federal

14 share shall be announced through a notice in the Federal

15 Register and may be in the form of cash or in-kind con16 tributions, fairly valued.

17 (b) INCREASE.—The Secretary may increase the non18 Federal share that is required of a recipient of a grant or

19 contract under this title after the first year such recipient

20 receives funds under such grant or contract.

21 (c) MAXIMUM.—The non-Federal share required under

22 this section shall not exceed 50 percent of the cost of the

23 activities assisted pursuant to a grant or contract under

24 this title.
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1 SEC. 106. OFFICE OF TRAINING TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER.

2 (a) TRANSFER.—

3 (1) IN GENERAL.—The Office of Training Tech4 nology Transfer as established under section 6103 of

5 the Training Technology Transfer Act of 1988 (20

6 U.S.C. 5093) is transferred to the Office of Edu7 cational Technology.

8 (2) TECHNICAL AMENDMENT.—The first sentence

9 of section 6103(a) of the Training Technology Trans10 fer Act of 1988 (20 U.S.C. 5093(a)) is amended by

11 striking ‘‘Office of Educational Research and Im12 provement’’ and inserting ‘‘Office of Educational

13 Technology’’.

14 (b) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—The

15 Training Technology Transfer Act of 1988 (20 U.S.C. 5091

16 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following new

17 section:

18 ‘‘SEC. 6108. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.

19 ‘‘There are authorized to be appropriated $3,000,000

20 for fiscal year 1995, and such sums as may be necessary

21 for each of the fiscal years 1996 through 1999, to carry out

22 this chapter.’’.

23 SEC. 107. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.

24 There are authorized to be appropriated $5,000,000 for

25 the fiscal year 1994, and such sums as may be necessary
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1 for each of the fiscal years 1995 through 1998, to carry out

2 this title.

3 TITLE II—STATE PLANNING FOR

4 IMPROVING STUDENT

5 ACHIEVEMENT THROUGH IN6 TEGRATION OF TECHNOLOGY

7 INTO THE CURRICULUM

8 SEC. 201. STATE PLANNING FOR IMPROVING STUDENT

9 ACHIEVEMENT THROUGH INTEGRATION OF

10 TECHNOLOGY INTO THE CURRICULUM.

11 (a) PURPOSE.—It is the purpose of this section to as12 sist each State to plan effectively for improved student

13 learning in all schools through the use of technology as an

14 integral part of the State improvement plan described in

15 section 306 of the Goals 2000: Educate America Act.

16 (b) PROGRAM AUTHORIZED.—

17 (1) AUTHORITY.—The Secretary shall award

18 grants in accordance with allocations under para19 graph (2) to each State educational agency that, as

20 part of its application under section 305 of the Goals

21 2000: Educate America Act, requests a grant to de22 velop (or continue the development of), and submits

23 as part of the State improvement plan described in

24 section 306 of such Act, a systemic statewide plan to

25 increase the use of state-of-the-art technologies that
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1 enhance elementary and secondary student learning

2 and professional development in support of the Na3 tional Education Goals and challenging standards.

4 (2) FORMULA.—From the amount appropriated

5 pursuant to the authority of subsection (f) in each fis6 cal year, each State educational agency with an ap7 plication approved under section 305 of the Goals

8 2000: Educate America Act shall receive a grant

9 under paragraph (1) in such year in an amount de10 termined on the same basis as allotments are made to

11 State educational agencies under subsections (b) and

12 (c) of section 304 of such Act for such year, except

that each such State shall receive at least 11 13 ⁄2 percent

14 of the amount appropriated pursuant to such author15 ity or $75,000, whichever is greater.

16 (3) DURATION.—A State educational agency

17 may receive assistance under this section for not more

18 than 2 fiscal years.

19 (c) PLAN OBJECTIVES.—Each State educational agen20 cy shall use funds received under this section to develop and,

21 if the Secretary has approved the systemic statewide plan,

22 to implement such plan. Such plan shall have as its objec23 tives—

24 (1) the promotion of higher student achievement

25 through the use of technology in education;
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1 (2) the participation of all schools and school

2 districts in the State, especially those schools and dis3 tricts with a high percentage of disadvantaged stu4 dents;

5 (3) the development and implementation of a

6 cost-effective, high-speed, statewide, interoperable,

7 wide-area-communication educational technology sup8 port system for elementary and secondary schools

9 within the State, particularly for such schools in

10 rural areas; and

11 (4) the promotion of shared usage of equipment,

12 facilities, and other technology resources by adult

13 learners during after-school hours.

14 (d) PLAN REQUIREMENTS.—At a minimum, each sys15 temic statewide plan shall—

16 (1) be developed by a task force that—

17 (A) includes among its members experts in

18 the educational use of technology and representa19 tives of the State panel described in section

20 306(b) of the Goals 2000: Educate America Act;

21 and

22 (B) ensures that such plan is integrated

23 into the State improvement plan described in

24 section 306 of the Goals 2000: Educate America

25 Act;
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1 (2) be developed in collaboration with the Gov2 ernor, representatives of the State legislature, the

3 State board of education, institutions of higher edu4 cation, appropriate State agencies, local educational

5 agencies, public and private telecommunication enti6 ties, parents, public and school libraries, students,

7 adult literacy providers, and leaders in the field of

8 technology, through a process of statewide grassroots

9 outreach to local educational agencies and schools in

10 the State;

11 (3) identify and describe the requirements for in12 troducing state-of-the-art technologies into the class13 room and school library in order to enhance edu14 cational curricula, including the installation and on15 going maintenance of basic connections, hardware

16 and the necessary support materials;

17 (4) describe how the application of advanced

18 technologies in the schools will enhance student learn19 ing, provide greater access to individualized instruc20 tion, promote the strategies described in section

21 306(d) of the Goals 2000: Educate America Act, and

22 help make progress toward the achievement of the Na23 tional Education Goals;

24 (5) describe how the ongoing training of edu25 cational personnel will be provided;
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1 (6) describe the resources necessary, and proce2 dures, for providing ongoing technical assistance to

3 carry out such plan;

4 (7) provide for the dissemination on a statewide

5 basis of exemplary programs and practices relating to

6 the use of technology in education;

7 (8) establish a funding estimate (including a

8 statement of likely funding sources) and a schedule for

9 the development and implementation of such plan;

10 (9) describe how the State educational agency

11 will assess the impact of implementing such plan on

12 student achievement and aggregate achievement for

13 schools;

14 (10) describe how the State educational agency

15 and local educational agencies in the State will co16 ordinate and cooperate with business and industry,

17 and with public and private telecommunications enti18 ties;

19 (11) describe how the State educational agency

20 will promote the purchase of equipment by local edu21 cational agencies that, when placed in schools, will

22 meet the highest possible level of interoperability and

23 open system design;
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1 (12) describe how the State educational agency

2 will consider using existing telecommunications infra3 structure and technology resources;

4 (13) describe how the State educational agency

5 will apply the uses of technology to meet the needs of

6 children from low-income families; and

7 (14) describe the process through which such

8 plan will be reviewed and updated periodically.

9 (e) REPORTS.—Each State educational agency receiv10 ing a grant under this section shall submit a report to the

11 Secretary within 1 year of the date such agency submits

12 to the Secretary its systemic statewide plan under this sec13 tion. Such report shall—

14 (1) describe the State’s progress toward imple15 mentation of the provisions of such plan;

16 (2) describe any revisions to the State’s long17 range plans for technology;

18 (3) describe the extent to which resources pro19 vided pursuant to such plan are distributed among

20 schools to promote the strategies described in section

21 306(d) of the Goals 2000: Educate America Act; and

22 (4) include any other information the Secretary

23 deems appropriate.

24 (f) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There are

25 authorized to be appropriated $10,000,000 for fiscal year
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1 1994, and such sums as may be necessary for fiscal year

2 1995, to carry out this section.

3 TITLE III—SCHOOL TECH4 NOLOGY RESOURCES, TECH5 NICAL SUPPORT, AND PRO6 FESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT

7 SEC. 301. STATEMENT OF PURPOSE.

8 It is the purpose of this title to provide Federal assist9 ance in the form of grants to support—

10 (1) the acquisition of equipment and supporting

11 resources, training, and maintenance of technology;

12 and

13 (2) regional consortia to enable such consortia to

14 provide professional development and technical assist15 ance that fosters integration of technology into the

16 kindergarten through 12th grade classrooms, libraries,

17 and school library media centers.

18 SEC. 302. SCHOOL TECHNOLOGY RESOURCE GRANTS.

19 (a) GRANTS AUTHORIZED.—

20 (1) AUTHORITY.—The Secretary, through the Of21 fice of Educational Technology, shall award grants to

22 State educational agencies having a systemic state23 wide plan that meets such criteria as the Secretary

24 may establish in order to enable such agencies to pro25 vide assistance to local educational agencies that have
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1 the highest percentages of children in poverty and

2 demonstrate the greatest need for technology, in order

3 to enable such local educational agencies, for the bene4 fit of school sites served by such local educational

5 agencies, to—

6 (A) purchase quality technology resources;

7 (B) install various linkages necessary to ac8 quire connectivity;

9 (C) integrate technology into the curriculum

10 in order to improve student learning and

11 achievement;

12 (D) provide teachers and library media per13 sonnel with training or access to training;

14 (E) provide administrative and technical

15 support and services that improve student learn16 ing through enriched technology-enhanced re17 sources, including library media resources;

18 (F) promote the sharing, distribution, and

19 application of educational technologies that are

20 determined to be effective in individual schools;

21 and

22 (G) assist the community in providing lit23 eracy-related services.

24 (2) AMOUNT.—(A) Except as provided in sub25 paragraph (B), the Secretary shall award grants
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1 under this section to each State educational agency in

2 an amount which bears the same relationship to the

3 amount appropriated pursuant to the authority of

4 subsection (b) as the amount such State received

5 under chapter 1 of title I of the Elementary and Sec6 ondary Education Act of 1965 bears to the amount

7 received under such chapter by all States.

8 (B) No State educational agency shall receive a

9 grant pursuant to subparagraph (A) in any fiscal

10 year in an amount which is less than one-half of 1

11 percent of the amount appropriated pursuant to the

12 authority of subsection (b) for such year.

13 (3) IDENTIFICATION OF LOCAL EDUCATIONAL

14 AGENCIES; TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE.—Each State edu15 cational agency receiving a grant under this section

16 shall—

17 (A) identify the local educational agencies

18 served by the State educational agency that—

19 (i) have the highest percentage of chil20 dren in poverty; and

21 (ii) demonstrate to such State edu22 cational agency the greatest need for tech23 nical assistance in developing the applica24 tion described in subsection (d); and
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1 (B) offer such technical assistance to such

2 local educational agencies.

3 (4) LIMITATION ON STATE COSTS.—Not more

4 than 5 percent of grant funds awarded to a State

5 educational agency under this section may be used by

6 the State or State educational agency for administra7 tive costs or technical assistance.

8 (b) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There are

9 authorized to be appropriated $200,000,000 for fiscal year

10 1995, and such sums as may be necessary for the 4 succeed11 ing fiscal years, to carry out this section.

12 (c) LOCAL USES OF GRANT FUNDS.—Each local edu13 cational agency receiving assistance under this section may

14 use such assistance—

15 (1) to acquire connectivity linkages, and re16 sources and services, including the acquisition of

17 hardware and software, for use by teachers, students

18 and library media personnel in the classroom or in

19 school library media centers, in order to improve stu20 dent learning by supporting the instructional pro21 gram offered by such agency to ensure that students

22 in schools will have meaningful access on a regular

23 basis to such linkages, resources and services;

24 (2) for ongoing professional development in the

25 integration of quality instructional educational tech-
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1 nologies into school curriculum and long-term plan2 ning for implementing educational technologies; and

3 (3) to acquire connectivity with wide area net4 works for purposes of accessing information and edu5 cational programming sources.

6 (d) LOCAL APPLICATIONS.—Each local educational

7 agency desiring assistance under this section shall submit

8 an application consistent with the objectives of the systemic

9 statewide plan to the State educational agency at such time

10 and in such manner as such agency may prescribe. Such

11 application, at a minimum, shall—

12 (1) include a strategic, long-range (3- to 5-year),

13 plan that includes—

14 (A) a description of the type of technologies

15 to be acquired, including specific provisions for

16 interoperability among components of such tech17 nologies and, to the extent practicable, with ex18 isting technologies;

19 (B) an explanation of how the acquired

20 technologies will be integrated into the curricu21 lum to help the local educational agency enhance

22 teaching, training, and student achievement;

23 (C) an explanation of how programs will be

24 developed in collaboration with existing adult

25 literacy services providers to maximize the use of
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1 such technologies at times other than the regular

2 school day;

3 (D)(i) a description of how the local edu4 cational agency will ensure ongoing, sustained

5 professional development for teachers, adminis6 trators, and school library media personnel

7 served by the local educational agency to further

8 the use of technology in the classroom or library

9 media center; and

10 (ii) a list of the source or sources of ongoing

11 training and technical assistance available to

12 schools, teachers and administrators served by

13 the local educational agency, such as State tech14 nology offices, intermediate educational support

15 units, regional educational laboratories or insti16 tutions of higher education;

17 (E) a description of the supporting re18 sources, such as services, software and print re19 sources, which will be acquired to ensure success20 ful and effective use of technologies acquired

21 under this section;

22 (F) the projected timetable for implementing

23 such plan in schools;
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1 (G) the projected cost of technologies to be

2 acquired and related expenses needed to imple3 ment such plan; and

4 (H) a description of how the local edu5 cational agency will coordinate the technology

6 provided pursuant to this title with other grant

7 funds available for technology from State and

8 local sources;

9 (2) describe how the local educational agency

10 will involve parents, public libraries, business leaders

11 and community leaders in the development of such

12 plan;

13 (3) describe how the acquired instructionally

14 based technologies will help the local educational

15 agency—

16 (A) promote equity in education in order to

17 support challenging State content standards and

18 challenging State student performance standards

19 that may be developed; and

20 (B) provide access for both teachers and stu21 dents to the best teaching practices and curricu22 lum resources through technology; and

23 (4) describe a process for the ongoing evaluation

24 of how technologies acquired under this section—
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1 (A) will be integrated into the school cur2 riculum; and

3 (B) will affect student achievement and

4 progress toward meeting the National Education

5 Goals and any challenging State content stand6 ards and challenging State student performance

7 standards that may be developed.

8 SEC. 303. REGIONAL TECHNICAL SUPPORT AND PROFES9 SIONAL DEVELOPMENT.

10 (a) GRANTS AUTHORIZED.—

11 (1) AUTHORITY.—The Secretary, through the Of12 fice of Educational Technology, shall make grants, on

13 a competitive basis, to regional educational tech14 nology assistance consortia in accordance with the

15 provisions of this section. In awarding grants under

16 this section, the Secretary shall ensure that each geo17 graphic region of the United States shall be served by

18 such a consortium.

19 (2) REQUIREMENTS.—Each consortium receiving

20 a grant under this section shall—

21 (A) be composed of State educational agen22 cies, institutions of higher education, nonprofit

23 organizations, or a combination thereof; and

24 (B) in cooperation with State and local

25 educational agencies, develop a regional program
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1 that addresses professional development, tech2 nical assistance, and information resource dis3 semination, with special emphasis on meeting

4 the documented needs of educators and learners

5 in the region.

6 (3) SPECIAL RULE.—Each consortium receiving

7 a grant under this section shall use not less than 80

8 percent of the grant funds to carry out paragraph (2)

9 of subsection (b).

10 (b) FUNCTIONS.—

11 (1) TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE.—Each consortium

12 receiving a grant under this section shall—

13 (A) collaborate with State educational agen14 cies and local educational agencies requesting

15 collaboration, in the development of systemic

16 statewide plans described in section 316 of the

17 Goals 2000: Educate America Act, particularly

18 in the development of strategies for assisting

19 those schools with the highest percentages of dis20 advantaged students with little or no access to

21 technology in the classroom;

22 (B) provide information, in coordination

23 with information available from the Secretary,

24 to States, local educational agencies, and schools

25 on the types and features of various educational
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1 technology equipment and software available,

2 evaluate and make recommendations on equip3 ment and software that support the National

4 Education Goals and are suited for a school’s

5 particular needs, and compile and share infor6 mation regarding creative and effective applica7 tions of technology in the classroom in order to

8 support the purposes of this Act;

9 (C) collaborate with such State educational

10 agencies, local educational agencies, or schools,

11 requesting to participate in the tailoring of soft12 ware programs and other supporting materials

13 to meet State curriculum standards (if a State

14 has such standards) and individual needs of

15 schools and students; and

16 (D) provide technical assistance to facilitate

17 use of the electronic dissemination networks by

18 State and local educational agencies and schools

19 throughout the region.

20 (2) PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT.—Each con21 sortium receiving a grant under this section shall—

22 (A) develop and implement, in collaboration

23 with State educational agencies and institutions

24 of higher education, technology specific, ongoing

25 professional development, such as—
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1 (i) intensive school year and summer

2 workshops that use teachers to train other

3 teachers; and

4 (ii) distance educational professional

5 development, including—

6 (I) interactive satellite training

7 telecourses using researchers, educators,

8 and telecommunications personnel who

9 have experience in developing, imple10 menting, or operating educational and

11 instructional technology as a learning

12 tool;

13 (II) onsite courses teaching teach14 ers to use educational and instruc15 tional technology and to develop their

16 own instructional materials for effec17 tively incorporating technology and

18 programming in their own classrooms;

19 (III) methods for successful inte20 gration of instructional technology into

21 the curriculum in order to improve

22 student learning and achievement; and

23 (IV) video conferences and semi24 nars which offer professional develop25 ment through peer interaction with ex-
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1 perts as well as other teachers using

2 technologies in their classrooms;

3 (B) develop training resources that—

4 (i) are relevant to the needs of the re5 gion and schools within the region;

6 (ii) are relevant to the needs of adult

7 literacy staff and volunteers, including on8 site courses on how to use instructional

9 technology and developing instructional ma10 terials for adult learning; and

11 (iii) are aligned with the needs of

12 teachers and administrators in the region,

13 including teachers and administrators from

14 public and private schools;

15 (C) establish a repository of professional de16 velopment and technical assistance resources;

17 (D) identify and link technical assistance

18 providers to State and local educational agen19 cies, as needed;

20 (E) provide followup to ensure that train21 ing, professional development, and technical as22 sistance meet the needs of educators and students

23 served by the region; and

24 (F) assist colleges and universities within

25 the region to develop and implement preservice
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1 training programs for students enrolled in teach2 er education programs.

3 (3) INFORMATION AND RESOURCE DISSEMINA4 TION.—Each consortium receiving a grant under this

5 section shall—

6 (A) assist State and local educational agen7 cies in the identification and procurement of fi8 nancial, technological and human resources

9 needed to implement technology plans;

10 (B) provide outreach, and, at the request of

11 a State or local educational agency, work with

12 such agency to assist in the development and val13 idation of instructionally based technology edu14 cation resources; and

15 (C) coordinate activities and establish part16 nerships with organizations and institutions of

17 higher education that represent the interests of

18 the region as such interests pertain to the appli19 cation of technology in teaching, learning, in20 structional management, dissemination, collec21 tion and distribution of educational statistics,

22 and the transfer of student information.

23 (4) COORDINATION.—Each consortium receiving

24 a grant under this section shall work collaboratively,

25 and coordinate the services the consortium provides,
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1 with appropriate entities assisted in whole or in part

2 by the Department of Education.

3 (5) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—

4 There are authorized to be appropriated $50,000,000

5 for the fiscal year 1995, and such sums as may be

6 necessary for each of the 4 succeeding fiscal years, to

7 carry out this section.

8 TITLE IV—EDUCATIONAL TECH9 NOLOGY PRODUCT DEVELOP10 MENT, PRODUCTION, AND

11 DISTRIBUTION

12 SEC. 401. STATEMENT OF PURPOSE.

13 It is the purpose of this title to support development,

14 production, and distribution of technology-enhanced cur15 riculum, and instruction and administrative support re16 sources and services, by—

17 (1) establishing as a priority for federally sup18 ported education technology programs the develop19 ment (as opposed to research) of such programs;

20 (2) authorizing support for the development, pro21 duction and distribution of technology-enhanced in22 structional resources and services under this title; and

23 (3) reauthorizing the Star Schools Program As24 sistance Act.
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1 SEC. 402. EDUCATIONAL TECHNOLOGY PRODUCT DEVELOP2 MENT.

3 (a) PURPOSE.—It is the purpose of this section to—

4 (1) support development of curriculum-based

5 learning resources using state-of-the-art technologies

6 and techniques designed to improve student learning;

7 and

8 (2) support development of long-term comprehen9 sive instructional programming and associated sup10 port resources that ensure maximum access by all

11 educational institutions.

12 (b) FEDERAL ASSISTANCE AUTHORIZED.—

13 (1) AUTHORITY.—The Secretary, through the Of14 fice of Educational Technology, shall award grants,

15 on a competitive basis, to eligible consortia to pay the

16 Federal share of the cost of the development, produc17 tion, and distribution of instructional programming

18 for students, and the development of programming for

19 teachers, which incorporates state-of-the-art applica20 tions of advanced technology-enhanced learning re21 sources, including educational radio and television.

22 (2) ELIGIBLE CONSORTIUM.—For the purpose of

23 this subsection the term ‘‘eligible consortium’’ means

24 a consortium—

25 (A) that shall include—
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1 (i) a State or local educational agency;

2 and

3 (ii) a business, industry or tele4 communications entity; and

5 (B) that may include—

6 (i) a public or private nonprofit orga7 nization; or

8 (ii) a postsecondary institution.

9 (3) PRIORITY.—In awarding grants under this

10 section, the Secretary shall give priority to applica11 tions describing programs or systems that are devel12 oped—

13 (A) so that the program or system may be

14 adapted and applied nationally at a reasonable

15 cost over a broad technology platform;

16 (B) to raise the achievement levels of all

17 students, particularly students who are not real18 izing their potential;

19 (C) in consultation with classroom teachers;

20 (D) through consultation and collaboration

21 with appropriate education entities in designing

22 the program or system to ensure relevance to the

23 voluntary national content standards, the vol24 untary national student performance standards

25 and State curriculum frameworks; and
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1 (E) so that the program or system can be

2 adapted for use by adults in need of literacy

3 services, including English as a second language

4 and preparation for a high school diploma or its

5 equivalent.

6 (4) MATCHING REQUIREMENT.—The Secretary

7 may require any recipient of a grant or contract

8 under this title to share in the cost of the activities

9 assisted under such grant or contract, which non-Fed10 eral share shall be announced through a notice in the

11 Federal Register and may be in the form of cash or

12 in-kind contributions, fairly valued.

13 (5) REQUIREMENTS FOR FEDERAL ASSIST14 ANCE.—Each eligible consortium desiring Federal as15 sistance under this section shall submit an applica16 tion to the Secretary at such time and in such man17 ner as the Secretary may prescribe. Each application

18 shall include—

19 (A) a description of how the program or

20 system plans to improve the achievement levels of

21 students;

22 (B) a description of how the activities as23 sisted under this section will promote profes24 sional development of teachers and administra25 tors in the uses and applications of the program
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1 or system, including the development of training

2 materials;

3 (C) a description of design, development,

4 field testing, evaluation, and distribution of

5 products, where appropriate;

6 (D) an assurance that the program or sys7 tem shall effectively serve a significant number

8 or percentage of economically disadvantaged stu9 dents;

10 (E) plans for dissemination to a wide audi11 ence of learners; and

12 (F) provisions for closed captioning or de13 scriptive video, where appropriate.

14 (c) CONSUMER REPORT.—The Secretary shall dissemi15 nate information about products developed pursuant to pro16 visions of this section to State and local educational agen17 cies, and other organizations or individuals that the Sec18 retary determines to be appropriate, through print and elec19 tronic media that are accessible to the education community

20 at large.

21 (d) ROYALTIES.—Notwithstanding any other provi22 sion of law, any royalties paid to any State or local edu23 cational agency as a result of assistance provided under this

24 section shall be used by such agency for further development
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1 of curriculum-based learning resources authorized by this

2 section.

3 (e) PROGRAM RELATED OPERATING FUNDS FOR

4 INSTRUCTIONAL TEACHER TRAINING (PROFIT).—The Sec5 retary shall allow an eligible consortium to receive a finan6 cial benefit from the distribution of programming assisted

7 under this section. Such benefit shall be used by the eligible

8 consortium to support further development of curriculum9 specific programming and to provide greater access to a

10 wider audience of educational programming.

11 (f) AUTHORIZATION OF FUNDS.—There are authorized

12 to be appropriated $50,000,000 for the fiscal year 1995, and

13 such sums as may be necessary for each of the 4 succeeding

14 fiscal years, to carry out this section.

15 SEC. 403. STAR SCHOOLS PROGRAM.

16 The Star Schools Program Assistance Act (20 U.S.C.

17 4081 et seq.) is amended to read as follows:

18 ‘‘TITLE IX—STAR SCHOOLS

19 PROGRAM

20 ‘‘SEC. 901. SHORT TITLE.

21 ‘‘This title may be cited as the ‘Star Schools Program

22 Assistance Act’.

23 ‘‘SEC. 902. PURPOSE.

24 ‘‘It is the purpose of this title to encourage improved

25 instruction in mathematics, science, and foreign languages
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1 as well as other subjects, such as literacy skills and voca2 tional education, and to serve underserved populations, in3 cluding the disadvantaged, illiterate, limited-English pro4 ficient, and disabled, through a star schools program under

5 which grants are made to eligible telecommunication part6 nerships to enable such partnerships to—

7 ‘‘(1) develop, construct, acquire, maintain and

8 operate telecommunications audio and visual facili9 ties and equipment;

10 ‘‘(2) develop and acquire educational and in11 structional programming; and

12 ‘‘(3) obtain technical assistance for the use of

13 such facilities and instructional programming.

14 ‘‘SEC. 903. GRANTS AUTHORIZED.

15 ‘‘(a) AUTHORITY.—The Secretary, through the Office

16 of Educational Technology, is authorized to make grants,

17 in accordance with the provisions of this title, to eligible

18 telecommunications partnerships to pay the Federal share

19 of the cost of—

20 ‘‘(1) the development, construction, acquisition,

21 maintenance and operation of telecommunications fa22 cilities and equipment;

23 ‘‘(2) the development and acquisition of live,

24 interactive instructional programming;
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1 ‘‘(3) the development and acquisition of

2 preservice and inservice teacher training programs

3 based on established research regarding teacher-to4 teacher mentoring, effective skill transfer, and ongo5 ing, in-class instruction;

6 ‘‘(4) the establishment of teleconferencing facili7 ties and resources for broadcasting interactive train8 ing to teachers;

9 ‘‘(5) obtaining technical assistance; and

10 ‘‘(6) the coordination of the design and

11 connectivity of telecommunications networks to reach

12 the greatest number of schools.

13 ‘‘(b) DURATION.—

14 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall award

15 grants pursuant to subsection (a) for a period of 5

16 years.

17 ‘‘(2) RENEWAL.—Grants awarded pursuant to

18 subsection (a) may be renewed for 1 additional 5-year

19 period.

20 ‘‘(c) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—

21 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—There are authorized to be

22 appropriated $35,000,000 for fiscal year 1995, and

23 such sums as may be necessary for each of the 4 suc24 ceeding fiscal years, to carry out this title.
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1 ‘‘(2) AVAILABILITY.—Funds appropriated pursu2 ant to the authority of subsection (a) shall remain

3 available until expended.

4 ‘‘(d) LIMITATIONS.—

5 ‘‘(1) AMOUNT.—A grant made to an eligible tele6 communications partnership under this title shall not

7 exceed $5,000,000 in any 1 fiscal year.

8 ‘‘(2) RESERVATIONS.—

9 ‘‘(A) INSTRUCTIONAL PROGRAMMING.—Not

10 less than 25 percent of the funds available to the

11 Secretary in any fiscal year under this title shall

12 be used for the cost of instructional program13 ming.

14 ‘‘(B) FACILITIES AND EQUIPMENT.—Not less

15 than 25 percent of the funds available to the Sec16 retary in any fiscal year under this title shall be

17 used for telecommunications facilities and equip18 ment.

19 ‘‘(3) SPECIAL RULE.—Not less than 50 percent of

20 the funds available in any fiscal year under this title

21 shall be used for the cost of facilities, equipment,

22 teacher training or retraining, technical assistance, or

23 programming, for local educational agencies which

24 are eligible to receive assistance under chapter 1 of
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1 title I of the Elementary and Secondary Education

2 Act of 1965.

3 ‘‘(e) FEDERAL SHARE.—

4 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Federal share for any

5 fiscal year shall be not more than 75 percent.

6 ‘‘(2) WAIVER.—The Secretary may reduce or

7 waive the requirements of the non-Federal share re8 quired under paragraph (1) for good cause, as deter9 mined by the Secretary.

10 ‘‘(f) COORDINATION.—The Department of Education,

11 the National Science Foundation, the Department of Agri12 culture, and any other Federal department or agency oper13 ating a telecommunications network for educational pur14 poses, shall coordinate the activities assisted under this title

15 with the activities of such department or agency relating

16 to a telecommunications network for educational purposes.

17 ‘‘(g) CLOSED CAPTIONING AND DESCRIPTIVE VIDEO.—

18 Each entity receiving funds under this title is encouraged

19 to provide—

20 ‘‘(1) closed captioning of the verbal content of

21 such program, where appropriate, to be broadcast by

22 way of line 21 of the vertical blanking interval, or by

23 way of comparable successor technologies; and

24 ‘‘(2) descriptive video of the visual content of

25 such program, as appropriate.
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1 ‘‘SEC. 904. ELIGIBLE TELECOMMUNICATIONS PARTNER2 SHIPS.

3 ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—In order to be eligible for a grant

4 under this title, an eligible telecommunications partnership

5 shall consist of—

6 ‘‘(1) a public agency or corporation established

7 for the purposes of developing and operating tele8 communications services to enhance educational op9 portunities provided by educational institutions,

10 teacher training centers, and other entities, except

11 that any such agency or corporation shall represent

12 the interest of elementary and secondary schools

13 which are eligible for assistance under chapter 1 of

14 title I of the Elementary and Secondary Education

15 Act of 1965; or

16 ‘‘(2) a partnership that will provide tele17 communications services and which includes 3 or

18 more of the following entities, at least 1 of which shall

19 be an agency described in subparagraph (A) or (B):

20 ‘‘(A) a local educational agency serving a

21 significant number of elementary and secondary

22 schools that are eligible for assistance under

23 chapter 1 of title 1 of the Elementary and Sec24 ondary Education Act of 1965 or elementary

25 and secondary schools operated for Indian chil-
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1 dren by the Department of Interior under section

2 1005(d) of such Act;

3 ‘‘(B) a State educational agency;

4 ‘‘(C) an institution of higher education or a

5 State higher education agency;

6 ‘‘(D) a teacher training center or academy

7 which—

8 ‘‘(i) provides teacher preservice and in9 service training; and

10 ‘‘(ii) receives Federal financial assist11 ance or has been approved by a State agen12 cy;

13 ‘‘(E)(i) a public or private entity with ex14 perience and expertise in the planning and oper15 ation of a telecommunications service, including

16 entities involved in telecommunications through

17 satellite, cable, telephone or computers; or

18 ‘‘(ii) a public broadcasting entity with such

19 experience; or

20 ‘‘(F) a public or private elementary or sec21 ondary school.

22 ‘‘(b) SPECIAL RULE.—An eligible telecommunications

23 partnership shall be organized on a statewide or multistate

24 basis.
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1 ‘‘SEC. 905. APPLICATIONS.

2 ‘‘(a) APPLICATIONS REQUIRED.—Each eligible tele3 communications partnership which desires to receive a

4 grant under section 903 shall submit an application to the

5 Secretary, at such time, in such manner, and containing

6 or accompanied by such information as the Secretary may

7 reasonably require.

8 ‘‘(b) CONTENTS OF THE APPLICATION.—Each applica9 tion submitted pursuant to subsection (a) shall—

10 ‘‘(1) describe the telecommunications facilities

11 and equipment and technical assistance for which as12 sistance is sought, which may include—

13 ‘‘(A) the design, development, construction,

14 acquisition, maintenance and operation of State

15 or multistate educational telecommunications

16 networks and technology resource centers;

17 ‘‘(B) microwave, fiber optics, cable, and sat18 ellite transmission equipment or any combina19 tion thereof;

20 ‘‘(C) reception facilities;

21 ‘‘(D) satellite time;

22 ‘‘(E) production facilities;

23 ‘‘(F) other telecommunications equipment

24 capable of serving a wide geographic area;

25 ‘‘(G) the provision of training services to

26 instructors who will be using the facilities and
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1 equipment for which assistance is sought, includ2 ing training in using such facilities and equip3 ment and training in integrating programs into

4 the classroom curriculum; and

5 ‘‘(H) the development of educational pro6 gramming for use on a telecommunications net7 work;

8 ‘‘(2) in the case of an application for assistance

9 for instructional programming, describe the types of

10 programming which will be developed to enhance in11 struction and training and provide assurances that

12 such programming will be designed in consultation

13 with professionals (including classroom teachers) who

14 are experts in the applicable subject matter and grade

15 level;

16 ‘‘(3) demonstrate that the eligible telecommuni17 cations partnership has engaged in sufficient survey

18 and analysis of the area to be served to ensure that

19 the services offered by the eligible telecommunications

20 partnership will increase the availability of courses of

21 instruction in mathematics, science, and foreign lan22 guages, as well as other subjects to be offered;

23 ‘‘(4) describe the training policies for teachers

24 and other school personnel to be implemented to en-
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1 sure the effective use of telecommunications facilities

2 and equipment for which assistance is sought;

3 ‘‘(5) provide assurances that the financial inter4 est of the United States in the telecommunications fa5 cilities and equipment will be protected for the useful

6 life of such facilities and equipment;

7 ‘‘(6) provide assurances that a significant por8 tion of any facilities and equipment, technical assist9 ance, and programming for which assistance is sought

10 for elementary and secondary schools will be made

11 available to schools or local educational agencies

12 which have a high percentage of children eligible to be

13 counted under chapter 1 of title I of the Elementary

14 and Secondary Education Act of 1965;

15 ‘‘(7) describe the manner in which traditionally

16 underserved students, such as students who are dis17 advantaged, limited-English proficient, disabled, or

18 illiterate, will participate in the benefits of the tele19 communications facilities, equipment, technical as20 sistance, and programming assisted under this title;

21 ‘‘(8) provide assurances that the applicant will

22 use the funds provided under this title to supplement

23 and not supplant funds otherwise available for the

24 purposes of this title;
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1 ‘‘(9) if any member of the consortia is receiving

2 assistance under section 302 of the Technology for

3 Education Act of 1994, describe how funds received

4 under this title will be coordinated with funds re5 ceived for educational technology in the classroom

6 under section 302 of such Act;

7 ‘‘(10) describe the activities or services for which

8 assistance is sought, including activities and services

9 such as—

10 ‘‘(A) providing facilities, equipment, train11 ing, services, and technical assistance described

12 in paragraphs (1), (2), (4) and (7);

13 ‘‘(B) making programs accessible to indi14 viduals with disabilities through mechanisms

15 such as closed captioning and descriptive video

16 services;

17 ‘‘(C) linking networks together, for example,

18 around an issue of national importance, such as

19 national elections;

20 ‘‘(D) sharing curriculum resources between

21 networks and development of program guides

22 which demonstrate cooperative, cross-network

23 listing of programs for specific curriculum areas;

24 ‘‘(E) providing teacher and student support

25 services including classroom and training sup-
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1 port materials which permit student and teacher

2 involvement in the live interactive distance

3 learning telecasts;

4 ‘‘(F) incorporating community resources,

5 such as libraries and museums, into instruc6 tional programs;

7 ‘‘(G) providing teacher training to early

8 childhood development and Head Start teachers

9 and staff;

10 ‘‘(H) providing teacher training to voca11 tional education teachers and staff;

12 ‘‘(I) providing teacher training on proposed

13 or established voluntary national content stand14 ards in mathematics and science and other dis15 ciplines as such standards are developed;

16 ‘‘(J) providing programs for adults at times

17 other than the regular school day in order to

18 maximize the use of telecommunications facilities

19 and equipment; and

20 ‘‘(K) providing parent education programs

21 during and after the regular school day which

22 reinforce the student’s course of study and ac23 tively involve parents in the learning process;

24 and
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1 ‘‘(11) include such additional assurances as the

2 Secretary may reasonably require.

3 ‘‘(c) APPROVAL OF APPLICATION; PRIORITY.—The Sec4 retary, in approving applications under this title, shall give

5 priority to applications which demonstrate that—

6 ‘‘(1) a concentration and quality of mathematics,

7 science, and foreign languages resources which, by

8 their distribution through the eligible telecommuni9 cations partnership, will offer significant new edu10 cational opportunities to network participants, par11 ticularly to traditionally underserved populations

12 and areas with scarce resources and limited access to

13 courses in mathematics, science, and foreign lan14 guages;

15 ‘‘(2) the eligible telecommunications partnership

16 has secured the direct cooperation and involvement of

17 public and private educational institutions, State and

18 local government, and industry in planning the net19 work;

20 ‘‘(3) the eligible telecommunications partnership

21 will serve the broadest range of institutions, including

22 in the case of elementary and secondary schools, those

23 elementary and secondary schools having a signifi24 cant number of students eligible to be counted under

25 chapter 1 of title I of the Elementary and Secondary
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1 Education Act of 1965, programs providing instruc2 tion outside of the school setting, institutions of higher

3 education, teacher training centers, research insti4 tutes, and private industry;

5 ‘‘(4) a significant number of educational institu6 tions have agreed to participate or will participate in

7 the use of the telecommunications system for which

8 assistance is sought;

9 ‘‘(5) the eligible telecommunications partnership

10 will have substantial academic and teaching capabili11 ties, including the capability of training, retraining,

12 and inservice upgrading of teaching skills and the ca13 pability to provide professional development leading

14 to comprehensive effective instructional strategies,

15 outcomes-based curriculum and parenting practices;

16 ‘‘(6) the eligible telecommunications partnership

17 will—

18 ‘‘(A) provide a comprehensive range of

19 courses for educators to teach instructional strat20 egies for students with different skill levels;

21 ‘‘(B) provide training to participating edu22 cators in ways to integrate telecommunications

23 courses into existing school curriculum; and

24 ‘‘(C) provide instruction for students, teach25 ers, and parents;
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1 ‘‘(7) the eligible telecommunications partnership

2 will serve a multistate area;

3 ‘‘(8) the eligible telecommunications partnership

4 will give priority to the provision of equipment and

5 linkages to isolated areas;

6 ‘‘(9) a telecommunications entity (such as a sat7 ellite, cable, telephone, computer, or public or private

8 television stations) will participate in the partnership

9 and will donate equipment or in kind services for

10 telecommunications linkages; and

11 ‘‘(10) the eligible telecommunications partner12 ship will, in providing services with assistance under

13 this title, meet the needs of groups of individuals tra14 ditionally excluded from careers in mathematics and

15 science because of discrimination, inaccessibility, or

16 economically disadvantaged backgrounds.

17 ‘‘(d) GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION.—In approving ap18 plications under this title, the Secretary shall assure an eq19 uitable geographic distribution of grants under this title.

20 ‘‘SEC. 906. LEADERSHIP AND EVALUATION ACTIVITIES.

21 ‘‘(a) RESERVATION.—From the amount appropriated

22 pursuant to the authority of section 903(c)(1) in each fiscal

23 year, the Secretary may reserve not more than 5 percent

24 of such amount for national leadership, evaluation, and

25 peer review activities.
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1 ‘‘(b) METHOD OF FUNDING.—The Secretary may fund

2 the activities described in subsection (a) directly or through

3 grants, contracts, and cooperative agreements.

4 ‘‘(c) USES OF FUNDS.—

5 ‘‘(1) LEADERSHIP.—Funds reserved for leader6 ship activities under subsection (a) may be used for—

7 ‘‘(A) disseminating information, including

8 lists and descriptions of services available from

9 recipients; and

10 ‘‘(B) other activities designed to enhance the

11 quality of distance learning activities nation12 wide.

13 ‘‘(2) EVALUATION.—Funds reserved for evalua14 tion activities under subsection (a) may be used to

15 conduct independent evaluations of the activities as16 sisted under this title and of distance learning in gen17 eral, including—

18 ‘‘(A) analyses of distance learning efforts,

19 including such efforts that are assisted under

20 this title and such efforts that are not assisted

21 under this title; and

22 ‘‘(B) comparisons of the effects, including

23 student outcomes, of different technologies in dis24 tance learning efforts.
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1 ‘‘(3) PEER REVIEW.—Funds reserved for peer re2 view activities under subsection (a) may be used for

3 peer review of—

4 ‘‘(A) applications for grants under this

5 title; and

6 ‘‘(B) activities assisted under this title.

7 ‘‘SEC. 907. ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS.

8 ‘‘(a) CONTINUING ELIGIBILITY.—

9 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—In order to be eligible to re10 ceive a grant under this title for a second 5-year

11 grant period an eligible telecommunications partner12 ship shall demonstrate in the application submitted

13 pursuant to section 905 that such partnership will—

14 ‘‘(A) continue to provide services in the sub15 ject areas and geographic areas assisted with

16 funds received under this title for the previous 5-

17 year grant period; and

18 ‘‘(B) use all grant funds received under this

19 title for the second 5-year grant period to pro20 vide expanded services by—

21 ‘‘(i) increasing the number of students,

22 schools or school districts served by the

23 courses of instruction assisted under this

24 title in the previous fiscal year;
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1 ‘‘(ii) providing new courses of instruc2 tion; and

3 ‘‘(iii) serving new populations of un4 derserved individuals, such as children or

5 adults who are disadvantaged, have limited6 English proficiency, are disabled, are illit7 erate, or lack high school diplomas or their

8 equivalent.

9 ‘‘(2) SPECIAL RULES.—Grant funds received

10 pursuant to the application of paragraph (1) shall be

11 used to supplement and not supplant services pro12 vided by the recipient under this title in the previous

13 fiscal year.

14 ‘‘(b) FEDERAL ACTIVITIES.—The Secretary may assist

15 grant recipients under this title in acquiring satellite time,

16 where appropriate, as economically as possible.

17 ‘‘SEC. 908. OTHER ASSISTANCE.

18 ‘‘(a) SPECIAL STATEWIDE NETWORK.—

19 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary, through the

20 Office of Educational Technology, may provide assist21 ance to a statewide telecommunications network

22 under this subsection if such network—

23 ‘‘(A) provides 2-way full motion interactive

24 video and audio communications;
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1 ‘‘(B) links together public colleges and uni2 versities and secondary schools throughout the

3 State; and

4 ‘‘(C) meets any other requirements deter5 mined appropriate by the Secretary.

6 ‘‘(2) STATE CONTRIBUTION.—A statewide tele7 communications network assisted under paragraph

8 (1) shall contribute, either directly or through private

9 contributions, non-Federal funds equal to not less

10 than 50 percent of the cost of such network.

11 ‘‘(b) SPECIAL LOCAL NETWORK.—

12 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary may provide

13 assistance, on a competitive basis, to a local edu14 cational agency or consortium thereof to enable such

15 agency or consortium to establish a high technology

16 demonstration program.

17 ‘‘(2) PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS.—A high tech18 nology demonstration program assisted under para19 graph (1) shall—

20 ‘‘(A) include 2-way full motion interactive

21 video, audio and text communications;

22 ‘‘(B) link together elementary and second23 ary schools, colleges, and universities;

24 ‘‘(C) provide parent participation and fam25 ily programs;
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1 ‘‘(D) include a staff development program;

2 and

3 ‘‘(E) have a significant contribution and

4 participation from business and industry.

5 ‘‘(3) SPECIAL RULE.—Each high technology dem6 onstration program assisted under paragraph (1)

7 shall be of sufficient size and scope to have an effect

8 on meeting the National Education Goals.

9 ‘‘(4) MATCHING REQUIREMENT.—A local edu10 cational agency or consortium receiving a grant

11 under paragraph (1) shall provide, either directly or

12 through private contributions, non-Federal matching

13 funds equal to not less than 50 percent of the amount

14 of the grant.

15 ‘‘SEC. 909. DEFINITIONS.

16 ‘‘As used in this title—

17 ‘‘(1) the term ‘educational institution’ means an

18 institution of higher education, a local educational

19 agency, or a State educational agency;

20 ‘‘(2) the term ‘institution of higher education’

21 has the same meaning given that term by section

22 1201 of the Higher Education Act of 1965;

23 ‘‘(3) the term ‘local educational agency’ has the

24 same meaning given that term by section 1471 of the

25 Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965;
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1 ‘‘(4) the term ‘instructional programming’

2 means courses of instruction, training courses, and

3 resources used in such instruction and training,

4 which have been prepared in audio and visual form

5 on tape, disc, film, live, and presented by means of

6 telecommunications devices;

7 ‘‘(5) the term ‘public broadcasting entity’ has the

8 same meaning given that term by section 397 of the

9 Communications Act of 1934;

10 ‘‘(6) the term ‘Secretary’ means the Secretary of

11 Education;

12 ‘‘(7) the term ‘State educational agency’ has the

13 same meaning given that term under section 1471 of

14 the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of

15 1965; and

16 ‘‘(8) the term ‘State’ means each of the several

17 States, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth

18 of Puerto Rico, Guam, American Samoa, the Virgin

19 Islands, the Republic of the Marshall Islands, the Fed20 erated States of Micronesia, the Republic of Palau,

21 and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Is22 lands.’’.
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1 TITLE V—EDUCATIONAL APPLI2 CATIONS OF ADVANCED

3 TECHNOLOGIES AND NET4 WORKS

5 SEC. 501. STATEMENT OF PURPOSE.

6 It is the purpose of this title to—

7 (1) provide direction and support for the conduct

8 of research on advanced educational technologies;

9 (2) provide support for long-term comprehensive

10 educational applications of advanced high perform11 ance computer and communication technologies and

12 video technologies in support of the core subjects of the

13 National Education Goals;

14 (3) ensure that high performance computing and

15 telecommunications networks, including information

16 highways, are developed with due consideration to the

17 needs of elementary and secondary education, facili18 tate educational uses, and provide access to class19 rooms and libraries in elementary and secondary

20 schools, in order to improve student learning; and

21 (4) assess the effectiveness of technology in edu22 cation programs.
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1 SEC. 502. RESEARCH ON EDUCATIONAL APPLICATIONS OF

2 ADVANCED TECHNOLOGIES.

3 (a) GENERAL AUTHORITY.—The Secretary, consistent

4 with the overall national technology policy established by

5 the President, and in cooperation with other Federal de6 partments and agencies, is authorized to support research

7 on educational applications of advanced learning tech8 nologies.

9 (b) GRANTS AUTHORIZED.—The Secretary, through

10 the Office of Educational Technology, shall award grants

11 to or enter into contracts for research projects intended to

12 develop educational applications of advanced technologies.

13 (c) APPLICATION.—Each entity desiring assistance

14 under this section shall submit to the Secretary an applica15 tion at such time, in such manner and accompanied by

16 such information as the Secretary may reasonably require.

17 Each such application shall—

18 (1) define clearly the scope and content of the

19 subject matter of the research and the relevance of the

20 advanced technology to such content;

21 (2) describe the potential market for both the

22 hardware and software developed under this section;

23 and

24 (3) assess the applications of the advanced tech25 nology in a way that will validate the technology’s

26 impact on student learning and achievement.
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1 (d) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There are

2 authorized to be appropriated $20,000,000 for fiscal year

3 1995, and such sums as may be necessary for each of the

4 4 succeeding fiscal years, to carry out this section.

5 SEC. 503. HIGH PERFORMANCE EDUCATIONAL COMPUTING

6 AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS NETWORKS.

7 (a) AUTHORITY.—

8 (1) IN GENERAL.—(A) The Secretary, consistent

9 with the overall national technology policy established

10 by the President, and in cooperation with other Fed11 eral departments and agencies, shall support the de12 velopment of an electronic network for the dissemina13 tion of educational information throughout the

14 United States, including information about effective

15 technology-enhanced programs, resources and services.

16 (B) In carrying out subparagraph (A) the Sec17 retary shall—

18 (i) to the extent possible, coordinate activi19 ties assisted under this section with other dis20 semination activities assisted by the Department

21 of Education in order to—

22 (I) avoid duplication; and

23 (II) utilize the existing resources of the

24 Department of Education;
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1 (ii) consult with educators, State and local

2 educational agencies, telecommunications provid3 ers, and other appropriate education entities

4 throughout the United States to determine infor5 mation requirements and policies for the effective

6 dissemination of information;

7 (iii) provide access to the existing Depart8 ment of Energy FEDIX/MOLIS Information

9 System regarding information about excess

10 equipment (computers and supporting materials)

11 within the Federal Government that are avail12 able for transfer to elementary and secondary

13 schools; and

14 (iv) make use of existing networks or devel15 oping networks, to the extent possible.

16 (2) REQUIREMENTS; SPECIFICATIONS; AND PRO17 TOTYPE OPERATIONS.—The Secretary is authorized

18 to—

19 (A) identify educational high performance

20 computing and telecommunications network re21 quirements;

22 (B) develop specifications for the implemen23 tation of such requirements within any national

24 telecommunications network;
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1 (C) establish prototype operations on exist2 ing networks to validate and further develop the

3 educational specifications which will facilitate

4 the use of such networks by kindergarten through

5 12th grade students, teachers, librarians, admin6 istrators, and parents;

7 (D) represent the needs and interests of ele8 mentary and secondary schools in the Federal

9 planning and development of a national infor10 mation infrastructure; and

11 (E) identify policy issues, such as commu12 nication rate structures and intellectual property

13 rights, that impact upon the ability of the public

14 schools to make effective use of the emerging in15 formation highways, and make recommendations

16 to the Secretary and the Congress regarding such

17 issues.

18 (b) TYPES OF GRANTS.—The Secretary, through the

19 Office of Educational Technology, shall award the following

20 types of grants:

21 (1) REQUIREMENTS GRANTS.—The Secretary

22 shall solicit proposals for and award grants to 1 or

23 more entities for the identification of educational high

24 performance computing and telecommunications net-
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1 work requirements. The solicitation shall request pro2 posals to—

3 (A) identify and describe existing and

4 planned educational high performance comput5 ing and telecommunications network efforts;

6 (B) identify potential uses of such networks

7 in kindergarten through 12th grade education by

8 schools throughout the United States;

9 (C) assess impediments to the development

10 of such networks in kindergarten through 12th

11 grade education, such as (i) technological im12 pediments, (ii) availability of technology-en13 hanced curriculum, instruction, and administra14 tive support resources and services in schools,

15 and (iii) parent, student, teacher and adminis16 trator attitudes toward technology-enhanced edu17 cation;

18 (D) assess the anticipated costs and benefits

19 to be derived from such network access in kinder20 garten through 12th grade education and rec21 ommend priorities for development of such net22 work; and

23 (E) identify the range of possible edu24 cational applications of, and potential sources of

25 funding for, both networks and information re-
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1 sources and databases that exist or are being de2 veloped by other Federal departments or agen3 cies.

4 (2) SPECIFICATIONS GRANTS.—The Secretary

5 shall solicit proposals for and award grants to 1 or

6 more entities for the design and development of edu7 cational specifications which may be used to ensure

8 educational access to any national educational high

9 performance computing and telecommunications net10 work. The solicitation shall request proposals to—

11 (A) incorporate—

12 (i) the findings of the grant recipients

13 under paragraph (1); and

14 (ii) the priorities recommended for

15 such networks by the Secretary consistent

16 with the overall national technology policy

17 established by the President;

18 (B) provide for design alternatives and

19 specifications that address—

20 (i) linkage of schools and communities

21 with each other, with central resource cen22 ters, and with Federal and State agencies

23 over existing or planned telecommuni24 cations networks;
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1 (ii) uses of alternative connectivity

2 modes, such as fiber optics, satellites, and

3 land-based broadcasting;

4 (iii) integrated uses of two-way inter5 active voice, video, and data communica6 tions;

7 (iv) uses of interactive multimedia;

8 (v) system capacity, such as maximum

9 telecommunications traffic in a variety of

10 use modes;

11 (vi) availability of needed technologies;

12 (vii) availability of support services;

13 and

14 (viii) assessment of the impact of pro15 posed educational access specifications on

16 existing or planned telecommunications net17 works; and

18 (C) provide comprehensive specifications

19 which will ensure educational access to any na20 tional educational high performance computing

21 and telecommunications network as the primary

22 deliverable product of the specifications grants

23 described in this paragraph.

24 (3) PROTOTYPE DEVELOPMENT GRANTS.—The

25 Secretary shall solicit proposals for and award grants
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1 to 1 or more entities for prototype operations on ex2 isting networks in order to validate and further de3 velop the educational specifications which will facili4 tate use of existing or planned educational high per5 formance communicating and telecommunications

6 networks by kindergarten through 12th grade stu7 dents, teachers, librarians, administrators, and par8 ents. The solicitation shall request proposals to—

9 (A) incorporate the design limits of the

10 comprehensive educational high performance

11 computing and telecommunications network

12 specifications developed by grant recipients

13 under paragraph (2);

14 (B) support prototype operations for at

15 least 1 year in a minimum of 5 test sites which

16 are selected to represent a variety of economic,

17 social, urban and rural settings;

18 (C) provide for inservice training and tech19 nical assistance during the period of prototype

20 operations;

21 (D) provide provisions for the identification

22 and correction of operational problems during

23 the period of prototype operations (including de24 sign flaws);
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1 (E) include a comprehensive evaluation of

2 all aspects of the prototype, including—

3 (i) design flaws;

4 (ii) training requirements, including

5 resources and strategies for initial and on6 going training;

7 (iii) technical support requirements;

8 (iv) financing constraints;

9 (v) availability and utility of informa10 tion resources and services accessed during

11 the prototype operations period;

12 (vi) factors which enhanced or impeded

13 prototype operations; and

14 (vii) an overall assessment of the im15 pact of such technology on the educational

16 process; and

17 (F) provide recommended revisions of the

18 Secretary’s educational high performance com19 puting and telecommunications network speci20 fications based on findings of the comprehensive

21 evaluation of prototype operations.

22 (c) TIMELINE.—The Secretary, through the Office of

23 Educational Technology, shall award grants under this sec24 tion as follows:
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1 (1) REQUIREMENT GRANTS.—The Secretary shall

2 award requirement grants under subsection (c)(1)

3 within 6 months of the date of enactment of this Act.

4 (2) DEVELOPMENT OF DESIGN SPECIFICA5 TIONS.—The Secretary shall award grants under sub6 section (c)(2) within 18 months of the date of enact7 ment of this Act.

8 (3) PROTOTYPE OPERATIONS.—The Secretary

9 shall award grants under subsection (c)(3) within 30

10 months of the date of enactment of this Act.

11 (d) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There are

12 authorized to be appropriated $7,500,000 for fiscal year

13 1995, $7,500,000 for fiscal year 1996, and $10,000,000 for

14 fiscal year 1997, to carry out this section.

15 TITLE VI—MISCELLANEOUS

16 SEC. 601. STUDY OF SYSTEMIC FUNDING ALTERNATIVES.

17 From amounts appropriated in any fiscal year pursu18 ant to the authority of section 231(d) of the Goals 2000:

19 Educate America Act, the Secretary, through the Office of

20 Educational Technology, shall conduct a study to evaluate,

21 and report to the Congress on, the feasibility of several alter22 native models for providing sustained and adequate fund23 ing for schools throughout the United States so that such

24 schools are able to acquire and maintain technology-en25 hanced curriculum, instruction, and administrative sup-
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1 port resources and services. Such report shall be submitted

2 to the Congress not later than 1 year after the date of enact3 ment of this Act.

4 SEC. 602. PARTICIPATION OF PRIVATE SCHOOL CHILDREN.

5 (a) PARTICIPATION OF PRIVATE SCHOOL CHIL6 DREN.—To the extent consistent with the number of chil7 dren who are enrolled in private nonprofit elementary or

8 secondary schools located in a geographic area served by

9 an entity receiving assistance under this Act, such entity

10 shall, after consultation with appropriate private school

11 representatives, make provision for including services and

12 arrangements for the benefit of such children and teachers,

13 administrators, and other school staff serving such children

14 as will assure the equitable participation of such individ15 uals in the purposes and benefits of this Act.

16 (b) WAIVER.—If by reason of any provision of State

17 law an entity receiving assistance under this Act is prohib18 ited from providing for the participation of children and

19 teachers, administrators, and other school staff serving such

20 children from private nonprofit schools as required by sub21 section (a), or if the Secretary determines that such entity

22 has substantially failed or is unwilling to provide for such

23 participation on an equitable basis, the Secretary shall

24 waive such requirements and shall arrange for the provision

25 of services to such individuals.
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