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103D CONGRESS

1ST SESSION H. R. 3403

To appoint a Director of Educational Technology in the Department of

Education and provide grants to States to improve the incorporation

of technology in education.

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

OCTOBER 28, 1993

Mr. GOODLING (for himself, Mr. GUNDERSON, and Mr. CASTLE) introduced

the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Education and

Labor

A BILL

To appoint a Director of Educational Technology in the

Department of Education and provide grants to States

to improve the incorporation of technology in education.

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

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Technology for Excel5 lence in Education Act’’.

6 SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS.

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

8 otherwise specified, shall have the same meaning given to
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1 such terms by section 1471 of the Elementary and Sec2 ondary Education Act of 1965.

3 (b) ADDITIONAL DEFINITIONS.—For the purposes of

4 this Act—

5 (1) the term ‘‘Director’’ means the Director of

6 Educational Technology as established in title I of

7 this Act; and

8 (2) the term ‘‘educational technology’’ includes

9 closed circuit television systems, public telecommuni10 cations entities, cable television, satellite, copper and

11 fiber optic transmission, computer hardware and

12 software, video and audio laser, and CD ROM disc,

13 video and audio tapes, and other technologies related

14 to educational services.

15 TITLE I—NATIONAL LEADER16 SHIP FOR EDUCATIONAL

17 TECHNOLOGY

18 SEC. 101. PURPOSES.

19 The purposes of this title are—

20 (1) to establish a national agenda for the use

21 of technology in education to assist all students in

22 attaining world-class academic standards as a means

23 to increasing academic achievement and learning

24 and reaching the National Education Goals;
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1 (2) to assure that all children in the United

2 States start school ready to learn;

3 (3) to increase the high school graduation rate

4 to at least 90 percent;

5 (4) to provide all students the opportunity to

6 demonstrate competency in challenging subject mat7 ter in core areas and ensure that all students learn

8 to use their minds well;

9 (5) to increase the mathematics and science

10 achievement of all students;

11 (6) to provide the opportunity for all adult

12 Americans to achieve literacy;

13 (7) to ensure that every school in the United

14 States is free of drugs and violence and will offer a

15 disciplined environment conducive to learning;

16 (8) to coordinate Federal programs—whose

17 support already accounts for 50 percent of all funds

18 used by schools to purchase software, integrated

19 learning systems, and hardware—that provide for

20 the development, purchase, or use of technology in

21 education, including programs administered by the

22 Department of Education and those administered by

23 other Federal Departments;

24 (9) to develop national standards and guidelines

25 for State and local educational agencies to guide fu-
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1 ture projects and coordinate existing projects to en2 sure the compatibility of education-related computer

3 and telecommunications networks on a national

4 level; and

5 (10) to permit funds distributed to the States

6 and localities under existing Federal programs to be

7 used for education-related technology purposes.

8 SEC. 102. DIRECTOR OF EDUCATIONAL TECHNOLOGY.

9 The Secretary shall appoint a Director of Edu10 cational Technology within the Department of Education.

11 The Director shall be compensated at an annual rate of

12 not less than a level GS–15 employee under section 5332

13 of title 5, United States Code.

14 SEC. 103. DUTIES OF DIRECTOR.

15 (a) DUTIES.—The duties of the Director of Edu16 cational Technology are—

17 (1) to provide national leadership regarding the

18 use of technology in education at all levels in achiev19 ing the National Education Goals, including—

20 (A) submission of an annual report to Con21 gress regarding education-related technology

22 use and recommendations for the continuation

23 of current and the development of future uses

24 of technology to achieve the National Education

25 Goals;
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1 (B) promotion of the use of technology to

2 achieve the National Education Goals in pro3 grams that receive Federal assistance, particu4 larly programs under chapters 1 and 2 of title

5 I and title II of the Elementary and Secondary

6 Education Act of 1965;

7 (C) the development of support programs

8 designed to increase the access of all children,

9 particularly disadvantaged children from rural

10 and urban poverty areas, to high-level learning

11 through the use of quality technologies; and

12 (D) the support of research, development,

13 evaluation, and dissemination of educational

14 technologies;

15 (2) to provide a mechanism for coordinating ex16 isting Federal programs across agencies to encour17 age joint funding, planning, and implementation of

18 projects;

19 (3) to provide a mechanism for the development

20 of standards and guidelines for State and local edu21 cational agencies in conjunction with industry to en22 sure the compatibility of educational computer and

23 telecommunications networks on a national level;

24 and
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1 (4) to provide support and training programs to

2 educators in the use of technology to help obtain the

3 National Education Goals.

4 TITLE II—STATE PLANNING

5 GRANTS

6 SEC. 201. PURPOSES.

7 The purposes of this title are—

8 (1) to ensure that State educational agencies

9 have a clear, long-term strategic plan for incorporat10 ing the use of technology in education; and

11 (2) to allow States which have developed a

12 State technology plan to allocate planning funds to

13 local educational agencies to implement strategies

14 developed in such plan.

15 SEC. 202. STATE PLANNING GRANTS.

16 The Secretary of Education is authorized to provide

17 a one-time competitive grant to State educational agencies

18 50 percent of which shall be allocated in accordance with

19 the relative amount the State received under chapter 1

20 of title 1 of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act

21 of 1965 for the preceding fiscal year and 50 percent of

22 which shall be allocated in accordance with the relative

23 amount the State received under part A of chapter 2 of

24 title I of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act

25 of 1965 for the preceding fiscal year.
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1 SEC. 203. AUTHORIZED ACTIVITIES.

2 (a) STATE PLANS.—A State educational agency

3 which receives a grant under this title shall not later than

4 1 year after receipt of funds under this title undertake

5 public hearings and complete a comprehensive State plan

6 which includes—

7 (1) overall strategic goals for the use of tech8 nology in education at all levels within the State;

9 (2) a 5-year standards and assessment process

10 to measure progress toward the goals in paragraph

11 (1);

12 (3) a follow-up 10-year standards and assess13 ment process to measure progress toward the goals

14 in paragraph (1);

15 (4) guidelines for local educational agencies for

16 the incorporation of educational technology into in17 stitutions of education at all levels;

18 (5) a plan for the dissemination and sharing of

19 information to local educational agencies about inno20 vative and cost-effective uses of educational tech21 nology;

22 (6) a plan for training educational personnel in

23 the use of technology in the classroom;

24 (7) a coordination plan providing mechanisms

25 for the use of educational technology to assist exist-
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1 ing and future education reform efforts at both the

2 State and local levels; and

3 (8) a plan to leverage public and private sup4 port for the funding and provision of educational

5 technology in a cost-effective manner to institutions

6 of education at all levels.

7 (b) DEMONSTRATION SUBGRANTS.—States that have

8 completed the State technology plan under subsection (a)

9 may allocate funds received under this section as competi10 tive subgrants to local educational agencies to implement

11 strategies in such plan following the procedures in title

12 III of this Act.

13 SEC. 204. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.

14 There are authorized to be appropriated $10,000,000

15 for fiscal year 1994 and such sums for fiscal years 1995–

16 1999 to carry out the purposes of this title.

17 TITLE III—LOCAL CHALLENGE

18 GRANTS

19 SEC. 301. PURPOSE.

20 The purposes of this title are—

21 (1) to challenge local communities to incor22 porate quality, innovative educational technology in

23 their education systems at all levels; and

24 (2) to provide practical models of educational

25 technology as provided for in the goals and guide-
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1 lines under the State plans required in title II of

2 this Act.

3 SEC. 302. GRANTS TO LOCAL EDUCATIONAL AGENCIES.

4 (a) IN GENERAL.—(1) The Secretary is authorized

5 to provide grants to State educational agencies for the use

6 by local educational agencies of 3-year competitive dem7 onstration grants to implement State technology plans.

8 (2) Such grants may be awarded only to States which

9 have completed the State technology plan required by title

10 II of this Act. The Secretary may waive this requirement

11 if a State has a plan in place which meets the criteria

12 established in title II of this Act.

13 (3) The State shall give priority consideration to

14 demonstration programs that provide access to quality

15 educational technology to disadvantaged urban and rural

16 areas.

17 (4) The State shall give priority consideration to

18 demonstration programs that may be replicated in other

19 areas throughout the Nation.

20 (b) DISSEMINATION OF MODEL PROGRAMS.—The

21 Secretary shall reserve not more than 5 percent of the

22 funds authorized under this title to allow the Director of

23 Educational Technology to disseminate effective models of

24 the use of high-quality educational technology on a na25 tional basis.
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1 (c) MATCHING REQUIREMENT.—(1) The Federal

2 share under this title may not exceed—

3 (A) 100 percent of the total cost of a program

4 for the first year for which a State receives funds

5 under this title;

6 (B) 85 percent of the total cost of a program

7 for the second year for which a State receives funds

8 under this title;

9 (C) 60 percent of the total cost of a program

10 for the third year for which a State receives funds

11 under this title;

12 (D) 45 percent of the total cost of a program

13 for the fourth year for which a State receives funds

14 under this title; and

15 (E) 33 percent of the total cost of a program

16 for the fifth and any succeeding year for which a

17 State receives funds under this title.

18 (2) The remaining cost may be provided in cash or

19 in kind, fairly evaluated, and may be obtained from any

20 source other than funds made available for programs

21 under this title.

22 SEC. 303. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.

23 There are authorized to be appropriated $25,000,000

24 for fiscal year 1994 and such sums as may be necessary
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1 to carry out the projects under this title for each of the

2 fiscal years 1995 through 1999.

3 TITLE IV—MISCELLANEOUS

4 PROGRAMS

5 SEC. 401. PURPOSE.

6 The purpose of this title is to make the acquisition,

7 use, and training of educational technology a permissible

8 activity for existing Federal education programs.

9 SEC. 402. ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION.

10 The Elementary and Secondary Education Act of

11 1965 is amended—

12 (1) in section 1011(a)(2)—

13 (A) by inserting ‘‘, including computers,

14 distance learning equipment, software, and

15 other applications of educational technology re16 lated to the instructional program’’ after ‘‘in17 structional materials’’; and

18 (B) by inserting ‘‘, including training in

19 the use of educational technologies related to

20 the instructional program’’ before ‘‘and, as ap21 propriate’’.

22 (2) in section 1054(b), by inserting ‘‘, including

23 the use of educational technology’’ after ‘‘instruc24 tional programs’’;
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1 (3) in section 1202(a)(1), by inserting ‘‘which

2 includes educational technology,’’ after ‘‘equipment’’;

3 (4) in section 1242(a), by inserting ‘‘which in4 cludes educational technology,’’ after ‘‘equipment’’;

5 (5) in section 1531(b)—

6 (A) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘com7 puter software and hardware for instructional

8 use’’ and inserting ‘‘educational technology re9 lated to the improvement of instruction and

10 learning,’’

11 (B) in paragraph (4), by inserting ‘‘, in12 cluding training in the use of educational tech13 nology’’ after ‘‘training’’;

14 (6) in section 2006(b) by striking subparagraph

15 (C) and inserting the following:

16 ‘‘(C) the purchase of, and training in the use

17 of, educational technology related to the instruction

18 of mathematics and science;’’; and

19 (7) in section 2015(e)—

20 (A) in the heading, by striking ‘‘COMPUT21 ERS’’; and

22 (B) in paragraphs (1), (2), and (3), by

23 striking ‘‘computers’’ each place it appears and

24 inserting ‘‘educational technology’’.
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1 SEC. 403. INDIAN EDUCATION.

2 The Indian Education Act of 1988 is amended in sec3 tion 5321(c)(1)(A)(iii) by inserting ‘‘, including edu4 cational technology’’ after ‘‘equipment’’.

5 SEC. 404. AMENDMENTS RELATING TO HEAD START PRO6 GRAMS.

7 (a) AMENDMENTS TO THE HEAD START ACT.—The

8 Head Start Act (42 U.S.C. 9831–9852) is amended—

9 (1) in section 637 by adding at the end the fol10 lowing:

11 ‘‘(12) The term ‘educational technology’ has the

12 meaning given such term in section 2(b) of the Ex13 cellence in Education Act.’’,

14 (2) in section 640(a)(2)(C) by inserting ‘‘(in15 cluding training in the use of educational technology

16 related to educational services)’’ after ‘‘training’’,

17 (3) in section 641(d)(2) by inserting ‘‘(includ18 ing educational services that use educational tech19 nology)’’ after ‘‘services’’, and

20 (4) in section 648(d) by inserting ‘‘and edu21 cational technology’’ after ‘‘electronic media’’.

22 (b) AMENDMENT TO THE HEAD START TRANSITION

23 PROJECT ACT.—Section 136(a)(3) of the Head Start

24 Transition Project Act (42 U.S.C. 9855d(a)(3)) is amend25 ed by inserting ‘‘and the use of educational technology re-
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1 lated to educational services’’ before the semicolon at the

2 end.

3 SEC. 405. VOCATIONAL EDUCATION.

4 Section 235(c)(2) of the Carl D. Perkins Vocational

5 and Applied Technology Act is amended—

6 (1) in subparagraph (B), by inserting ‘‘and

7 educational technology training’’ after ‘‘instructional

8 aids’’; and

9 (2) in subparagraph (C), by inserting ‘‘, includ10 ing educational technology training’’, after ‘‘inservice

11 training’’.

12 SEC. 406. INDIVIDUALS WITH DISABILITIES EDUCATION

13 ACT.

14 (a) STATE PLANS.—Section 613(a)(3)(B)(iii) of the

15 Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (20 U.S.C.

16 1413(a)(3)(B)(iii)) is amended by striking ‘‘technology.’’

17 and inserting the following: ‘‘technology, including train18 ing in the use of educational technology related to the in19 structional program;’’.

20 (b) GRANTS FOR PERSONNEL TRAINING.—Section

21 631(c) of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act

22 (20 U.S.C. 1431(c)) is amended by striking ‘‘assistive and

23 instructional technology’’ and inserting the following:

24 ‘‘assistive, instructional and other educational tech25 nology,’’.
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1 (c) FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE.—Section 661(a) of the

2 Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (20 U.S.C.

3 1461(a)) is amended in each of paragraphs (1), (2), (3),

4 and (4) by striking ‘‘assistive technology,’’ each place such

5 term appears and inserting ‘‘assistive technology, edu6 cational technology,’’.

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