I 

111TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 558 

To reauthorize part D of title II of the Elementary and Secondary Education 

Act of 1965. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

JANUARY 15, 2009 

Ms. ROYBAL-ALLARD (for herself, Mr. HINOJOSA, Mrs. BIGGERT, and Mr. 

KIND) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee 

on Education and Labor 

A BILL 

To reauthorize part D of title II of the Elementary and 

Secondary Education Act of 1965. 

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

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

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

5 Technology and Innovation Act of 2009’’. 

6 SEC. 2. ENHANCING EDUCATION THROUGH TECHNOLOGY. 

7 Part D of title II of the Elementary and Secondary 

8 Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 6751 et seq.) is amend9 ed to read as follows: 


pwalker on PROD1PC71 with BILLS
2 

•HR 558 IH

1 ‘‘PART D—ENHANCING EDUCATION THROUGH

2 TECHNOLOGY

3 ‘‘SEC. 2401. FINDINGS, PURPOSES, AND GOALS. 

4 ‘‘(a) FINDINGS.—The Congress makes the following 

5 findings: 

6 ‘‘(1) Learning technologies are critical in our 

7 schools to meet the goals of the No Child Left Be8 hind Act of 2001 of raising student achievement, 

9 closing the achievement gap and ensuring high qual10 ity teaching, and to ensure that our Nation’s stu11 dents are prepared to compete in the 21st Century 

12 knowledge-based global economy. 

13 ‘‘(2) A 2007 Department of Education random 

14 control study found that students using selected 

15 reading and math software achieved at least as well 

16 as those in the control classrooms using other meth17 ods and curriculum, ‘students were more likely to 

18 engage in individual practice and teachers were more 

19 likely to facilitate student learning rather than lec20 ture’, and nearly all teachers indicated that they 

21 would want to use the technology again. These find22 ings came in only the first year of implementation, 

23 with less than recommended time using the software, 

24 and with half of teachers indicating their need for 

25 more related professional development. 


pwalker on PROD1PC71 with BILLS
3 

•HR 558 IH

1 ‘‘(3) Increased professional development oppor2 tunities are needed if teachers are to be highly quali3 fied and effective in a 21st century classroom with 

4 today’s digital native students, including in the use 

5 of learning technologies to deliver innovative instruc6 tion and curriculum and to use data to inform in7 struction. 

8 ‘‘(4) Scientifically based research, conducted 

9 with Federal funding, demonstrates that systemic 

10 reform initiatives centered around technology have 

11 shown great promise in improving teaching and 

12 learning, including the following: 

13 ‘‘(A) In Utah, Missouri, and Maine, the 

14 eMINTS program provides schools and teachers 

15 with educational technology tools, curriculum, 

16 and over 200 hours of professional development 

17 to change how teachers teach and students 

18 learn. In classrooms in the same school (one 

19 with eMINTS and one without), the student 

20 achievement of students in the eMINTS class21 room was repeatedly over 10 percent higher 

22 than the control classroom. 

23 ‘‘(B) In West Virginia, students receiving 

24 access to on-line foreign language courses per25 formed at least as well as those in face-to-face 


pwalker on PROD1PC71 with BILLS
4 

•HR 558 IH

1 versions of the classes, providing comparable 

2 high quality instruction for those in rural areas 

3 who otherwise would not have access to such 

4 courses. 

5 ‘‘(C) In Michigan’s Freedom to Learn 

6 technology program, 8th grade math achieve7 ment increased from 31 percent in 2004 to 63 

8 percent in 2005 in one middle school, and 

9 science achievement increased from 68 percent 

10 of students proficient in 2003 to 80 percent in 

11 2004. 

12 ‘‘(D) In Texas, the Technology Immersion 

13 Pilot, implemented in middle schools, dem14 onstrated that discipline referrals went down by 

over 1 15 ⁄2 with the changes in teaching and learn16 ing; while in one school, 6th grade standardized 

17 math scores increased by 5 percent, 7th grade 

18 by 42 percent, and 8th grade by 24 percent. 

19 ‘‘(E) In Iowa, after connecting teachers 

20 with sustainable professional development and 

21 technology-based curriculum interventions, stu22 dent scores increased by 14 points in 8th grade 

23 math, 16 points in 4th grade math, and 13 

24 points in 4th grade reading compared with con25 trol groups. 


pwalker on PROD1PC71 with BILLS
5 

•HR 558 IH

1 ‘‘(5) Technology and e-learning in our schools 

2 are necessary to meet our science, technology, engi3 neering and mathematics education needs and pro4 vide students with 21st century skills, including 

5 technology literacy, information literacy, communica6 tion, problem solving, and the ability for self-directed 

7 lifelong learning. 

8 ‘‘(6) A 2003 Department of Commerce report 

9 credits United States industry’s investments in in10 formation technology between 1989–2001 with pro11 ducing positive and probably lasting changes in the 

12 Nation’s economic potential, but finds education in 

13 the United States last in intensity of information 

14 technology of 55 industry sectors. 

15 ‘‘(7) Many schools in the United States lack the 

16 resources necessary for the 21st century classroom 

17 and to meet the needs and expectations of today’s 

18 digital native students, including software, digital 

19 content, broadband and other technologies. 

20 ‘‘(8) According to the Department of Edu21 cation’s National Educational Technology Trends 

22 Study (NETTS 2007), insufficient or outdated tech23 nology presented a substantial barrier to technology 

24 use for teaching and learning for more than 40 per25 cent of students, while lack of support specialists 


pwalker on PROD1PC71 with BILLS
6 

•HR 558 IH

1 was a barrier to technology use for more than 50 

2 percent of students. 

3 ‘‘(9) Federal leadership and investment is need4 ed to serve as a catalyst for State and local edu5 cation initiatives aimed at school innovation and im6 proved student achievement through leveraging edu7 cational technologies. According to the Department 

8 of Education’s National Educational Technology 

9 Trends Study (NETTS 2007), because funds gen10 erated locally through bonds or taxes frequently have 

11 legal restrictions requiring them to be spent on 

12 hardware and connectivity purchases only, Federal 

13 and State funds supporting the use of technology re14 sources fill a critical gap. 

15 ‘‘(b) PURPOSES.—The purposes of this part are the 

16 following: 

17 ‘‘(1) To ensure that through technology every 

18 student has access to individualized, rigorous, and 

19 relevant learning to meet the goals of the No Child 

20 Left Behind Act of 2001 and to prepare all students 

21 and the United States for the 21st century. 

22 ‘‘(2) To evaluate, build upon and increase the 

23 use of research-based and innovative systemic school 

24 reforms that center on the use of technology and 


pwalker on PROD1PC71 with BILLS
7 

•HR 558 IH

1 lead to school improvement and increase student 

2 achievement. 

3 ‘‘(3) To increase on-going, meaningful profes4 sional development around technology that leads to 

5 changes in teaching and curriculum, and which im6 proves student achievement, including but not lim7 ited to core curricular subjects, and student tech8 nology literacy. 

9 ‘‘(c) GOALS.—The goals of this part are the fol10 lowing: 

11 ‘‘(1) To improve student academic achievement 

12 on State academic standards through the use of pro13 fessional development, research-based and innovative 

14 systemic school reforms, and other technology uses 

15 and applications. 

16 ‘‘(2) To improve teacher professional develop17 ment to ensure every teacher and administrator is 

18 technologically literate, including possessing the 

19 knowledge and skills to use technology across the 

20 curriculum, to use technology and curriculum rede21 sign as key components of changing teaching and 

22 learning and improving student achievement, to use 

23 technology for data analysis to enable individualized 

24 instruction, and to use technology to improve stu25 dent technology literacy. 


pwalker on PROD1PC71 with BILLS
8 

•HR 558 IH

1 ‘‘(3) To ensure that every student is techno2 logically literate by graduation, regardless of the stu3 dent’s race, ethnicity, gender, family income, geo4 graphic location, or disability. 

5 ‘‘(4) To improve student engagement, oppor6 tunity, attendance, graduation rates, and technology 

7 access through enhanced or redesigned curriculum 

8 or instruction. 

9 ‘‘(5) To more effectively use data to inform in10 struction, address individualized student needs, and 

11 support school decision making. 

12 ‘‘(6) To improve the efficiency and productivity 

13 of the classroom and school enterprise toward the ul14 timate purposes of improving student achievement. 

15 ‘‘SEC. 2402. DEFINITION. 

16 ‘‘In this part, the term ‘student technology literacy’ 

17 means student knowledge and skills in using contemporary 

18 information, communication and learning technologies in 

19 a manner necessary for successful life-long learning and 

20 citizenship in the knowledge-based, digital, and global 21st 

21 century, which includes the abilities to effectively commu22 nicate and collaborate; to analyze and solve problems; to 

23 access, evaluate, manage and create information and oth24 erwise gain information literacy; and to do so in a safe 

25 and ethical manner. 


pwalker on PROD1PC71 with BILLS
9 

•HR 558 IH

1 ‘‘SEC. 2403. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 

2 ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—There are authorized to be ap3 propriated to carry out this part, $1,000,000,000 for fiscal 

4 year 2010, and such sums as may be necessary for each 

5 of the 5 succeeding fiscal years. 

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

7 LOCAL AND NATIONAL INITIATIVES.—Allocation of funds 

8 between State and local and national initiatives—the 

9 amount of funds made available under subsection (a) for 

10 a fiscal year shall be allocated so that— 

11 ‘‘(1) the lesser of 3 percent or $10,000,000 is 

12 made available to carry out subpart 2, including not 

13 more than $2,000,000 annually to carry out section 

14 2421(a); and 

15 ‘‘(2) the remainder of funds is made available 

16 to carry out subpart 1. 

17 ‘‘(c) LIMITATION.— 

18 ‘‘(1) Of the amount of funds made available to 

19 a local educational agency under this part for a fis20 cal year, not more than 5 percent may be used by 

21 the recipient for administrative costs or technical as22 sistance, of which not more than 60 percent may be 

23 used by the recipient for administrative costs. 

24 ‘‘(2) Of the amount of funds made available to 

25 a State local educational agency under section 

26 2412(a)(1) for administrative costs and technical asVerDate Nov 24 2008 01:54 Jan 21, 2009 Jkt 079200 PO 00000 Frm 00009 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H558.IH H558

pwalker on PROD1PC71 with BILLS
10 

•HR 558 IH

1 sistance, nor more than 60 percent may be used by 

2 the recipient for administrative costs. 

3 ‘‘(3) The funds made available to carry-out ac4 tivities under section 2421(a) shall be used solely to 

5 develop the National Education Technology Plan 

6 and not transferred or otherwise used for any other 

7 purpose. 

8 ‘‘SUBPART 1—STATE AND LOCAL GRANTS

9 ‘‘SEC. 2411. ALLOTMENT AND REALLOTMENT. 

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

11 amount made available to carry out this part under section 

12 2403(b)(2) for a fiscal year— 

13 ‘‘(1) the Secretary shall reserve— 

14 ‘‘(A) three-fourths of 1 percent for the 

15 Secretary of the Interior for programs under 

16 this subpart for schools operated or funded by 

17 the Bureau of Indian Affairs; and 

18 ‘‘(B) one-half of 1 percent to provide as19 sistance under this subpart to the outlying 

20 areas; and 

21 ‘‘(2) from the remainder of such amount and 

22 subject to subsection (b), the Secretary shall make 

23 grants by allotting to each eligible State educational 

24 agency under this subpart an amount that bears the 

25 same relationship to such remainder for such year as 


pwalker on PROD1PC71 with BILLS
11 

•HR 558 IH

1 the amount received under part A of title I for such 

2 year by such State educational agency bears to the 

3 amount received under such part for such year by all 

4 State educational agencies. 

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

6 State educational agency’s allotment under subsection 

7 (a)(2) for any fiscal year may not be less than one-half 

8 of 1 percent of the amount made available for allotments 

9 to States under this part for such year. 

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

11 State educational agency does not apply for an allotment 

12 under this subpart for a fiscal year, or does not use its 

13 entire allotment under this subpart for that fiscal year, 

14 the Secretary shall reallot the amount of the State edu15 cational agency’s allotment, or the unused portion of the 

16 allotment, to the remaining State educational agencies 

17 that use their entire allotments under this subpart in ac18 cordance with this section. 

19 ‘‘(d) STATE EDUCATIONAL AGENCY DEFINED.—In 

20 this section, the term ‘State educational agency’ does not 

21 include an agency of an outlying area or the Bureau of 

22 Indian Affairs. 


pwalker on PROD1PC71 with BILLS
12 

•HR 558 IH

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

2 ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—Of the amount provided to a 

3 State educational agency from the agency’s allotment 

4 under section 2411(a)(2) for a fiscal year— 

5 ‘‘(1) the State educational agency may use the 

6 greater of $100,000 or 5 percent to carry out activi7 ties under section 2414(a); 

8 ‘‘(2) the State educational agency may use the 

9 greater of $50,000 or 2.5 percent to carry out activi10 ties under section 2414(b); and 

11 ‘‘(3) the State educational agency shall dis12 tribute the remainder as follows: 

13 ‘‘(A) 60 percent shall be used to award 

14 subgrants to local educational agencies for im15 proving teaching and learning through tech16 nology pursuant to section 2415(c) by allo17 cating to each eligible local educational agency 

18 that has submitted an application to the State 

19 educational agency under such section, for the 

20 activities described in section 2416(b), an 

21 amount that bears the same relationship to 50 

22 percent of the remainder for such year as the 

23 amount received under part A of title I for such 

24 year by such local educational agency bears to 

25 the amount received under such part for such 


pwalker on PROD1PC71 with BILLS
13 

•HR 558 IH

1 year by all local educational agencies within the 

2 State. 

3 ‘‘(B) 40 percent shall be used to award 

4 systemic school reform through technology inte5 gration subgrants pursuant to section 2416(a), 

6 through a State-determined competitive process, 

7 to eligible local educational agencies that have 

8 submitted applications to the State educational 

9 agency under section 2415(b). 

10 ‘‘(b) SUFFICIENT AMOUNTS.— 

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

12 under subsection (a)(3)(B), the State educational 

13 agency shall— 

14 ‘‘(A) ensure grants are of sufficient size 

15 and scope to be effective, consistent with the 

16 purposes of this part; 

17 ‘‘(B) ensure grants are of sufficient dura18 tion to be effective, consistent with the purposes 

19 of this part, including by awarding grants that 

20 will run for at least 2 years and may be re21 newed for up to a total of five years; 

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

23 grants to eligible local educational agencies that 

24 include schools in need of improvement as iden25 tified under section 1116, including those with 


pwalker on PROD1PC71 with BILLS
14 

•HR 558 IH

1 high populations of students with limited 

2 English proficiency or students with disabilities; 

3 and 

4 ‘‘(D) ensure an equitable distribution of 

5 assistance under this subpart among urban and 

6 rural areas of the State, according to the dem7 onstrated need of those local educational agen8 cies serving the areas. 

9 ‘‘(2) MINIMUM ALLOTMENT.—The amount of 

10 any local educational agency’s allotment under sub11 section (a)(3)(A) for any fiscal year may not be less 

12 than $3,000. 

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

14 local educational agency does not apply for an allotment 

15 under this subpart for a fiscal year, or does not use its 

16 entire allotment under this subpart for that fiscal year, 

17 the State shall reallot the amount of the local educational 

18 agency’s allotment, or the unused portion of the allotment, 

19 to the remaining local educational agencies that use their 

20 entire allotments under this subpart in accordance with 

21 this section. 

22 ‘‘SEC. 2413. STATE APPLICATIONS. 

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

24 under this subpart, a State educational agency shall sub25 mit to the Secretary, at such time and in such manner 


pwalker on PROD1PC71 with BILLS
15 

•HR 558 IH

1 as the Secretary may specify, an application containing 

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

3 information as the Secretary may reasonably require. 

4 ‘‘(b) CONTENTS.—Each State application submitted 

5 under subsection (a) shall include each of the following: 

6 ‘‘(1) A description of how the State will support 

7 local grant recipients in meeting, and help improve 

8 their capacity to meet, the purposes, goals, and re9 quirements of this part, including through technical 

10 assistance. 

11 ‘‘(2) A description of the State’s long-term 

12 goals and strategies for improving student academic 

13 achievement, including core curricular areas and 

14 technology literacy, through the effective use of tech15 nology in classrooms and schools throughout the 

16 State. 

17 ‘‘(3) A description of the priority areas on 

18 which the State will focus its guidance, technical as19 sistance, and other local support under this part, as 

20 identified by the State from among the core content 

21 areas, grade levels, and student subgroup popu22 lations that may be causing the most number of 

23 local educational agencies in the State to not make 

24 adequate yearly progress (as described in section 

25 1111). 


pwalker on PROD1PC71 with BILLS
16 

•HR 558 IH

1 ‘‘(4) A description of how the State will support 

2 local grant recipients in implementing, and help im3 prove their capacity to implement, professional de4 velopment programs pursuant to section 

5 2416(b)(1)(A). 

6 ‘‘(5) A description of how the State will ensure 

7 that teachers, paraprofessionals, library and media 

8 personnel, and administrators in the State are tech9 nologically literate. 

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

11 performance measures that the State educational 

12 agency will use to evaluate the impact and effective13 ness of activities funded under this part as required 

14 under section 2414(b). 

15 ‘‘(7) Identification of the State challenging aca16 demic content standards and challenging student 

17 academic achievement standards that the State will 

18 use to ensure that each student is technology literate 

19 by the end of the 8th grade (consistent with the def20 inition of student technology literacy in section 

21 2402), and a description of how the State will assess 

22 student performance in gaining technology literacy, 

23 except that— 

24 ‘‘(A) such assessment shall be used only to 

25 track student technology literacy and not for 


pwalker on PROD1PC71 with BILLS
17 

•HR 558 IH

1 purposes of determining adequate yearly 

2 progress under section 1111; and 

3 ‘‘(B) nothing in this part shall be con4 strued as requiring a State to develop a sepa5 rate test to measure student technology literacy, 

6 as assessment may be embedded in other State 

7 tests or performance-based assessments port8 folios, or made through other valid and reliable 

9 means. 

10 ‘‘(8) An assurance that financial assistance pro11 vided under this subpart will supplement, and not 

12 supplant, State and local funds. 

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

14 agency will, in providing technical and other assist15 ance to local educational agencies, give priority to 

16 those identified by the State in the highest need of 

17 assistance, including those with the highest percent18 age or number of students from families with in19 comes below the poverty line, students not achieving 

20 at the State proficiency level with student popu21 lations identified under section 2412(b)(1)(C), or 

22 schools identified as in need of improvement under 

23 section 1116. 

24 ‘‘(10) A description of how the State edu25 cational agency will ensure that each subgrant 


pwalker on PROD1PC71 with BILLS
18 

•HR 558 IH

1 awarded under section 2412(a) is of sufficient size, 

2 scope, and duration to be effective as required under 

3 section 2412(b), and that such subgrants are appro4 priately targeted and equitably distributed as re5 quired under section 2412(b) to carry out the pur6 poses of this part effectively. 

7 ‘‘(11) A description of how the State edu8 cational agency consulted with local educational 

9 agencies in the development of the State application. 

10 ‘‘SEC. 2414. STATE ACTIVITIES. 

11 ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—From funds made available 

12 under section 2412(a)(1), a State educational agency— 

13 ‘‘(1) shall— 

14 ‘‘(A) identify the State challenging aca15 demic content standards and challenging stu16 dent academic achievement standards that the 

17 State will use to ensure that each student is 

18 technology literate by the end of the 8th grade 

19 (consistent with the definition of student tech20 nology literacy in section 2402); 

21 ‘‘(B) assess at least once by the end of the 

22 8th grade student performance in gaining tech23 nology literacy consistent with subparagraph 

24 (A), including through embedding such assess25 ment items in other State tests, performanceVerDate Nov 24 2008 01:54 Jan 21, 2009 Jkt 079200 PO 00000 Frm 00018 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H558.IH H558

pwalker on PROD1PC71 with BILLS
19 

•HR 558 IH

1 based assessment portfolios, or through other 

2 means, except that— 

3 ‘‘(i) such assessments shall be used 

4 only to track student technology literacy 

5 and not for purposes of determining ade6 quate yearly progress under section 1111; 

7 and 

8 ‘‘(ii) nothing in this part shall be con9 strued as requiring a State to develop a 

10 separate test to measure student tech11 nology literacy; 

12 ‘‘(C) provide guidance, technical assistance 

13 and other support in the priority areas identi14 fied by the State pursuant to section 

15 2413(b)(3) to local educational agencies receiv16 ing grants of under $10,000 under section 

17 2412(a)(3)(A), with a priority given to those in 

18 highest need of assistance pursuant to section 

19 2413(b)(9); 

20 ‘‘(D) provide technical assistance to local 

21 educational agencies (with a priority given to 

22 those identified by the State as being the most 

23 in need of assistance, including those with the 

24 highest percentage or number of students from 

25 families with incomes below the poverty line, 


pwalker on PROD1PC71 with BILLS
20 

•HR 558 IH

1 students not achieving at the State proficiency 

2 level, with student populations identified under 

3 section 2412(b)(1)(C) and schools identified as 

4 in need of improvement under section 1116) 

5 in— 

6 ‘‘(i) submitting applications for fund7 ing under this part; 

8 ‘‘(ii) carrying out activities authorized 

9 under section 2416, including implementa10 tion of systemic school reforms as de11 scribed in section 2415(b); and 

12 ‘‘(iii) developing local educational 

13 technology plans and integrating such 

14 plans with their plans for improving stu15 dent achievement under sections 1111 and 

16 1112 and, if applicable, section 1116; and 

17 ‘‘(E) provide guidance, technical assist18 ance, and other support to local educational 

19 agencies on their plans to update computers 

20 and servers, including the types of 

21 functionalities that elementary and secondary 

22 schools should seek in purchasing new com23 puters and servers and the amount of time that 

24 schools should use computers and servers before 

25 replacing them; and 


pwalker on PROD1PC71 with BILLS
21 

•HR 558 IH

1 ‘‘(2) may carry out the following activities: 

2 ‘‘(A) State leadership activities and tech3 nical assistance that assist recipients of funds 

4 under this part in achieving the purposes and 

5 goals of this part. 

6 ‘‘(B) Assisting recipients of funds under 

7 this part in the development and utilization of 

8 research-based or innovative strategies for the 

9 delivery of specialized or rigorous academic 

10 courses and curricula through the use of tech11 nology, including distance learning technologies. 

12 ‘‘(C) Assisting recipients of funds under 

13 this subpart in providing sustained and inten14 sive, high-quality professional development pur15 suant to section 2416(b)(1)(A), including 

16 through assistance in a review of relevant re17 search. 

18 ‘‘(b) EVALUATION.—From funds made available 

19 under section 2412(a)(2), a State educational agency shall 

20 carry out one or more of the following activities: 

21 ‘‘(1) Conducting scientifically based or other 

22 rigorous research to evaluate the impact of one or 

23 more programs or activities authorized under this 

24 part in meeting the purposes and goals of this part. 


pwalker on PROD1PC71 with BILLS
22 

•HR 558 IH

1 ‘‘(2) Providing technical assistance to eligible 

2 local educational agencies in carrying out evaluation 

3 research activities as required under section 

4 2416(a)(1). 

5 ‘‘(3) Creating one or more evaluation research 

6 protocols, designs, performance measurement sys7 tems or other tools to assist eligible local educational 

8 agencies in carrying out evaluation activities as re9 quired under section 2416(a)(1). 

10 ‘‘(4) Collecting and disseminating the findings 

11 of the evaluation research carried out by eligible 

12 local educational agencies under section 2416(a)(1). 

13 ‘‘SEC. 2415. LOCAL APPLICATIONS. 

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

15 subgrant from a State educational agency under this sub16 part, a local educational agency, or consortium of local 

17 educational agencies, shall submit to the State educational 

18 agency an application containing a new or updated local 

19 long-range strategic educational technology plan, and such 

20 other information as the State educational agency may 

21 reasonably require, at such time and in such manner as 

22 the State educational agency may require, which shall in23 clude each of the following: 

24 ‘‘(1) A description of how the applicant will 

25 align and coordinate its use of funds under this part 


pwalker on PROD1PC71 with BILLS
23 

•HR 558 IH

1 to the district technology plan, to the district plans 

2 and activities for improving student achievement, in3 cluding under sections 1111, 1112, and if applicable, 

4 section 1116, and to funds available from other Fed5 eral, State and local sources. 

6 ‘‘(2) An assurance that financial assistance pro7 vided under this subpart will supplement, and not 

8 supplant other existing funds. 

9 ‘‘(3) A description of plans to regularly replace 

10 computers and servers that lack the functional capa11 bilities to process new online applications and serv12 ices, including video conferencing, video streaming, 

13 virtual simulations, and distance learning courses. 

14 ‘‘(4) Such other information as the State edu15 cational agency may reasonably require. 

16 ‘‘(b) COMPETITIVE GRANTS FOR SYSTEMIC SCHOOL

17 REFORM THROUGH TECHNOLOGY INTEGRATION.—In ad18 dition to components included in subsection (a), eligible 

19 local educational agencies or consortiums of local edu20 cational agencies submitting application for a grant under 

21 section 2412(a)(3)(B) shall submit to the State edu22 cational agency an application containing the following: 

23 ‘‘(1) A description of how the applicant will use 

24 grant funds to implement systemic school reform, 

25 which is a comprehensive set of programs, practices, 


pwalker on PROD1PC71 with BILLS
24 

•HR 558 IH

1 and technologies that collectively lead to school or 

2 agency change and improvement, including in the 

3 use of technology, and in improved student achieve4 ment and that incorporate all of the following ele5 ments: 

6 ‘‘(A) Reform or redesign of curriculum, in7 struction, assessment, use of data, or other 

8 school or classroom practices through the use of 

9 technology, including to increase student learn10 ing opportunity, technology literacy, access, and 

11 engagement. 

12 ‘‘(B) Improve educator quality, knowledge, 

13 and skills through on-going, sustainable, timely, 

14 and contextual professional development pursu15 ant to section 2416(b)(1)(A). 

16 ‘‘(C) Develop student technology literacy 

17 and other skills necessary for 21st century 

18 learning and success. 

19 ‘‘(D) On-going use of formative assess20 ments and other timely data sources and data 

21 systems to more effectively identify individual 

22 student learning needs and guide personalized 

23 instruction and learning and appropriate inter24 ventions that address those personalized stu25 dent learning needs. 


pwalker on PROD1PC71 with BILLS
25 

•HR 558 IH

1 ‘‘(E) Engagement of agency and school 

2 leaders, as well as classroom educators. 

3 ‘‘(F) Are either research-based, innovative, 

4 or both, such that research-based systemic re5 forms are based on a review of the best avail6 able research evidence, and innovative systemic 

7 reforms are based on development and use of 

8 new reforms, programs, practices and tech9 nologies. 

10 ‘‘(2) An assurance that the applicant will use at 

11 least 25 percent of funds to implement a program of 

12 professional development pursuant to section 

13 2416(b)(1)(A). 

14 ‘‘(3) A description of how the applicant will 

15 evaluate the impact of one or more programs or ac16 tivities authorized under this part in meeting one or 

17 more of the purposes and goals of this part. 

18 ‘‘(c) FORMULA GRANTS FOR IMPROVING TEACHING

19 AND LEARNING THROUGH TECHNOLOGY.—In addition to 

20 components included in subsection (a), eligible local edu21 cational agencies or consortiums of local educational agen22 cies that submit an application for a grant under section 

23 2412(a)(3)(A) shall submit to the State educational agen24 cy an application containing the following: 


pwalker on PROD1PC71 with BILLS
26 

•HR 558 IH

1 ‘‘(1) An assurance that the applicant will use at 

2 least 40 percent of funds for professional develop3 ment pursuant to section 2416(b)(1)(A) and for 

4 technology tools, applications, and other resources 

5 related specifically to such professional development 

6 activities. 

7 ‘‘(2) A description of how the applicant will im8 plement a program of professional development as 

9 required under paragraph (1). 

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

11 agency will employ technology tools, applications, 

12 and other resources in professional development and 

13 to improve student learning and achievement in the 

14 areas of priority identified by the local educational 

15 agency pursuant to paragraph (4). 

16 ‘‘(4) A description of the priority areas upon 

17 which the local educational agency will focus its 

18 grant funds under this part, such that such priority 

19 areas shall be identified from among the core con20 tent areas, grade levels and student subgroup popu21 lations in which the most number of students are 

22 not proficient. 

23 ‘‘(d) COMBINED APPLICATIONS.—An eligible local 

24 educational agency that submits an application to the 

25 State educational agency for funds awarded under section 


pwalker on PROD1PC71 with BILLS
27 

•HR 558 IH

1 2412(a)(3)(B) may, upon notice to the State educational 

2 agency, submit a single application that will also be con3 sidered by the State educational agency as an application 

4 for funds awarded under section 2412(a)(3)(A), if the ap5 plication addresses each application requirement. 

6 ‘‘(e) CONSORTIUM APPLICATIONS.—For any fiscal 

7 year, a local educational agency applying for financial as8 sistance described in section 2412(a)(3) may apply as part 

9 of a consortium in which more than one local educational 

10 agencies jointly submits a grant application under this 

11 part. 

12 ‘‘SEC. 2416. LOCAL ACTIVITIES. 

13 ‘‘(a) COMPETITIVE GRANTS FOR SYSTEMIC SCHOOL

14 REFORM THROUGH TECHNOLOGY INTEGRATION.—From 

15 funds made available to a local educational agency under 

16 section 2412(a)(3)(B), the local educational agency— 

17 ‘‘(1) shall use at least 5 percent of funds to 

18 evaluate the impact of one or more programs or ac19 tivities carried out under this grant in meeting one 

20 or more of the purposes and goals of this part as ap21 proved by the State educational agency as part of 

22 the local application as described under section 

23 2415(b)(4); 


pwalker on PROD1PC71 with BILLS
28 

•HR 558 IH

1 ‘‘(2) shall use the remaining funds to imple2 ment a plan for systemic school reform pursuant to 

3 section 2415(b)(1), including— 

4 ‘‘(A) using at least 25 percent of funds to 

5 improve teacher quality and skills through sup6 port for— 

7 ‘‘(i) professional development activi8 ties described in subsection (b)(1)(A); and 

9 ‘‘(ii) the acquisition and implementa10 tion of technology tools, applications and 

11 other resources to be employed in the pro12 fessional development activities described 

13 in paragraphs (i); 

14 ‘‘(B) acquiring and effectively imple15 menting technology tools, applications and other 

16 resources in conjunction with enhancing or re17 designing the curriculum or instruction in order 

18 to— 

19 ‘‘(i) increase student learning oppor20 tunity or access, student engagement in 

21 learning, or student attendance or gradua22 tion rates; 

23 ‘‘(ii) improve student achievement in 

24 one or more of the core academic subject 

25 areas; and 


pwalker on PROD1PC71 with BILLS
29 

•HR 558 IH

1 ‘‘(iii) improve student technology lit2 eracy; and 

3 ‘‘(C) acquiring and effectively imple4 menting technology tools, applications, and 

5 other resources to— 

6 ‘‘(i) conduct on-going formative as7 sessment and use other timely data sources 

8 and data systems to more effectively iden9 tify individual students learning needs and 

10 guide personalized instruction, learning 

11 and appropriate interventions that address 

12 those personalized student learning needs; 

13 ‘‘(ii) support individualized student 

14 learning, including through instructional 

15 software and digital content that supports 

16 the learning needs of each student, or 

17 through providing access to high-quality 

18 courses and instructors, including math, 

19 science and foreign language courses, often 

20 not available except through technology 

21 and online learning, especially in rural and 

22 high-poverty schools; and 

23 ‘‘(iii) such other activities as appro24 priate consistent with the goals and pur25 poses of research-based and innovative sysVerDate Nov 24 2008 01:54 Jan 21, 2009 Jkt 079200 PO 00000 Frm 00029 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H558.IH H558

pwalker on PROD1PC71 with BILLS
30 

•HR 558 IH

1 temic school reform, including to increase 

2 parental involvement through improved 

3 communication with teachers and access to 

4 student assignments and grades. 

5 ‘‘(b) FORMULA GRANTS FOR IMPROVING TEACHING

6 AND LEARNING THROUGH TECHNOLOGY.—From funds 

7 made available to a local educational agency under section 

8 2412(a)(3)(A), the local educational agency shall carry out 

9 activities to improve student learning, technology literacy, 

10 and achievement in the area of priority identified by the 

11 State under section 2413(b)(1), including the following: 

12 ‘‘(1) Use of at least 40 percent of such funds 

13 for professional development to improve teacher 

14 quality and skills through support for— 

15 ‘‘(A) training of teachers, paraprofes16 sionals, library and media personnel, and ad17 ministrators that— 

18 ‘‘(i) shall include the development, ac19 quisition or delivery of— 

20 ‘‘(I) training that is on-going, 

21 sustainable, timely, and directly re22 lated to current teaching content 

23 areas; 

24 ‘‘(II) training in strategies and 

25 pedagogy in the core curriculum areas 


pwalker on PROD1PC71 with BILLS
31 

•HR 558 IH

1 that involve use of technology and 

2 curriculum redesign as key compo3 nents of changing teaching and learn4 ing and improving student achieve5 ment; 

6 ‘‘(III) training in the use of tech7 nology to ensure every educator is 

8 technologically literate, including pos9 sessing the knowledge and skills to 

10 use technology across the curriculum, 

11 to use technology and curriculum re12 design as key components of inno13 vating teaching and learning and im14 proving student achievement, to use 

15 technology for data analysis to enable 

16 individualized instruction, and to use 

17 technology to improve student tech18 nology literacy; and 

19 ‘‘(IV) training that includes on20 going communication and follow-up 

21 with instructors, facilitators, and 

22 peers; and 

23 ‘‘(ii) may include— 

24 ‘‘(I) use of instructional tech25 nology specialists, mentors or coaches 


pwalker on PROD1PC71 with BILLS
32 

•HR 558 IH

1 to work directly with teachers, includ2 ing through the preparing of one or 

3 more teachers as technology leaders or 

4 master teachers who are provided with 

5 the means to serve as experts and 

6 train other teachers in the effective 

7 use of technology; and 

8 ‘‘(II) use of technology such as 

9 distance learning and online virtual 

10 educator-to-educator peer commu11 nities as a means for delivering pro12 fessional development; and 

13 ‘‘(B) the acquisition and implementation of 

14 technology tools, applications, and other re15 sources to be employed in the professional de16 velopment activities described in subparagraph 

17 (A). 

18 ‘‘(2) Use of the remaining funds to acquire or 

19 implement technology tools, applications and other 

20 resources to improve student learning, technology lit21 eracy and achievement in the areas of priority iden22 tified by the local educational agency, including one 

23 or more of the following: 

24 ‘‘(A) Conducting on-going formative as25 sessment and using other timely data sources 


pwalker on PROD1PC71 with BILLS
33 

•HR 558 IH

1 and data systems to more effectively identify in2 dividual students learning needs and guide per3 sonalized instruction, learning and appropriate 

4 interventions that address those personalized 

5 student learning needs. 

6 ‘‘(B) Supporting individualized student 

7 learning, including through instructional soft8 ware and digital content that supports the 

9 learning needs of each student, or through pro10 viding access to high-quality courses and in11 structors including math, science and foreign 

12 language courses. 

13 ‘‘(C) Increasing parental involvement 

14 through improved communication with teachers 

15 and access to student assignments and grades. 

16 ‘‘(D) Enhancing accountability, instruction 

17 and data-driven decision making through data 

18 systems that allow for management, analysis 

19 and disaggregating of student, teacher and 

20 school data. 

21 ‘‘(E) Such other activities as appropriate 

22 consistent with the goals and purposes of this 

23 part. 

24 ‘‘(c) MULTIPLE GRANTS.—Local educational agen25 cies receiving grant awards under section 2412(a)(3)(A) 


pwalker on PROD1PC71 with BILLS
34 

•HR 558 IH

1 and section 2412(a)(3)(B) may use all such funds for ac2 tivities authorized under subsection (a). 

3 ‘‘SUBPART 2—NATIONAL ACTIVITIES

4 ‘‘SEC. 2421. NATIONAL ACTIVITIES. 

5 ‘‘From the amount made available to carry out na6 tional activities under section 2403(b)(1), the Secretary 

7 shall carry out the following activities: 

8 ‘‘(1) NATIONAL STUDY.—The Secretary shall 

9 annually conduct a national study on student tech10 nology literacy to determine the extent to which stu11 dents have gained technology literacy, as defined in 

12 section 2402 by the end of the 8th grade. In con13 ducting the study, the Secretary shall— 

14 ‘‘(A) consult first with experts and stake15 holders, including educators and education lead16 ers, education technology experts from edu17 cation and industry, and the business and high18 er education communities seeking high school 

19 graduates with these skills; and 

20 ‘‘(B) employ a random stratified sample 

21 methodology of student technology literacy per22 formance using an existing assessment instru23 ment. 

24 ‘‘(2) NATIONAL EDUCATION TECHNOLOGY

25 PLAN.—The Secretary shall update at least once 


pwalker on PROD1PC71 with BILLS
35 

•HR 558 IH

1 every five years the National Education Technology 

2 Plan to promote understanding and awareness of the 

3 role of technology and e-learning in meeting the Na4 tion’s education goals and needs. 

5 ‘‘(3) OTHER NATIONAL ACTIVITIES.—From the 

6 remaining funds, the Secretary shall carry out one 

7 or more of the following activities: 

8 ‘‘(A) Supporting efforts to increase student 

9 technology literacy as defined in section 2402. 

10 ‘‘(B) Supporting and disseminating re11 search to examine and identify the conditions 

12 and practices that support the effective use of 

13 technology in education to improve teaching, 

14 learning, teacher quality, student achievement, 

15 student technology literacy, and the efficiency 

16 and productivity of the education enterprise. 

17 ‘‘(C) Supporting efforts to increase the ca18 pacity of State and local education officials to 

19 budget for technology acquisition and imple20 mentation, including taking into account the 

21 long-term costs, how technology investments 

22 could increase effectiveness and efficiencies that 

23 ultimately save other educational costs or pro24 vide improved outcomes, and how spending for 

25 technology in education should be considered in 


pwalker on PROD1PC71 with BILLS
36 

•HR 558 IH

1 a comprehensive cost-benefit analysis and not 

2 simply as a supplemental expense. 

3 ‘‘(D) Supporting staff at the Department 

4 of Education and other Federal agencies in 

5 their understanding of education technology, its 

6 role in Federal education programs, and how 

7 Federal grantees can be supported in inte8 grating education technologies into their pro9 grams as appropriate. 

10 ‘‘(E) Convening stakeholders in an effort 

11 to outline and support a national research and 

12 development agenda aimed at supporting pub13 lic-private partnerships to leverage evolving 

14 technologies to meet evolving educational needs. 

15 ‘‘(F) Convening practitioners and leaders 

16 from local and State education, business and in17 dustry, higher education, and other stakeholder 

18 communities to carry out the activities de19 scribed in this paragraph, including convening 

20 an annual forum on classroom technology best 

21 practices, and to otherwise address challenges 

22 and opportunities in the use of technology to 

23 improve teaching, learning, teacher quality, stu24 dent achievement, student technology literacy, 

25 the efficiency and productivity of the education 


pwalker on PROD1PC71 with BILLS
37 

•HR 558 IH

1 enterprise and to otherwise support school inno2 vation and the Nation’s competitiveness.’’. 

Æ 


pwalker on PROD1PC71 with BILLS