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106TH CONGRESS

2D SESSION S. 2119

To amend the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to improve

training for teachers in the use of technology.

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

FEBRUARY 29, 2000

Mr. CRAPO introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred

to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions

A BILL

To amend the Elementary and Secondary Education Act

of 1965 to improve training for teachers in the use

of technology.

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

3 SECTION 1. STATE ACTIVITIES.

4 Section 2207 of the Elementary and Secondary Edu5 cation Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 6647) is amended—

6 (1) in paragraph (12), by striking ‘‘; and’’ and

7 inserting a semicolon;

8 (2) in paragraph (13), by striking the period

9 and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and

10 (3) by adding at the end the following:
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1 ‘‘(14) providing assistance to local educational

2 agencies and eligible partnerships for the develop3 ment and implementation of innovative professional

4 development programs that train teachers to use

5 technology to improve teaching and learning and are

6 consistent with the requirements of section

7 2210(b)(2).’’.

8 SEC. 2. LOCAL ACTIVITIES.

9 Section 2210(b)(2) of the Elementary and Secondary

10 Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 6650(b)(2)) is

11 amended—

12 (1) in subparagraph (D), by striking ‘‘; and’’;

13 (2) in subparagraph (E), by striking the period

14 and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and

15 (3) by adding at the end the following:

16 ‘‘(F) to the extent appropriate, provide

17 training for teachers in the use of technology so

18 that technology and technology applications are

19 effectively used in the classroom to improve

20 teaching and learning for the curriculum that,

21 and content areas in which, the teachers

22 teach.’’.

23 SEC. 3. DEFINITIONS.

24 Section 2402 of the Elementary and Secondary Edu25 cation Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 6702) is amended—
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1 (1) by redesignating paragraphs (1) through

2 (4) as paragraphs (2), (5), (6), and (4), respectively;

3 (2) by inserting paragraph (4) (as so redesig4 nated) before paragraph (5) (as so redesignated);

5 (3) by inserting before paragraph (2) (as so re6 designated) the following:

7 ‘‘(1) the terms ‘arts and sciences’ and ‘high

8 need local educational agency’ have the meanings

9 given the terms in section 201(b) of the Higher

10 Education Act of 1965;’’;

11 (4) by inserting after such paragraph (2) the

12 following:

13 ‘‘(3) except as otherwise provided in part D, the

14 term ‘eligible partnership’ means an entity that—

15 ‘‘(A) shall include—

16 ‘‘(i) a high need local educational

17 agency;

18 ‘‘(ii) a school of arts and sciences; and

19 ‘‘(iii) an institution that prepares

20 teachers; and

21 ‘‘(B) may include other local educational

22 agencies, a public charter school, a public or

23 private elementary school or secondary school,

24 an educational service agency, a public or pri-
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1 vate nonprofit educational organization, or a

2 business;’’;

3 (5) in paragraph (4) (as so redesignated), by

4 striking the period and inserting a semicolon;

5 (6) in paragraph (5) (as so redesignated), by

6 striking the semicolon and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and

7 (7) in paragraph (6) (as so redesignated), by

8 striking ‘‘; and’’ and inserting a period.

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