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107TH CONGRESS

1ST SESSION H. R. 1703

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

technology for tomorrow’s teachers.

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

MAY 3, 2001

Mr. WU (for himself, Mr. ISAKSON, Mr. POMEROY, Ms. MCCOLLUM, and Mr.

WELDON of Florida) introduced the following bill; which was referred to

the Committee on Education and the Workforce

A BILL

To amend the Elementary and Secondary Education Act

of 1965 to provide technology for tomorrow’s teachers.

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 ‘‘lllll Act of

5 2001’’.

6 SEC. 2. TECHNOLOGY FOR TOMORROW’S TEACHERS.

7 Title III of the Elementary and Secondary Education

8 Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 6801 et seq.) is amended by add9 ing at the end the following new part:
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1 ‘‘PART G—TEACHING TECHNOLOGY FOR THE

2 FUTURE

3 ‘‘SEC. 3701. PURPOSE; PROGRAM AUTHORITY.

4 ‘‘(a) PURPOSE.—The purpose of this part is to assist

5 consortia of public and private entities in carrying out pro6 grams that prepare prospective teachers to use advanced

7 technology to enable all students to achieve to challenging

8 State and local content and student performance stand9 ards.

10 ‘‘(b) PROGRAM AUTHORITY.—

11 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary is author12 ized, through the Office of Educational Technology,

13 to award grants, contracts, or cooperative agree14 ments on a competitive basis to eligible applicants in

15 order to assist them in developing or redesigning

16 teacher preparation programs to enable prospective

17 teachers to use technology effectively in their class18 rooms.

19 ‘‘(2) PERIOD OF AWARD.—The Secretary may

20 award grants, contracts, or cooperative agreements

21 under this part for a period of not more than 5

22 years.

23 ‘‘SEC. 3702. ELIGIBILITY.

24 ‘‘(a) ELIGIBLE APPLICANTS.—In order to receive an

25 award under this part, an eligible applicant shall be a con26 sortium that includes—
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1 ‘‘(1) at least one institution of higher education

2 that offers a baccalaureate degree and prepares

3 teachers for their initial entry into teaching, is in

4 full compliance with all of the reporting require5 ments of section 207(f) of the Higher Education Act

6 of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1027(f)), and has not been iden7 tified by the State as low performing under section

8 208 of such Act (20 U.S.C. 1028);

9 ‘‘(2) at least one State educational agency or

10 local educational agency with a high number or per11 centage of children in poverty; and

12 ‘‘(3) one or more of the following entities:

13 ‘‘(A) An institution of higher education

14 (other than the institution described in para15 graph (1)).

16 ‘‘(B) A school or department of education

17 at an institution of higher education that is in

18 full compliance with all of the reporting require19 ments of section 207 of the Higher Education

20 Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1027) and has not been

21 identified by their State as low performing

22 under section 208 of such Act (20 U.S.C.

23 1028).

24 ‘‘(C) A school or college of arts and

25 sciences at an institution of higher education
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1 that is in full compliance with the reporting re2 quirements of section 207(f) of the Higher

3 Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1027(f)) and

4 has not bee identified by its State as low per5 forming under section 208 of such Act (20

6 U.S.C. 1028).

7 ‘‘(D) A professional association, founda8 tion, museum, library, for-profit business, pub9 lic or private nonprofit organization, commu10 nity-based organization, or other entity with the

11 demonstrated capacity to contribute to the tech12 nology-related reform of teacher preparation

13 programs.

14 ‘‘(b) APPLICATION REQUIREMENTS.—In order to re15 ceive an award under this part, an eligible applicant shall

16 submit an application to the Secretary at such time, and

17 containing such information, as the Secretary may re18 quire. Such application shall include—

19 ‘‘(1) a description of the proposed project and

20 how the project shall—

21 ‘‘(A) ensure that individuals participating

22 in the project would be prepared to use tech23 nology to enable all students to achieve to chal24 lenging State and local content and student

25 performance standards, and integrate such
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1 technology into their instructional practices;

2 and

3 ‘‘(B) include the adoption of specific, quan4 tifiable objectives that the program will achieve

5 over the duration of the award;

6 ‘‘(2) a demonstration of—

7 ‘‘(A) the commitment, including the finan8 cial commitment, of each of the members of the

9 consortium; and

10 ‘‘(B) the active support of the leadership of

11 each member of the consortium for the pro12 posed project;

13 ‘‘(3) a description of how each member of the

14 consortium would be included in project activities;

15 ‘‘(4) a description of how the proposed project

16 would be continued once the Federal funds awarded

17 under this part end; and

18 ‘‘(5) a plan for the evaluation of the program,

19 which shall include annual measurable benchmarks

20 to monitor progress toward specific project objec21 tives, as described in paragraph (1)(B).

22 ‘‘(c) MATCHING REQUIREMENTS.—

23 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Federal share of the

24 cost of any project funded under this part shall not

25 exceed 50 percent. Except as provided in paragraph
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1 (2), the non-Federal share of such project may be in

2 cash or in kind, fairly evaluated, including services.

3 ‘‘(2) ACQUISITION OF EQUIPMENT.—Not more

4 than 10 percent of the funds awarded for a project

5 under this part may be used to acquire equipment,

6 networking capabilities or infrastructure, and the

7 non-Federal share of the cost of any such acquisition

8 shall be in cash.

9 ‘‘SEC. 3703. USES OF FUNDS.

10 ‘‘(a) REQUIRED USES.—A recipient shall use funds

11 under this part for—

12 ‘‘(1) creating programs that enable prospective

13 teachers to use advanced technology to prepare all

14 students to achieve to challenging State and local

15 content and student performance standards in the

16 core academic subjects and integrate such tech17 nology into their instructional practices; and

18 ‘‘(2) evaluating the effectiveness of the project.

19 ‘‘(b) PERMISSIBLE USES.—A recipient may use funds

20 under this part for activities, described in its application,

21 that carry out the purpose of this part, such as—

22 ‘‘(1) developing and implementing high-quality

23 teacher preparation programs that enable educators

24 to—
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1 ‘‘(A) learn the full range of resources that

2 can be accessed through the use of technology;

3 ‘‘(B) integrate a variety of technologies

4 into the classroom in order to expand students’

5 knowledge;

6 ‘‘(C) evaluate educational technologies and

7 their potential for use in instruction; and

8 ‘‘(D) help students develop their own tech9 nical skills and digital learning environments;

10 ‘‘(2) developing alternative teacher development

11 paths that provide elementary and secondary schools

12 with well-prepared, technology-proficient educators;

13 ‘‘(3) developing performance-based standards

14 and aligned assessments to measure the capacity of

15 prospective teachers to use technology effectively in

16 their classrooms;

17 ‘‘(4) providing technical assistance to other

18 teacher preparation programs;

19 ‘‘(5) developing and disseminating resources

20 and information in order to assist institutions of

21 higher education to prepare teachers to use tech22 nology effectively in their classrooms; and
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1 ‘‘(6) subject to section 3702(c)(2), acquiring

2 equipment, networking capabilities, and infrastruc3 ture to carry out the project.’’.

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