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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.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Technology for Excel-
lence in Education Act’’.
SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS.
(a) IN GENERAL.—The terms used in this Act, unless
otherwise specified, shall have the same meaning given to
such terms by section 1471 of the Elementary and Sec-
ondary Education Act of 1965.
(b) ADDITIONAL DEFINITIONS.—For the purposes of
this Act—
(1) the term ‘‘Director’’ means the Director of
Educational Technology as established in title I of
this Act; and
(2) the term ‘‘educational technology’’ includes
closed circuit television systems, public telecommuni-
cations entities, cable television, satellite, copper and
fiber optic transmission, computer hardware and
software, video and audio laser, and CD ROM disc,
video and audio tapes, and other technologies related
to educational services.
TITLE 
I—NATIONAL 
LEADER-
SHIP 
FOR 
EDUCATIONAL
TECHNOLOGY
SEC. 101. PURPOSES.
The purposes of this title are—
(1) to establish a national agenda for the use
of technology in education to assist all students in
attaining world-class academic standards as a means
to increasing academic achievement and learning
and reaching the National Education Goals;
(2) to assure that all children in the United
States start school ready to learn;
(3) to increase the high school graduation rate
to at least 90 percent;
(4) to provide all students the opportunity to
demonstrate competency in challenging subject mat-
ter in core areas and ensure that all students learn
to use their minds well;
(5) to increase the mathematics and science
achievement of all students;
(6) to provide the opportunity for all adult
Americans to achieve literacy;
(7) to ensure that every school in the United
States is free of drugs and violence and will offer a
disciplined environment conducive to learning;
(8) to coordinate Federal programs—whose
support already accounts for 50 percent of all funds
used by schools to purchase software, integrated
learning systems, and hardware—that provide for
the development, purchase, or use of technology in
education, including programs administered by the
Department of Education and those administered by
other Federal Departments;
(9) to develop national standards and guidelines
for State and local educational agencies to guide fu-
ture projects and coordinate existing projects to en-
sure the compatibility of education-related computer
and telecommunications networks on a national
level; and
(10) to permit funds distributed to the States
and localities under existing Federal programs to be
used for education-related technology purposes.
SEC. 102. DIRECTOR OF EDUCATIONAL TECHNOLOGY.
The Secretary shall appoint a Director of Edu-
cational Technology within the Department of Education.
The Director shall be compensated at an annual rate of
not less than a level GS–15 employee under section 5332
of title 5, United States Code.
SEC. 103. DUTIES OF DIRECTOR.
(a) DUTIES.—The duties of the Director of Edu-
cational Technology are—
(1) to provide national leadership regarding the
use of technology in education at all levels in achiev-
ing the National Education Goals, including—
(A) submission of an annual report to Con-
gress regarding education-related technology
use and recommendations for the continuation
of current and the development of future uses
of technology to achieve the National Education
Goals;
(B) promotion of the use of technology to
achieve the National Education Goals in pro-
grams that receive Federal assistance, particu-
larly programs under chapters 1 and 2 of title
I and title II of the Elementary and Secondary
Education Act of 1965;
(C) the development of support programs
designed to increase the access of all children,
particularly disadvantaged children from rural
and urban poverty areas, to high-level learning
through the use of quality technologies; and
(D) the support of research, development,
evaluation, and dissemination of educational
technologies;
(2) to provide a mechanism for coordinating ex-
isting Federal programs across agencies to encour-
age joint funding, planning, and implementation of
projects;
(3) to provide a mechanism for the development
of standards and guidelines for State and local edu-
cational agencies in conjunction with industry to en-
sure the compatibility of educational computer and
telecommunications networks on a national level;
and
ing and future education reform efforts at both the
State and local levels; and
(8) a plan to leverage public and private sup-
port for the funding and provision of educational
technology in a cost-effective manner to institutions
of education at all levels.
(b) DEMONSTRATION SUBGRANTS.—States that have
completed the State technology plan under subsection (a)
may allocate funds received under this section as competi-
tive subgrants to local educational agencies to implement
strategies in such plan following the procedures in title
III of this Act.
SEC. 204. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.
There are authorized to be appropriated $10,000,000
for fiscal year 1994 and such sums for fiscal years 1995–
1999 to carry out the purposes of this title.
TITLE III—LOCAL CHALLENGE
GRANTS
SEC. 301. PURPOSE.
The purposes of this title are—
(1) to challenge local communities to incor-
porate quality, innovative educational technology in
their education systems at all levels; and
(2) to provide practical models of educational
technology as provided for in the goals and guide-
lines under the State plans required in title II of
this Act.
SEC. 302. GRANTS TO LOCAL EDUCATIONAL AGENCIES.
(a) IN GENERAL.—(1) The Secretary is authorized
to provide grants to State educational agencies for the use
by local educational agencies of 3-year competitive dem-
onstration grants to implement State technology plans.
(2) Such grants may be awarded only to States which
have completed the State technology plan required by title
II of this Act. The Secretary may waive this requirement
if a State has a plan in place which meets the criteria
established in title II of this Act.
(3) The State shall give priority consideration to
demonstration programs that provide access to quality
educational technology to disadvantaged urban and rural
areas.
(4) The State shall give priority consideration to
demonstration programs that may be replicated in other
areas throughout the Nation.
(b) DISSEMINATION
OF MODEL PROGRAMS.—The
Secretary shall reserve not more than 5 percent of the
funds authorized under this title to allow the Director of
Educational Technology to disseminate effective models of
the use of high-quality educational technology on a na-
tional basis.
(c) MATCHING REQUIREMENT.—(1) The Federal
share under this title may not exceed—
(A) 100 percent of the total cost of a program
for the first year for which a State receives funds
under this title;
(B) 85 percent of the total cost of a program
for the second year for which a State receives funds
under this title;
(C) 60 percent of the total cost of a program
for the third year for which a State receives funds
under this title;
(D) 45 percent of the total cost of a program
for the fourth year for which a State receives funds
under this title; and
(E) 33 percent of the total cost of a program
for the fifth and any succeeding year for which a
State receives funds under this title.
(2) The remaining cost may be provided in cash or
in kind, fairly evaluated, and may be obtained from any
source other than funds made available for programs
under this title.
SEC. 303. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.
There are authorized to be appropriated $25,000,000
for fiscal year 1994 and such sums as may be necessary
to carry out the projects under this title for each of the
fiscal years 1995 through 1999.
TITLE IV—MISCELLANEOUS
PROGRAMS
SEC. 401. PURPOSE.
The purpose of this title is to make the acquisition,
use, and training of educational technology a permissible
activity for existing Federal education programs.
SEC. 402. ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION.
The Elementary and Secondary Education Act of
1965 is amended—
(1) in section 1011(a)(2)—
(A) by inserting ‘‘, including computers,
distance learning equipment, software, and
other applications of educational technology re-
lated to the instructional program’’ after ‘‘in-
structional materials’’; and
(B) by inserting ‘‘, including training in
the use of educational technologies related to
the instructional program’’ before ‘‘and, as ap-
propriate’’.
(2) in section 1054(b), by inserting ‘‘, including
the use of educational technology’’ after ‘‘instruc-
tional programs’’;
(3) in section 1202(a)(1), by inserting ‘‘which
includes educational technology,’’ after ‘‘equipment’’;
(4) in section 1242(a), by inserting ‘‘which in-
cludes educational technology,’’ after ‘‘equipment’’;
(5) in section 1531(b)—
(A) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘com-
puter software and hardware for instructional
use’’ and inserting ‘‘educational technology re-
lated to the improvement of instruction and
learning,’’
(B) in paragraph (4), by inserting ‘‘, in-
cluding training in the use of educational tech-
nology’’ after ‘‘training’’;
(6) in section 2006(b) by striking subparagraph
(C) and inserting the following:
‘‘(C) the purchase of, and training in the use
of, educational technology related to the instruction
of mathematics and science;’’; and
(7) in section 2015(e)—
(A) in the heading, by striking ‘‘COMPUT-
ERS’’; and
(B) in paragraphs (1), (2), and (3), by
striking ‘‘computers’’ each place it appears and
inserting ‘‘educational technology’’.
lated to educational services’’ before the semicolon at the
end.
SEC. 405. VOCATIONAL EDUCATION.
Section 235(c)(2) of the Carl D. Perkins Vocational
and Applied Technology Act is amended—
(1) in subparagraph (B), by inserting ‘‘and
educational technology training’’ after ‘‘instructional
aids’’; and
(2) in subparagraph (C), by inserting ‘‘, includ-
ing educational technology training’’, after ‘‘inservice
training’’.
SEC. 406. INDIVIDUALS WITH DISABILITIES EDUCATION
ACT.
(a) STATE PLANS.—Section 613(a)(3)(B)(iii) of the
Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (20 U.S.C.
1413(a)(3)(B)(iii)) is amended by striking ‘‘technology.’’
and inserting the following: ‘‘technology, including train-
ing in the use of educational technology related to the in-
structional program;’’.
(b) GRANTS FOR PERSONNEL TRAINING.—Section
631(c) of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act
(20 U.S.C. 1431(c)) is amended by striking ‘‘assistive and
instructional technology’’ and inserting the following:
‘‘assistive, instructional and other educational tech-
nology,’’.
(c) FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE.—Section 661(a) of the
Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (20 U.S.C.
1461(a)) is amended in each of paragraphs (1), (2), (3),
and (4) by striking ‘‘assistive technology,’’ each place such
term appears and inserting ‘‘assistive technology, edu-
cational technology,’’.
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