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long-range plan that supports the overall national technology
policy and carries out the purposes of this part.
(2) PLAN REQUIREMENTS.—The Secretary shall—
(A) develop the national long-range plan in consultation
with other Federal departments or agencies, State and
local education practitioners and policymakers, experts in
technology and the educational applications of technology,
representatives of distance learning consortia, representa-
tives of telecommunications partnerships receiving assist-
ance under the Star Schools Program Assistance Act, and
providers of technology services and products;
(B) transmit such plan to the President and to the
appropriate committees of the Congress; and
(C) publish such plan in a form that is readily acces-
sible to the public.
(3) CONTENTS OF THE PLAN.—The national long-range plan
shall describe the Secretary’s activities to promote the purposes
of this part, including—
(A) how the Secretary will encourage the effective use
of technology to provide all students the opportunity to
achieve State content standards and State student perform-
ance standards, especially through programs administered
by the Department of Education;
(B) joint activities in support of the overall national
technology policy with other Federal departments or agen-
cies, such as the Office of Science and Technology Policy,
the National Endowment for the Humanities, the National
Endowment for the Arts, the National Aeronautics and
Space Administration, the National Science Foundation,
and the Departments of Commerce, Energy, Health and
Human Services, and Labor—
(i) to promote the use of technology in education,
and training and lifelong learning, including plans for
the educational uses of a national information infra-
structure; and
(ii) to ensure that the policies and programs of
such departments or agencies facilitate the use of tech-
nology for educational purposes, to the extent feasible;
(C) how the Secretary will work with educators, State
and local educational agencies, and appropriate representa-
tives of the private sector to facilitate the effective use
of technology in education;
(D) how the Secretary will promote—
(i) higher achievement of all students through the
integration of technology into the curriculum;
(ii) increased access to the benefits of technology
for teaching and learning for schools with a high con-
centration of children from low-income families;
(iii) the use of technology to assist in the
implementation of State systemic reform strategies;
(iv) the application of technological advances to
use in education; and
(v) increased opportunities for the professional
development of teachers in the use of new technologies;
(E) how the Secretary will determine, in consultation
with appropriate individuals, organizations, industries, and
agencies, the feasibility and desirability of establishing
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guidelines to facilitate an easy exchange of data and effec-
tive use of technology in education;
(F) how the Secretary will utilize the outcome of the
evaluation undertaken pursuant to section 908 of the Star
Schools Program Assistance Act to promote the purposes
of this part; and
(G) the Secretary’s long-range measurable goals and
objectives relating to the purposes of this part.
(c) ASSISTANCE.—The Secretary shall provide assistance to the
States to enable such States to plan effectively for the use of
technology in all schools throughout the State in accordance with
the purpose and requirements of section 317.
SEC. 233. OFFICE OF EDUCATIONAL TECHNOLOGY.
(a) AMENDMENT TO THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION ORGANIZA-
TION ACT.—Title II of the Department of Education Organization
Act (20 U.S.C. 3411 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end
the following new section:
‘‘OFFICE OF EDUCATIONAL TECHNOLOGY
‘‘SEC. 216. (a) There shall be in the Department of Education
an Office of Educational Technology (hereafter in this section
referred to as the ‘Office’), to be administered by the Director
of Educational Technology. The Director of Educational Technology
shall report directly to the Secretary and shall perform such addi-
tional functions as the Secretary may prescribe.
‘‘(b) The Director of the Office of Educational Technology (here-
after in this section referred to as the ‘Director’), through the
Office, shall—
‘‘(1) in support of the overall national technology policy
and in consultation with other Federal departments or agencies
which the Director determines appropriate, provide leadership
to the Nation in the use of technology to promote achievement
of the National Education Goals and to increase opportunities
for all students to achieve State content and challenging State
student performance standards;
‘‘(2) review all programs and training functions adminis-
tered by the Department and recommend policies in order
to promote increased use of technology and technology planning
throughout all such programs and functions;
‘‘(3) review all relevant programs supported by the Depart-
ment to ensure that such programs are coordinated with and
support the national long-range technology plan developed
pursuant to section 232(b) of the Goals 2000: Educate America
Act; and
‘‘(4) perform such additional functions as the Secretary
may require.
‘‘(c) The Director is authorized to select, appoint, and employ
such officers and employees as may be necessary to carry out
the functions of the Office, subject to the provisions of title 5,
United States Code (governing appointments in the competitive
service), and the provisions of chapter 51 and subchapter III of
chapter 53 of such title (relating to classification and General Sched-
ule pay rates).
‘‘(d) The Secretary may obtain the services of experts and
consultants in accordance with section 3109 of title 5, United States
Code.’’.
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(b) COMPENSATION
OF
THE DIRECTOR.—Section 5315 of title
5, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the follow-
ing:
‘‘Director of the Office of Educational Technology.’’.
SEC. 234. USES OF FUNDS.
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall use funds appropriated
pursuant to the authority of section 241(d) for activities designed
to carry out the purpose of this part, including—
(1) providing assistance to technical assistance providers
to enable such providers to improve substantially the services
such providers offer to educators regarding the educational
uses of technology, including professional development;
(2) consulting with representatives of industry, elementary
and secondary education, higher education, and appropriate
experts in technology and the educational applications of tech-
nology, in carrying out the activities assisted under this part;
(3) research on, and the development of, guidelines to facili-
tate maximum interoperability, efficiency and easy exchange
of data for effective use of technology in education;
(4) research on, and the development of, educational
applications of the most advanced and newly emerging
technologies;
(5) the development, demonstration, and evaluation of
applications of existing technology in preschool education,
elementary and secondary education, training and lifelong
learning, 
and 
professional 
development 
of 
educational
personnel;
(6) the development and evaluation of software and other
products, including multimedia television programming, that
incorporate advances in technology and help achieve the
National Education Goals and State content standards and
State student performance standards;
(7) the development, demonstration, and evaluation of
model strategies for preparing teachers and other personnel
to use technology effectively to improve teaching and learning;
(8) the development of model programs that demonstrate
the educational effectiveness of technology in urban and rural
areas and economically distressed communities;
(9) research on, and the evaluation of, the effectiveness
and benefits of technology in education, giving priority to
research on, and evaluation of, such effectiveness and benefits
in elementary and secondary schools;
(10) a biennial assessment of, and report to the public
regarding, the uses of technology in elementary and secondary
education throughout the United States upon which private
businesses and Federal, State, and local governments may rely
for decisionmaking about the need for, and provision of, appro-
priate technologies in schools, by using, to the extent possible,
existing information and resources;
(11) conferences on, and dissemination of information
regarding, the uses of technology in education;
(12) the development of model strategies to promote gender
equity in the use of technology;
(13) encouraging collaboration between the Department of
Education and other Federal departments and agencies in the
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development, implementation, evaluation and funding of
applications of technology for education, as appropriate; and
(14) such other activities as the Secretary determines meet
the purposes of this part.
(b) SPECIAL RULES.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall carry out the activi-
ties described in subsection (a) directly or by grant or contract.
(2) GRANTS AND CONTRACTS.—Each grant or contract under
this part shall be awarded—
(A) on a competitive basis; and
(B) pursuant to a peer review process.
SEC. 235. NON-FEDERAL SHARE.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Subject to subsections (b) and (c), the Sec-
retary may require any recipient of a grant or contract under
this part to share in the cost of the activities assisted under such
grant or contract, which non-Federal share shall be announced
through a notice in the Federal Register and may be in the form
of cash or in-kind contributions, fairly valued.
(b) INCREASE.—The Secretary may increase the non-Federal
share that is required of a recipient of a grant or contract under
this part after the first year such recipient receives funds under
such grant or contract.
(c) MAXIMUM.—The non-Federal share required under this sec-
tion shall not exceed 50 percent of the cost of the activities assisted
pursuant to a grant or contract under this part.
SEC. 236. OFFICE OF TRAINING TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER.
(a) TRANSFER.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Office of Training Technology Trans-
fer as established under section 6103 of the Training Technology
Transfer Act of 1988 (20 U.S.C. 5093) is transferred to and
established in the Office of Educational Technology.
(2) TECHNICAL AMENDMENT.—The first sentence of section
6103(a) of the Training Technology Transfer Act of 1988 (20
U.S.C. 5093(a)) is amended by striking ‘‘Office of Educational
Research and Improvement’’ and inserting ‘‘Office of Edu-
cational Technology’’.
PART D—AUTHORIZATION OF
APPROPRIATIONS
SEC. 241. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.
(a) NATIONAL EDUCATION GOALS PANEL.—There are authorized
to be appropriated $3,000,000 for fiscal year 1994, and such sums
as may be necessary for each of the four succeeding fiscal years,
to carry out part A of this title.
(b) NATIONAL EDUCATION STANDARDS AND IMPROVEMENT COUN-
CIL.—There are authorized to be appropriated $3,000,000 for fiscal
year 1994, and such sums as may be necessary for each of the
fiscal years 1995 through 1998, to carry out part B of this title.
(c) OPPORTUNITY-TO-LEARN DEVELOPMENT GRANTS.—There are
authorized to be appropriated $2,000,000 for fiscal year 1994, and
such sums as may be necessary for fiscal year 1995, to carry
out section 219.
(d) ASSESSMENT DEVELOPMENT
AND EVALUATION GRANTS.—
There are authorized to be appropriated $5,000,000 for fiscal year