awarded under section 2412(a) is of sufficient size, 
scope, and duration to be effective as required under 
section 2412(b), and that such subgrants are appro-
priately targeted and equitably distributed as re-
quired under section 2412(b) to carry out the pur-
poses of this part effectively. 
‘‘(11) A description of how the State edu-
cational agency consulted with local educational 
agencies in the development of the State application. 
‘‘SEC. 2414. STATE ACTIVITIES. 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—From funds made available 
under section 2412(a)(1), a State educational agency— 
‘‘(1) shall— 
‘‘(A) identify the State challenging aca-
demic content standards and challenging stu-
dent academic achievement standards that the 
State will use to ensure that each student is 
technology literate by the end of the 8th grade 
(consistent with the definition of student tech-
nology literacy in section 2402); 
‘‘(B) assess at least once by the end of the 
8th grade student performance in gaining tech-
nology literacy consistent with subparagraph 
(A), including through embedding such assess-
ment items in other State tests, performance- 
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based assessment portfolios, or through other 
means, except that— 
‘‘(i) such assessments shall be used 
only to track student technology literacy 
and not for purposes of determining ade-
quate yearly progress under section 1111; 
and 
‘‘(ii) nothing in this part shall be con-
strued as requiring a State to develop a 
separate test to measure student tech-
nology literacy; 
‘‘(C) provide guidance, technical assistance 
and other support in the priority areas identi-
fied 
by 
the 
State 
pursuant 
to 
section 
2413(b)(3) to local educational agencies receiv-
ing grants of under $10,000 under section 
2412(a)(3)(A), with a priority given to those in 
highest need of assistance pursuant to section 
2413(b)(9); 
‘‘(D) provide technical assistance to local 
educational agencies (with a priority given to 
those identified by the State as being the most 
in need of assistance, including those with the 
highest percentage or number of students from 
families with incomes below the poverty line, 
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students not achieving at the State proficiency 
level, with student populations identified under 
section 2412(b)(1)(C) and schools identified as 
in need of improvement under section 1116) 
in— 
‘‘(i) submitting applications for fund-
ing under this part; 
‘‘(ii) carrying out activities authorized 
under section 2416, including implementa-
tion of systemic school reforms as de-
scribed in section 2415(b); and 
‘‘(iii) 
developing 
local 
educational 
technology plans and integrating such 
plans with their plans for improving stu-
dent achievement under sections 1111 and 
1112 and, if applicable, section 1116; and 
‘‘(E) provide guidance, technical assist-
ance, and other support to local educational 
agencies on their plans to update computers 
and 
servers, 
including 
the 
types 
of 
functionalities that elementary and secondary 
schools should seek in purchasing new com-
puters and servers and the amount of time that 
schools should use computers and servers before 
replacing them; and 
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