I 
114TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1004 
To reauthorize the Enhancing Education Through Technology Act of 2001. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
FEBRUARY 13, 2015 
Ms. ROYBAL-ALLARD introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Education and the Workforce 
A BILL 
To reauthorize the Enhancing Education Through 
Technology Act of 2001. 
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 ‘‘Achievement Through 
Technology and Innovation Reauthorization Act of 2015’’. 
SEC. 2. ACHIEVEMENT THROUGH TECHNOLOGY AND INNO-
VATION. 
Part D of title II of the Elementary and Secondary 
Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 6751 et seq.) is amend-
ed to read as follows: 
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‘‘PART D—ACHIEVEMENT THROUGH 
TECHNOLOGY AND INNOVATION 
‘‘SEC. 2401. SHORT TITLE. 
‘‘This part may be cited as the ‘Achievement Through 
Technology and Innovation Act of 2015’ or the ‘ATTAIN 
Act’. 
‘‘SEC. 2402. PURPOSES AND GOALS. 
‘‘The purposes and goals of this part are— 
‘‘(1) to ensure that States have high-quality 
technology plans to promote effective and innovative 
uses of technology and to ensure that every student 
has access to personalized, rigorous, and relevant 
learning to meet the goals of this Act to raise stu-
dent achievement, close the achievement gap, and 
ensure highly effective teaching, and to prepare all 
students to be technology literate and college and ca-
reer ready for the 21st century digital economy; 
‘‘(2) to evaluate, build upon, and increase the 
use of evidence-based and innovative systemic school 
redesigns that center on the use of technology that 
leads to school improvement, improved productivity, 
and increased student achievement; 
‘‘(3) to ensure that all educators are connected 
in an ongoing manner to technology-based and on-
line resources and supports, including through en-
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hanced ongoing, meaningful professional develop-
ment to ensure that— 
‘‘(A) all educators are technology literate 
and effectively use technology to improve in-
struction and student outcomes; and 
‘‘(B) education administrators possess the 
capacity to— 
‘‘(i) provide leadership in the use of 
technology for systemic redesign of cur-
riculum, instruction, and the education en-
terprise; and 
‘‘(ii) improve educational productivity; 
‘‘(4) to improve student performance, engage-
ment, opportunity, attendance, graduation rates, and 
technology access through enhanced or redesigned 
curriculum or instruction; 
‘‘(5) to more effectively collect and use student 
performance and other data in a timely manner to 
inform instruction, address individualized student 
needs, support school decisionmaking, and support 
school improvement and increased student achieve-
ment, including through delivery of computer-based 
and online assessments; 
‘‘(6) to enhance the use of technology, online 
and blended learning for systemic education trans-
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formation, including curricula redesign and new in-
structional strategies to personalize learning; and 
‘‘(7) to increase education productivity and re-
duce costs through the use of technology, blended 
and online learning, including for the delivery of on-
line assessments. 
‘‘SEC. 2403. DEFINITIONS. 
‘‘In this part: 
‘‘(1) LOCAL EDUCATIONAL AGENCY.—The term 
‘local educational agency’ includes a consortium of 
local educational agencies. 
‘‘(2) STUDENT TECHNOLOGY LITERACY.—The 
term ‘student technology literacy’ means student 
knowledge and skills in using contemporary informa-
tion, communication, and learning technologies in a 
manner necessary for successful employment, life- 
long learning, and citizenship in the knowledge- 
based, digital, and global 21st century, as further 
defined by the State educational agency, which in-
cludes, at a minimum, the ability— 
‘‘(A) to effectively communicate and col-
laborate; 
‘‘(B) to analyze and solve problems; 
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‘‘(C) to access, evaluate, manage, and cre-
ate information and otherwise gain information 
literacy; 
‘‘(D) to demonstrate creative thinking, 
construct knowledge, and develop innovative 
products and processes; and 
‘‘(E) to do so in a safe and ethical manner. 
‘‘(3) HIGH-QUALITY TECHNOLOGY PLAN.—The 
term ‘high-quality technology plan’ means a plan 
that supports student learning powered by tech-
nology, and includes goals in a minimum of five 
areas: learning, assessment, teaching, infrastructure, 
and communication. Such a plan shall also include 
specific metrics for evaluating outcomes. 
‘‘SEC. 2404. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—There are authorized to be ap-
propriated to carry out this part, $1,000,000,000 for fiscal 
year 2015, and such sums as may be necessary for each 
of the 5 succeeding fiscal years. 
‘‘(b) NATIONAL TECHNOLOGY ACTIVITIES.—Of the 
funds made available under subsection (a), the Secretary 
may reserve up to 2 percent to support national evalua-
tion, technical assistance, and dissemination of effective 
practice to support States in adopting evidence-based best 
practices for using technology to transform learning. 
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‘‘(c) ALLOCATION OF FUNDS BETWEEN STATE AND 
LOCAL INITIATIVES.—The remaining funds made avail-
able under subsection (a) shall be available to carry out 
this part, as described in subsection (d). 
‘‘(d) LIMITATION.— 
‘‘(1) LOCAL ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS.—Of the 
funds made available to a local educational agency 
under this part for a fiscal year, not more than 3 
percent may be used by the local educational agency 
for administrative costs. 
‘‘(2) STATE ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS.—Of the 
funds made available to a State educational agency 
under section 2406(a)(1)(A), not more than 30 per-
cent may be used by the State educational agency 
for administrative costs. 
‘‘SEC. 2405. ALLOTMENT AND REALLOTMENT. 
‘‘(a) RESERVATIONS AND ALLOTMENT.—From the 
amount made available to carry out this part under section 
2404(a) for a fiscal year— 
‘‘(1) the Secretary shall reserve— 
‘‘(A) 3⁄4 of 1 percent for the Secretary of 
the Interior for programs under this part for 
schools operated or funded by the Bureau of In-
dian Affairs; and 
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‘‘(B) 1⁄2 of 1 percent to provide assistance 
under this part to the outlying areas; and 
‘‘(2) subject to subsection (b), the Secretary 
shall use the remainder to award grants by allotting 
to each State educational agency an amount that 
bears the same relationship to such remainder for 
such year as the amount received under part A of 
title I for such year by such State educational agen-
cy bears to the amount received under such part for 
such year by all State educational agencies. 
‘‘(b) MINIMUM ALLOTMENT.—The amount of any 
State educational agency’s allotment under subsection 
(a)(2) for any fiscal year shall not be less than 1⁄2 of 1 
percent of the amount made available for allotments to 
State educational agencies under this part for such year. 
‘‘(c) REALLOTMENT OF UNUSED FUNDS.—If any 
State does not apply for an allotment under this sub-
section for any fiscal year, the Secretary shall reallot the 
amount of the allotment to the remaining States in accord-
ance with this subsection. 
‘‘SEC. 2406. USE OF ALLOTMENT BY STATE. 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Of the amount provided to 
a State educational agency under section 2405(a)(2) 
for a fiscal year— 
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‘‘(A) the State educational agency may use 
not more than 5 percent of such amount or 
$200,000, whichever amount is greater, to 
carry out activities under section 2408; and 
‘‘(B) the State educational agency shall 
distribute the remainder in accordance with 
paragraph (2). 
‘‘(2) 
DISTRIBUTION
OF
REMAINDER.—The 
State educational agency shall use the remainder to 
award subgrants, through a State-determined com-
petitive process, to local educational agencies having 
applications approved under section 2409 for the ac-
tivities described in section 2410. 
‘‘(b) SUFFICIENT AMOUNTS.—In awarding subgrants 
under subsection (a)(2) the State educational agency 
shall— 
‘‘(1) ensure the subgrants are of sufficient size 
and scope to be effective, consistent with the pur-
poses of this part; and 
‘‘(2) ensure subgrants are of sufficient duration 
to be effective, consistent with the purposes of this 
part, including by awarding subgrants for a period 
of not less than 2 years that may be renewed for not 
more than an additional 1 year, based on perform-
ance; 
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