the public aware of the use of modern technology in
classrooms, and the amount and quality of profes-
sional development provided to teachers in the use of
educational technology. Factors relevant to the use,
amount, and quality may include—
(A) investments made by the local edu-
cational agency in the professional development
of teachers for improving their mastery and use
of educational technology in each of the 3 years
preceding the year for which the determination
is made;
(B) local standards for advancement or re-
certification of teachers that involve educational
technology;
(C) the percentage of teachers in the local
educational agency receiving a significant pro-
fessional development experience in the use of
education technology in each of the 3 years pre-
ceding the year for which the determination is
made;
(D) the percentage of elementary schools
and secondary schools served by the local edu-
cational agency that are connected to the
Internet; and
(E) the percentage of elementary school
and secondary school classrooms served by the
local educational agency that are connected to
the Internet.
(2) PLANS FOR IMPROVING THE PREPARATION
OF NEW TEACHERS IN THE USE OF EDUCATIONAL
TECHNOLOGY.—The degree to which a local edu-
cational agency has developed or plans to develop
the following:
(A) Higher standards for regular profes-
sional development of teachers in the use of
educational technology.
(B) Expanded opportunities for regular
professional development experiences for teach-
ers in the use of educational technology.
(C) Effective partnerships among the local
educational agency, the schools served by the
local educational agency, and other organiza-
tions committed to improving professional de-
velopment for teachers in the use of educational
technology.
(D) An appropriate commitment to and in-
vestment in the professional development of
teachers in the use of educational technology.
(E) Special efforts to provide minority
teachers and teachers in schools with high mi-
nority student enrollments with access to pro-
fessional development opportunities in edu-
cational technology.
(F) Innovative approaches by partnerships
described in subparagraph (C) to provide pro-
fessional development experiences for teachers
in the use of educational technology that ad-
dress—
(i) the need for resident technical ex-
pertise in every elementary school and sec-
ondary school served by the local edu-
cational agency;
(ii) the need for professional develop-
ment opportunities for all teachers in an
elementary school or secondary school
served by the local educational agency;
(iii) the need for ongoing technical
support for all teachers in an elementary
school or secondary school served by the
local educational agency;
(iv) the need for rapid responses that
provide timely professional development op-
portunities following major technological
developments affecting education; and
(v) the need for stable sources of ade-
quate support for professional develop-
ment.
SEC. 206. MAINTENANCE OF EFFORT; SUPPLEMENT NOT
SUPPLANT.
(a) MAINTENANCE OF EFFORT.—A State educational
agency and a local educational agency, in utilizing the
grant funds received under this title, shall maintain the
expenditures of the State educational agency and local
educational agency, respectively, for expanding and im-
proving the use of technology by inservice teachers at a
level equal to not less than the level of expenditures main-
tained by the State educational agency and local edu-
cational agency, respectively, for the fiscal year preceding
the fiscal year for which the grant is received.
(b) SUPPLEMENT NOT SUPPLANT.—Funds appro-
priated under the authority of section 208 shall be used
to supplement and not supplant other Federal, State, and
local public funds expended to expand and improve the
use of technology by inservice teachers.
SEC. 207. ADMINISTRATION; PARTICIPATION OF PRIVATE
SCHOOL TEACHERS.
(a) ADMINISTRATION.—The Secretary shall carry out
the program authorized by this title through the Office
of Educational Technology in the Office of the Deputy
Secretary of the Department of Education.
(b) PARTICIPATION OF PRIVATE SCHOOL TEACH-
ERS.—Private school teachers seeking to participate in ac-
tivities under this Act shall be eligible for such participa-
tion in the same manner and to the same extent as private
school teachers are eligible to participate in activities
under the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of
1965 (20 U.S.C. 6301 et seq.).
SEC. 208. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.
There are authorized to be appropriated to carry out
this title $40,000,000 for fiscal year 1998, and such sums
as may be necessary for fiscal year 1999.
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