tionship between implementation practices and 
differences in student outcomes. 
(8) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means 
the Secretary of Education. 
(9) TECHNOLOGY-ENABLED EDUCATION INNO-
VATION
PROGRAM.—The term ‘‘technology-enabled 
education innovation program’’ means an edu-
cational intervention that— 
(A) employs information technology, best 
available knowledge about how people learn, 
and an understanding of how programs are im-
plemented in education settings; and 
(B) may be implemented at scale with rea-
sonable costs, with the ratio of expected bene-
fits to costs being significantly superior to that 
for existing approaches. 
TITLE 
I—TECHNOLOGY-EN-
ABLED EDUCATION INNOVA-
TION 
PARTNERSHIP 
PRO-
GRAM. 
SEC. 101. GRANTS. 
(a) PROGRAM AUTHORIZATION.—From the amounts 
appropriated under section 103 after making a reservation 
under subsection (b) of such section, the Secretary of Edu-
cation is authorized to award grants, on a competitive 
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basis, to eligible partnerships to design, implement, refine, 
and scale technology-enabled education innovation pro-
grams. 
(b) APPLICATION.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—An eligible partnership de-
siring a grant under this section shall submit an ap-
plication to the Secretary at such time, in such man-
ner, and accompanied by such information as the 
Secretary may require. 
(2) APPLICATION
CONTENTS.—An application 
described in paragraph (1), shall, at a minimum— 
(A) include a description of how the eligi-
ble partnership proposes to use the grant funds 
to implement a technology-enabled education in-
novation program; 
(B) list the objectives of the technology-en-
abled education innovation program; 
(C) provide a budget for the use of the 
grant funds; 
(D) describe the evaluation plan and as-
sessment measures for the technology-enabled 
education innovation program; and 
(E) provide such additional assurances and 
information as the Secretary determines to be 
necessary. 
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(c) AWARDS.— 
(1) 
MINIMUM
AND
MAXIMUM
GRANT 
AMOUNT.—A grant awarded under this section shall 
be not less than $300,000 and not greater than 
$1,000,000 for each fiscal year. 
(2) DURATION.—A grant under this section 
shall be awarded for a period of 3 years. 
(3) EXTENSION.— 
(A) DURATION
AND
AMOUNT.—A grant 
awarded under this section may be extended for 
an additional 2 years in an amount determined 
appropriate by the Secretary. 
(B) PROGRESS
AND
PEER
REVIEW.—An 
extension of a grant awarded to an eligible 
partnership under this section shall be contin-
gent upon evidence of progress and capacity for 
scaling the technology-enabled education inno-
vation program carried out by the partnership 
with the grant funds, as determined by a peer 
review process conducted by the Secretary. 
(d) PREFERENCE POINTS FOR MATCHING FUNDS.— 
The Secretary may award up to 10 percent in competitive 
preference points to an eligible partnership in which the 
State educational agency or local educational agency part-
ner provides 10 percent or more matching funds to cover 
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the cost of the activities funded by a grant awarded under 
this section. 
(e) REQUIRED USE OF FUNDS.—An eligible partner-
ship that is awarded a grant under this section shall use 
such grant to carry out a technology-enabled education in-
novation program— 
(1) under which 75 percent or more of students 
taking part in such program attend a school in 
which 50 percent or more of the student body is eli-
gible for free or reduced-price lunches (under the 
Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act (42 
U.S.C. 1761)); and 
(2) that at a minimum— 
(A) uses technology to address curriculum 
content and instructional strategies that sup-
port science, language arts, or mathematics, in 
accordance with career and college ready stand-
ards and 21st century skills; 
(B) demonstrates that sufficient techno-
logical 
infrastructure 
(which 
may 
include 
connectivity, end user devices, servers, periph-
erals, or other technology directly related to the 
technology-enabled innovation) is, or will be, 
available in the schools participating in the 
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partnership grant to implement the innovation 
program successfully; 
(C) measures student learning outcomes 
aligned to the objectives of such innovation pro-
gram; and 
(D) provides teachers with professional de-
velopment to increase their knowledge and skill 
related to educational content, pedagogical tech-
niques, and how to use technology effectively in 
support of learning, which will enable teachers 
to have the skills and knowledge to implement 
the innovation program’s instructional strate-
gies with the intended level of frequency and 
with fidelity to the learning principles on which 
the innovation is based. 
SEC. 102. REPORT AND EVALUATION. 
(a) ANNUAL REPORT REQUIRED.—An eligible part-
nership shall submit an annual report to the Secretary de-
tailing— 
(1) all activities undertaken by the eligible part-
nership using grant funds; 
(2) student learning outcomes; and 
(3) refinements planned for the technology-en-
abled education innovation program based on anal-
ysis of student learning outcome data. 
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