I 
113TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 5303 
To promote the use of blended learning in classrooms across America. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JULY 31, 2014 
Mrs. MCMORRIS RODGERS introduced the following bill; which was referred 
to the Committee on Education and the Workforce 
A BILL 
To promote the use of blended learning in classrooms across 
America. 
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 ‘‘21st Century Class-
room Innovation Act’’. 
SEC. 2. REFERENCES. 
Except as otherwise expressly provided, whenever in 
this Act an amendment is expressed in terms of an amend-
ment to a section or other provision, the reference shall 
be considered to be made to a section or other provision 
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of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 
(20 U.S.C. 6301 et seq.). 
SEC. 3. ENCOURAGING STATE AND LOCAL BLENDED 
LEARNING PROJECTS. 
(a) STATE APPLICATIONS.—Section 2112(b) (20 
U.S.C. 6612(b)) is amended by inserting at the end the 
following: 
‘‘(13) In the case of a State that will carry out 
a 
program 
to 
award 
grants 
under 
section 
2113(c)(3), a description of the program, which 
shall include— 
‘‘(A) the criteria the State will use to 
award grants under such section to eligible enti-
ties to carry out blended learning projects; 
‘‘(B) the State policies and procedures to 
be waived by the State, consistent with Federal 
law, for such eligible entities to carry out such 
projects, which may include waivers with re-
spect to— 
‘‘(i) restrictions on class sizes; 
‘‘(ii) 
restrictions 
on 
licensing 
or 
credentialing of personnel supervising stu-
dent work in such projects; 
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‘‘(iii) restrictions on the use of State 
funding for instructional materials for the 
purchase of digital instructional resources; 
‘‘(iv) restrictions on advancing stu-
dents based on demonstrated mastery of 
learning outcomes, rather than seat-time 
requirements; and 
‘‘(v) restrictions on secondary school 
students in the State enrolling in online 
coursework; 
‘‘(C) how the State will inform eligible en-
tities of the availability of the waivers described 
in subparagraph (B); and 
‘‘(D) how the State will provide the non- 
Federal match required under subparagraph 
(D) of section 2113(c)(3).’’. 
(b) STATE USE
OF FUNDS.—Section 2113 (20 
U.S.C. 6613) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (a)(2), by striking ‘‘2.5’’ and 
inserting ‘‘1.5’’; and 
(2) in subsection (c)— 
(A) by striking the matter preceding para-
graph (1) and inserting the following: 
‘‘(1) IN
GENERAL.—The State educational 
agency for a State that receives a grant under sec-
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tion 2111 shall use the funds described in subsection 
(a)(3) to carry out one or more of the activities de-
scribed in paragraph (2) or (3). 
‘‘(2) ACTIVITIES.—The State educational agen-
cy may use the funds described in subsection (a)(3) 
to carry out one or more of the following, which may 
be carried out through a grant or contract with a 
for-profit or nonprofit entity:’’; 
(B) 
by 
redesignating 
paragraphs 
(1) 
through (18) as subparagraphs (A) through 
(R), respectively; 
(C) in subparagraph (A), as so redesig-
nated— 
(i) by redesignating subparagraph 
(A)(i) and clause (ii) as clause (i)(I) and 
subclause (II), respectively; and 
(ii) by redesignating subparagraphs 
(B) and (C) as clauses (ii) and (iii), re-
spectively; 
(D) in subparagraph (B), as so redesig-
nated, by redesignating subparagraphs (A) and 
(B) as clauses (i) and (ii), respectively; 
(E) in subparagraph (D), as so redesig-
nated, by redesignating subparagraphs (A) and 
(B) as clauses (i) and (ii), respectively; 
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(F) in subparagraph (R), as so redesig-
nated, by redesignating subparagraphs (A) and 
(B) as clauses (i) and (ii), respectively; and 
(G) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(3) BLENDED LEARNING PROJECTS.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The State educational 
agency may use the funds described in sub-
section (a)(3) to carry out a program to award 
grants on a competitive basis to eligible entities 
in the State to carry out blended learning 
projects described in this paragraph. 
‘‘(B) APPLICATION.—An eligible entity de-
siring to receive a grant under this paragraph 
shall submit an application to the State edu-
cational agency at such time and in such man-
ner as the agency may require, and which de-
scribes— 
‘‘(i) the blended learning project to be 
carried out by the eligible entity, including 
the design of the instructional model to be 
carried out by the eligible entity and how 
such eligible entity will use funds provided 
under this paragraph to carry out the 
project; 
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‘‘(D) NON-FEDERAL
MATCH.—A State 
educational agency that carries out a grant pro-
gram under this paragraph shall provide non- 
Federal matching funds equal to not less than 
10 percent of the grant funds awarded by the 
State educational agency to eligible entities 
under this paragraph. 
‘‘(E) DEFINITIONS.—For purposes of this 
paragraph: 
‘‘(i) BLENDED LEARNING PROJECT.— 
The term ‘blended learning project’ means 
a formal education program— 
‘‘(I) that includes an element of 
online learning, and instructional time 
in a supervised location away from 
home; 
‘‘(II) that includes an element of 
student control over time, place, path, 
or pace; and 
‘‘(III) the modalities along each 
student’s learning path within a 
course or subject are connected to 
provide an integrated learning experi-
ence. 
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‘‘(ii) CHARTER
SCHOOL.—The term 
‘charter school’ has the meaning given the 
term in section 5210. 
‘‘(iii) ELIGIBLE
ENTITY.—The term 
‘eligible entity’ means a— 
‘‘(I) local educational agency; 
‘‘(II) charter school; or 
‘‘(III) consortium of the entities 
described in subclause (I) or (II), 
which may be in partnership with a 
for-profit or nonprofit entity.’’. 
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