I
106TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 4081
To establish a program that improves achievement through the integration
of technology into curriculum.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
MARCH 23, 2000
Mr. KIND (for himself, Mr. DOOLEY of California, Mr. SMITH of Washington,
Mr. WU, Mr. ROEMER, Mrs. MCCARTHY of New York, Ms. SANCHEZ,
Mr. HOLT, Mr. FORD, Mr. BLUMENAUER, Mr. ETHERIDGE, Mr. DAVIS
of Florida, Mr. MORAN of Virginia, Mr. STENHOLM, Mrs. NAPOLITANO,
Mr. LARSON, Mr. SANDLIN, Mrs. TAUSCHER, and Mr. GONZALEZ) intro-
duced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Edu-
cation and the Workforce
A BILL
To establish a program that improves achievement through
the integration of technology into curriculum.
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 Education Technology
Enhances Classrooms (EdTEC) Act.
SEC. 2. TECHNOLOGY LITERACY CHALLENGE FUND.
Subpart 2 of part A of title III of the Elementary
and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 6801
et seq.) is amended to read as follows:
‘‘Subpart 2—Technology Literacy Challenge Fund
‘‘SEC. 3130. PURPOSE.
‘‘It is the purpose of this subpart to increase the ca-
pacity of State and local educational agencies to improve
student achievement, particularly that of students in high-
poverty, low-performing schools, and the ability of teach-
ers to integrate technology into the curriculum, by sup-
porting State and local efforts that—
‘‘(1) make effective use of new technologies and
technology applications, networks, and electronic
learning resources;
‘‘(2) utilize research-based teaching practices
that are linked to advanced technologies;
‘‘(3) promote sustained and intensive, high-
quality professional development that enables teach-
ers to help students achieve to challenging State
content standards and assessments in core academic
subjects through the integration of educational tech-
nology into instruction;
‘‘(4) disseminate information to school districts
and schools about technology and applications, in-
cluding software, that is aligned to challenging State
content standards in core academic subjects; and
‘‘(5) develop standards and performance indica-
tors for students and teachers on the effective use
and integration of education technology into the core
academic curriculum, and methods for measuring
program outcomes against the indicators.
‘‘SEC. 3131. ALLOTMENT AND REALLOTMENT.
‘‘(a) ALLOTMENT.—
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in para-
graph (2), each State educational agency shall be el-
igible to receive a grant under this subpart for a fis-
cal year in an amount which bears the same rela-
tionship to the amount made available under section
3114(a)(1)(C) for such year as the amount such
State received under part A of title I for such year
bears to the amount received for such year under
such part by all States.
‘‘(2) MINIMUM.—No State educational agency
(including, for purposes of this subpart, the Bureau
of Indian Affairs) shall be eligible to receive a grant
under paragraph (1) in any fiscal year in an amount
which is less than one-half of one percent of the
amount made available under section 3115(a)(1)(C)
for such year, except that such minimum shall apply
to the aggregate of grants received under this sub-
part by the outlying areas for a fiscal year.
‘‘(b) REALLOTMENT OF UNUSED FUNDS.—
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The amount of any State
educational agency’s allotment under subsection (a)
for any fiscal year which the Secretary determines
will not be required for such fiscal year to carry out
this subpart shall be available for reallotment from
time to time, on such dates during such year as the
Secretary may determine, to other State educational
agencies in proportion to the original allotments to
such State educational agencies under subsection (a)
for such year, but with such proportionate amount
for any of such other State educational agencies
being reduced to the extent such amount exceeds the
sum the Secretary estimates such State needs and
will be able to use for such year.
‘‘(2) OTHER REALLOTMENTS.—The total of re-
ductions under paragraph (1) shall be similarly real-
lotted among the State educational agencies whose
proportionate amounts were not so reduced. Any
amounts reallotted to a State educational agency
under this subsection during a year shall be deemed
a subpart of such agencies allotment under sub-
section (a) for such year.