‘‘(3) 
collaborate 
between 
the 
department, 
school, or college of education faculty and the de-
partment, school, or college of arts and sciences fac-
ulty who teach courses to pre-service teachers to— 
‘‘(A) develop and implement a plan for 
pre-service teachers and continuing educators 
that demonstrates effective instructional strate-
gies and application of such strategies in the 
use of digital tools to transform the teaching 
and learning process; and 
‘‘(B) better reach underrepresented pre- 
service teacher populations with programs that 
connect such pre-service teacher populations 
with applications of technology; 
‘‘(4) collaborate among faculty and students to 
create and disseminate case studies of technology 
applications in classroom settings with a goal of im-
proving student achievement in high-need schools; 
‘‘(5) provide additional technology resources for 
pre-service teachers to plan and implement tech-
nology applications in classroom settings that pro-
vide evidence of student learning; and 
‘‘(6) bring together expertise from departments, 
schools, or colleges of education, arts and science 
faculty, and academic content specialists at the local 
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educational agency to share and disseminate tech-
nology applications in the classroom through teacher 
preparation and into early career practice. 
‘‘SEC. 224. APPLICATION REQUIREMENTS. 
‘‘To be eligible to receive a grant or enter into a con-
tract or cooperative agreement under this part, an eligible 
consortium shall submit an application to the Secretary 
at such time, in such manner, and containing such infor-
mation as the Secretary may require. Such application 
shall include the following: 
‘‘(1) A description of the project to be carried 
out with the grant, including how the project will— 
‘‘(A) develop a long-term partnership fo-
cused on effective teaching with modern digital 
tools and content that substantially connects 
pre-service preparation of teacher candidates 
with high-need schools; or 
‘‘(B) transform the way departments, 
schools, and colleges of education teach class-
room technology integration, including the prin-
ciples of universal design, to teacher candidates. 
‘‘(2) A demonstration of— 
‘‘(A) the commitment, including the finan-
cial commitment, of each of the members of the 
consortium for the proposed project; and 
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‘‘(B) the support of the leadership of each 
organization that is a member of the consor-
tium for the proposed project. 
‘‘(3) A description of how each member of the 
consortium will participate in the project. 
‘‘(4) A description of how the State or local 
educational agency will incorporate the project into 
the agency’s technology plan, if such a plan already 
exists. 
‘‘(5) A description of how the project will be 
continued after Federal funds are no longer avail-
able under this part for the project. 
‘‘(6) A description of how the project will incor-
porate— 
‘‘(A) State teacher technology standards; 
and 
‘‘(B) State student technology standards. 
‘‘(7) A plan for the evaluation of the project, 
which shall include benchmarks to monitor progress 
toward specific project objectives. 
‘‘SEC. 225. EVALUATION. 
‘‘Not less than 10 percent of the funds awarded to 
an eligible consortium to carry out a project under this 
part shall be used to evaluate the effectiveness of such 
project. 
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‘‘SEC. 226. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 
‘‘There 
is 
authorized 
to 
be 
appropriated 
$100,000,000 to carry out this part for fiscal year 2009 
and such sums as may be necessary for each of the 2 suc-
ceeding fiscal years.’’. 
Æ 
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