‘‘(I) A description of how the applicant 
consulted with local educational agencies in the 
development of the application. 
‘‘(J) A listing of the local educational 
agencies that will receive subgrants, and a de-
scription of the activities the local educational 
agencies have agreed to undertake with such 
funds should the applicant be awarded a grant 
under this subpart. 
‘‘(K) A description of how the applicant 
will coordinate activities carried out with funds 
under this subpart with other Federal, State, 
and local funds and activities in order to lever-
age their impact beyond what could be accom-
plished directly with grant funds. 
‘‘(c) AWARDS.—In awarding grants under this sub-
part, the Secretary shall do the following: 
‘‘(1) Ensure the grants— 
‘‘(A) are of sufficient size and duration to 
be effective; 
‘‘(B) are distributed among States of di-
verse geographic locations and populations; and 
‘‘(C) serve students of greatest need. 
‘‘(2) Use the following characteristics of a State 
educational agency (or, in the case of an applicant 
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that is a consortium of State educational agencies, 
the characteristics of each participating agency) as 
absolute priorities for awarding grants: 
‘‘(A) Bases student advancement and 
graduation on demonstrated competency re-
gardless of seat-time, or time spent in a tradi-
tional classroom. 
‘‘(B) Seeks to ensure all students have ac-
cess to high-quality digital content and online 
courses without arbitrary caps or other limita-
tions on enrollment in online learning. 
‘‘(C) Has teacher certification or licensure 
requirements that require educators to be tech-
nology literate, including the ability to— 
‘‘(i) integrate technology into cur-
riculum, instruction, and assessment; 
‘‘(ii) use data to personalize learning; 
or 
‘‘(iii) teach online. 
‘‘(D) Allows the use of State funds for 
technology tools and applications, if appro-
priate, to meet program goals and require-
ments, including ensuring that the State’s rules 
support adoption of electronic learning mate-
rials, including allowance that materials may be 
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updated in an ongoing manner and can be ac-
quired through subscription. 
‘‘(E) Has learning standards that include 
student technology literacy standards and learn-
ing performance standards that assess student 
technology literacy. 
‘‘(3) Use the following characteristics of a State 
educational agency (or, in the case of an applicant 
that is a consortium of State educational agencies, 
the characteristics of each participating agency) as 
competitive 
preference 
priorities 
for 
awarding 
grants: 
‘‘(A) Assessments are delivered online and 
may be taken when students have completed a 
particular course or unit of instruction, not at 
a specified time and date. 
‘‘(B) Has teacher certification reciprocity 
agreements with 1 or more other State edu-
cational agencies, including for online instruc-
tion. 
‘‘(C) Postsecondary and other teacher 
training institutions are required to provide, or 
supported in providing, training in online and 
blended instruction. 
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‘‘(D) Directly supports technology tools 
and applications and ensure all students and 
teachers have high-speed access to the Internet. 
‘‘(E) Supports policies or plans facilitating 
the use of student owned devices in schools or 
that facilitate home access to digital content. 
‘‘(F) Has plans that support students with 
disabilities, advanced learners, below-grade-level 
learners, and English language learners. 
‘‘(d) USE OF FUNDS.—A recipient of a grant under 
this subpart shall— 
‘‘(1) allocate not less than 75 percent of grant 
funds to local educational agencies to carry out the 
activities described in the application; and 
‘‘(2) use the funds remaining after carrying out 
paragraph (1) for State-level activities, as described 
in the application, including— 
‘‘(A) assessing the impact of grant funds; 
and 
‘‘(B) disseminating the findings of the re-
cipient statewide and nationally and, in the case 
of a consortium, throughout the States within 
the consortium.’’. 
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