 CHAPTER 70--STRENGTHENING AND IMPROVEMENT OF ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY 
                                 SCHOOLS
 
                SUBCHAPTER III--TECHNOLOGY FOR EDUCATION
 
            Part A--Technology for Education of All Students
 
        subpart 1--national programs for technology in education
 
Sec. 6832. Federal leadership


(a) Program authorized

    In order to provide Federal leadership in promoting the use of 
technology in education, the Secretary, in consultation with the 
National Science Foundation, the Department of Commerce, the United 
States National Commission on Libraries and Information Sciences, and 
other appropriate Federal agencies, may carry out activities designed to 
achieve the purposes of this part directly or by awarding grants or 
contracts competitively and pursuant to a peer review process to, or 
entering into contracts with, State educational agencies, local 
educational agencies, institutions of higher education, or other public 
and private nonprofit or for-profit agencies and organizations.

(b) Assistance

                           (1) In general

        The Secretary shall provide assistance to the States to enable 
    such States to plan effectively for the use of technology in all 
    schools throughout the State in accordance with the purpose and 
    requirements of section 5897 \1\ of this title.
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                     (2) Other Federal agencies

        For the purpose of carrying out coordinated or joint activities 
    consistent with the purposes of this part, the Secretary may accept 
    funds from, and transfer funds to, other Federal agencies.

(c) Uses of funds

    The Secretary shall use funds made available to carry out this 
section for activities designed to carry out the purpose of this part, 
such as--
        (1) providing assistance to technical assistance providers to 
    enable such providers to improve substantially the services such 
    providers offer to educators regarding the uses of technology for 
    education, including professional development;
        (2) providing development grants to technical assistance 
    providers, to enable such providers to improve substantially the 
    services such providers offer to educators on the educational uses 
    of technology, including professional development;
        (3) consulting with representatives of industry, elementary and 
    secondary education, higher education, adult and family education, 
    and appropriate experts in technology and educational applications 
    of technology in carrying out activities under this subpart;
        (4) research on, and the development of, guidelines to 
    facilitate maximum interoperability, efficiency and easy exchange of 
    data for effective use of technology in education;
        (5) research on, and the development of, applications for 
    education of the most advanced and newly emerging technologies which 
    research shall be coordinated, when appropriate, with the Office of 
    Educational Research and Improvement, and other Federal agencies;
        (6) the development, demonstration, and evaluation of the 
    educational aspects of high performance computing and communications 
    technologies and of the national information infrastructure, in 
    providing professional development for teachers, school librarians, 
    and other educators; enriching academic curricula for elementary and 
    secondary schools; facilitating communications among schools, local 
    educational agencies, libraries, parents, and local communities and 
    in other such areas as the Secretary deems appropriate;
        (7) the development, demonstration, and evaluation of 
    applications of existing technology in preschool education, 
    elementary and secondary education, training and lifelong learning, 
    and professional development of educational personnel;
        (8) the development and evaluation of software and other 
    products, including multimedia television programming, that 
    incorporate advances in technology and help achieve the National 
    Education Goals, State content standards and State student 
    performance standards;
        (9) the development, demonstration, and evaluation of model 
    strategies for preparing teachers and other personnel to use 
    technology effectively to improve teaching and learning;
        (10) the development of model programs that demonstrate the 
    educational effectiveness of technology in urban and rural areas and 
    economically distressed communities;
        (11) research on, and the evaluation of, the effectiveness and 
    benefits of technology in education;
        (12) a biennial assessment of, and report to the public 
    regarding, the uses of technology in elementary and secondary 
    education throughout the United States upon which private businesses 
    and Federal, State, tribal, and local governments may rely for 
    decisionmaking about the need for, and provision of, appropriate 
    technologies in schools, which assessment and report shall use, to 
    the extent possible, existing information and resources;
        (13) conferences on, and dissemination of information regarding, 
    the uses of technology in education;
        (14) the development of model strategies to promote gender 
    equity concerning access to, and the use of, technology in the 
    classroom;
        (15) encouraging collaboration between the Department and other 
    Federal agencies in the development, implementation, evaluation and 
    funding of applications of technology for education, as appropriate; 
    and
        (16) such other activities as the Secretary determines will meet 
    the purposes of this subpart.

(d) Non-Federal share

                           (1) In general

        Subject to paragraphs (2) and (3), the Secretary may require any 
    recipient of a grant or contract under this section to share in the 
    cost of the activities assisted under such grant or contract, which 
    non-Federal share shall be announced through a notice in the Federal 
    Register and may be in the form of cash or in-kind contributions, 
    fairly valued.

                            (2) Increase

        The Secretary may increase the non-Federal share that is 
    required of a recipient of a grant or contract under this section 
    after the first year such recipient receives funds under such grant 
    or contract.

                             (3) Maximum

        The non-Federal share required under this section shall not 
    exceed 50 percent of the cost of the activities assisted pursuant to 
    a grant or contract under this section.

(Pub. L. 89-10, title III, Sec. 3122, as added Pub. L. 103-382, title I, 
Sec. 101, Oct. 20, 1994, 108 Stat. 3642.)

                       References in Text

    Section 5897 of this title, referred to in subsec. (b)(1), was 
repealed by Pub. L. 106-113, div. B, Sec. 1000(a)(4) [title III, 
Sec. 310(i)], Nov. 29, 1999, 113 Stat. 1535, 1501A-265.
