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Resources

 

Related Sites

    • Fifteen (15) Regional Centers to provide technical assistance to States within defined geographic boundaries.
    • Five (5) content focused centers to provide expert assistance to benefit States and districts nationwide on key issues related to the goals of NCLB.Comprehensive Centers Program –
      This program provides comprehensive technical assistance centers to help low-performing schools and districts close achievement gaps and meet the goals of the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001.The Secretary has awarded a total of 21 comprehensive centers in two specific categories:

Legislation, Regulations and Guidance

Legislation

Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965, as amended, Title II, Part D – Enhancing Education Through Technology

Regulations

EDGAR

Policy Guidance

Guidance on Enhancing Education through Technology (Ed Tech) Program Funds Made Available under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (July 2009)
MS WORD (300K)

Final Guidance on the Enhancing Education Through Technology (Ed-Tech) Program (March 11, 2002)
MS WORD (357K)

Funding Status

2010

Appropriation: $100,000,000
Number of Awards:57 (Includes outlying areas-American Samoa, Guam, the Northern Mariana Islands, and the U.S. Virgin Islands-and the Bureau of Indian Affairs)
Average Award: $1,719,298
Range of Awards: $483,875-$10,604,904
Note: The calculations for average award and range of awards include only the 50 states, the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico.

2009

Appropriation: $269,872,000; Recovery Act: $650,000,000
Number of Awards:57 (Includes outlying areas-American Samoa, Guam, the Northern Mariana Islands, and the U.S. Virgin Islands-and the Bureau of Indian Affairs); Recovery Act: 57
Average Award: $4,639,905; Recovery Act: $11,403,509
Range of Awards: $1,305,843-$29,135,304; Recovery Act: $3,209,375-$70,610,145
Note: The calculations for average award and range of awards include only the 50 states, the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico.

2008

Appropriation: $267,493,792
Number of Awards:57 (Includes outlying areas-American Samoa, Guam, the Northern Mariana Islands, and the U.S. Virgin Islands-and the Bureau of Indian Affairs)
Average Award: $4,978,214
Range of Awards: $1,294,335-$30,544,047
Note: The calculations for average award and range of awards include only the 50 states, the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico.

2007

Appropriation: $272,250,000
Number of Awards:57 (Includes outlying areas-American Samoa, Guam, the Northern Mariana Islands, and the U.S. Virgin Islands-and the Bureau of Indian Affairs)
Average Award: $5,066,730
Range of Awards: $1,317,349-$32,823,516
Note: The calculations for average award and range of awards include only the 50 states, the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico.

2006

Number of Awards: 57 (Includes outlying areas-American Samoa, Guam, the Northern Mariana Islands, and the U.S. Virgin Islands-and the Bureau of Indian Affairs)
Average Award: $5,066,730
Range of Awards: $1,317,349-$34,985,639
Note: The calculations for average award and range of awards include only the 50 states, the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico.

2005

Appropriation: $496,000,000
Estimated Number of Awards: 57
Average Awards: $9,230,846 (States only)
Range of Awards: $2,390,020 – $65,555,871 (States only)

2004

Appropriation: $691,840,913

2003

Appropriation: $695,946,750
Number of Awards: 53
Range of Awards: $436,635 – $89,303,765

2002

Appropriation: $700,500,000

Awards

This program was not funded in Fiscal Year 2011.

Fiscal Year 2010 Grant Awards

Fiscal Year 2009 Grant Awards

Fiscal Year 2008 Grant Awards

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Fiscal Year 2007 Grant Awards

Fiscal Year 2006 Grant Awards

Fiscal Year 2005 Grant Awards

Fiscal Year 2004 Grant Awards

Fiscal Year 2003 Grant Awards

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Applicant Information

Timeline

Date for announcement of awards: Annually on July 1

Current Application

Consolidated State Application

An SEA that seeks Ed Tech funds through an individual Ed Tech State Grant application, as opposed to a consolidated State application, must submit the following information
MS WORD (184K) | PDF (57K)

Tips and Assistance

Transforming Education Through Technology and State Ed-Tech Grant Summary
MS WORD (251K)

Enhancing Education through Technology (Ed-Tech) State Program

The primary goal of this program is to improve student achievement through the use of technology in elementary and secondary schools. Additional goals include:

  • helping all students become technologically literate by the end of the eighth grade, and
  • establishing innovative, research-based instructional methods that can be widely implemented through the integration of technology with both teacher training and curriculum development.

Types of Projects

Local activities include the support of continuing, sustained professional development programs and public-private partnerships. Activities also include:

  • the use of new or existing technologies to improve academic achievement;
  • the acquisition of curricula that integrate technology and are designed to meet challenging state academic standards;
  • the use of technology to increase parent involvement in schools; and
  • the use of technology to collect, manage, and analyze data to enhance teaching and school improvement.

 

Additional Information

Under the Ed-Tech program, the U.S. Department of Education provides grants to State educational agencies (SEAs) on the basis of their proportionate share of funding under Part A of Title I.

States may retain up to 5 percent of their allocations for State-level activities, and must distribute one-half of the remainder by formula to eligible local educational agencies and the other one-half competitively to eligible local entities.

In the Department’s fiscal year (FY) 2006 appropriations bill, Congress also included language overriding the statutory provision that SEAs use 50 percent of the amount available for grants to local education agencies (LEAs) for formula awards and 50 percent for competitive awards. The FY 2006 language provides SEAs with the flexibility to reserve up to 100 percent for competitive awards to eligible local entities.