Technology for Teaching Act

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Technology for Teaching Act - Title I: Structure - Amends title III (Technology for Education) of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (ESEA) to repeal subpart 4 (Product Development) and other specified provisions. (Sec. 101) Renames part A as Federal Leadership and National Activities. Directs the Secretary of Education to carry out a national evaluation of educational technology, including specified authorized activities. Authorizes appropriations for ESEA title III. Title II: Special Projects - Repeals part B (Star Schools Program) and part E (Elementary Mathematics and Science Equipment Program) of title III of ESEA. (Sec. 201) Redesignates part C (Ready-to-Learn Television) as subpart 2 and part D (Telecommunication Demonstration Project for Mathematics) as subparts 2 and 3 of part B of title III of ESEA. Establishes Special Projects as a new part B of title III of ESEA. Authorizes the Secretary of Education, through the Office of Educational Technology (OET), to make competitive awards of grants, contracts, and cooperative agreements to eligible applicants for authorized activities according to certain priorities under programs for: (1) Next-Generation Technology Innovation Awards (new subpart 1); and (2) Community Technology Centers (subpart 4). Authorizes appropriations. Title III: Technology Training for Teachers - Establishes a new part C, Technology Training for Teachers. (Sec. 301) Sets forth a subpart 1 Educational Technology Training for New Teachers program, and a subpart 2 Educational Technology Training for Inservice Teachers program. Includes, under both programs, provisions for: (1) technical assistance and evaluation; (2) State educational agency grants; (3) State use of funds; (4) State applications, and review criteria; (5) grants to schools of education; (6) local applications, and review criteria; (7) maintenance of effort, and supplementation; and (8) administration. Includes, under the subpart 2 program for Inservice Teachers, provisions for: (1) grants to local educational agencies (LEAs); (2) local applications, and review criteria; and (3) participation of private school teachers. Authorizes appropriations. (Sec. 302) Amends various provisions of ESEA title I (Helping Disadvantaged Children Meet High Standards) and title II (Dwight D. Eisenhower Professional Development Program) to add provisions relating to teacher technology training. Title IV: Miscellaneous Provisions - Amends ESEA title III to establish a part D Regional, State, and Local Educational Technology Resources, with a subpart 1 Technology Literacy Challenge Fund to help States and LEAs improve student achievement, particularly that of students in high-poverty, low-performing schools, through various efforts involving education technology and teacher technology training. Authorizes appropriations.

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