3.0.0 342 2023-01-11T13:28:24Z 2023-01-11T13:28:24Z Senate S 2015-02-03 114 sshr00 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2015-02-03T17:21:03Z 21st Century Classroom Innovation Act 114 678 HR 2015-04-29 Referred to the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education. Identical bill CRS 2015-02-03 sshr00 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. IntroReferral 2015-02-03 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress H000338 Sen. Hatch, Orrin G. [R-UT] ORRIN HATCH R UT GRANT N R000595 Sen. Rubio, Marco [R-FL] Marco Rubio R FL 2015-02-03 True Education Computers and information technology Education programs funding Educational technology and distance education Elementary and secondary education School administration Teaching, teachers, curricula Education 00 2015-02-03 Introduced in Senate 2015-02-27T22:54:12Z 21st Century Classroom Innovation Act

Amends part A (Teacher and Principal Training and Recruiting Fund) of title II of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to allow states to use up to 5% of their part A grant funds that are reserved for allocating subgrants to local educational agencies (LEAs) to award competitive grants to LEAs, charter schools, or consortia of such entities to carry out blended learning projects.

Defines a "blended learning project" as a formal education program that: (1) includes an element of online learning and instructional time in a supervised location away from home; (2) includes an element of student control over time, path, or pace; and (3) connects the elements of the education program to provide an integrated learning experience.

Requires the competitive grant funds to be used for: (1) planning activities, the purchase of digital instructional resources, initial professional development activities, and one-time information technology purchases; or (2) ongoing professional development for teachers, school leaders, or other personnel involved in the project.

Requires each state making such a grant to contribute non-federal funds equal to at least 10% of the grant.

]]> 21st Century Classroom Innovation Act Display Title 21st Century Classroom Innovation Act Official Title as Introduced A bill to promote the use of blended learning in classrooms across America. Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced 21st Century Classroom Innovation Act Introduced in Senate 2015-02-03T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-114s342is/xml/BILLS-114s342is.xml 2015-02-03 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.