[Congressional Bills 106th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2933 Introduced in House (IH)]







106th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2933

    Directing the Secretary of Education to propose a comprehensive 
    approach to providing technologically competent teachers to our 
               Nation's schools, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           September 23, 1999

    Mr. Larson (for himself, Mr. Udall of Colorado, Mr. Bonior, Mr. 
    Boucher, Mr. Shows, Mr. Frost, Mrs. Thurman, Mr. Etheridge, Mr. 
   Capuano, Ms. Woolsey, Ms. DeLauro, Mr. Brown of Ohio, Mr. Wu, Mr. 
  Romero-Barcelo, Mr. Costello, Mr. Owens, Ms. Berkley, and Mr. Holt) 
 introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on 
                      Education and the Workforce

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                                 A BILL


 
    Directing the Secretary of Education to propose a comprehensive 
    approach to providing technologically competent teachers to our 
               Nation's schools, and for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Alliance for Technologically Trained 
Teachers Act''.

SEC. 2. WORK-STUDY AMENDMENTS.

    (a) Technology Training Treated as Community Service.--Section 
441(c) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 2751(c)) is 
amended--
            (1) in paragraph (1), by inserting ``technology training,'' 
        after ``literacy training,''; and
            (2) in paragraph (4)(A), by inserting before the semicolon 
        at the end the following: ``, including tutoring teachers in 
        the uses of classroom technology''.
    (b) Additional Spending for Technology Training.--Section 
443(b)(2)(B) of such Act (20 U.S.C. 2753(b)(2)(B)) is amended--
            (1) by striking ``7 percent'' and inserting ``10 percent'';
            (2) by inserting ``(i) after ``shall ensure that''; and
            (3) by inserting after ``requirement of this subparagraph'' 
        the following: ``, and (ii) at least 3 percent of the total 
        amount of funds granted to such institution under this section 
        for such fiscal year is used to compensate students employed in 
        technology training or tutoring teachers in the uses of 
        classroom technology (or both),''.

SEC. 3. STUDY.

    The Secretary of Education, in consultation with the National 
Science Foundation, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, 
and other government agencies and private corporations and other 
businesses, shall conduct a study of--
            (1) the feasibility and effectiveness of various 
        incentives, including tax credits, for corporations and 
        businesses to provide--
                    (A) personnel with regular compensation for time 
                spent as volunteers engaged in the technological 
                training of teachers; and
                    (B) facilities for the provision of such training 
                of teachers;
            (2) alternative methods of providing financial support, 
        through income tax credits, loan forgiveness, or otherwise, to 
        individuals seeking training or retraining in mathematics, 
        science, and technology education;
            (3) the effectiveness of colleges and universities in 
        training teachers who are digitally fluent in voice, video, and 
        data, and how to integrate technology into lesson plans and 
        curricula, including distance learning;
            (4) methods to coordinate a working alliance at various 
        levels of government between the business and academic 
        community; and
            (5) additional means of improving the efficiency of the 
        technological training of teachers.

SEC. 4. REPORT TO CONGRESS.

    Not later than September 1, 2000, the Secretary of Education shall 
transmit to the Congress a report outlining the results of the study 
conducted under section 3. Such report shall include proposals for a 
comprehensive approach to providing technologically competent teachers 
to our Nation's schools. With respect to any objectives described in 
paragraphs (1) though (5) of section 3 that the Secretary determines 
are feasible and effective, such report shall include a plan for the 
accomplishing such objectives.
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