S 2119
106th Congress
Senate
Education
Computer-assisted instruction
Computers in education
Economics and Public Finance
Educational technology
Elementary and secondary education
Elementary education
Federal aid to education
Higher education
Labor and Employment
Recruiting of employees
Science, Technology, Communications
Secondary education
Teacher education
Teachers
A bill to amend the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to improve training for teachers in the use of technology.
Everywhere this bill has been
3 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Feb 29, 2000
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Feb 29, 2000
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S935-936)
Feb 29, 2000
Introduced in Senate
Plain-English summary
Amends the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (ESEA) to allow training for teachers in the use of technology to be assisted with program funds under part B (State and Local Activities) of title II (Dwight D. Eisenhower Professional Development Program).
Requires eligible partnerships, for purposes of certain types of ESEA title II assistance, to include: (1) a high-need local educational agency; (2) a school of arts and sciences; and (3) an institution that prepares teachers. Allows such partnerships also to include other local educational agencies, a public charter school, a public or private elementary school or secondary school, an educational service agency, a public or private nonprofit educational organization, or a business.
What's happening now
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Committees of jurisdiction
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