Guidance Issued on Ed-Tech Stimulus Funds
Federal officials have issued guidance for using more than $650 million in the economic-stimulus package to boost educational technology programs in the nation’s schools.
The guidance for the federal Enhancing Education Through Technology program details how the money should be distributed by states to local grantees and what districts can use it for, and it outlines the reporting and transparency requirements attached to the funds, which are scheduled to be released to states starting today.
The bump to the Enhancing Education Through Technology, or EETT, program in the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act comes at a time when the budget for the primary federal ed-tech initiative faces significant cuts—from $267 million to just $100 million—in President Obama’s...
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