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 PUBLIC LAW 103-227—MAR. 31, 1994 108 STAT. 185 (A) includes among its members experts in the educational use of technology and representatives of the State panel described in section 306(b); and (B) ensures that such plan is integrated into the State improvement plan described in section 306; (2) be developed in collaboration with the Governor, representatives of the State legislature, the State board of education, institutions of higher education, appropriate State agencies, local educational agencies, public and private telecommunication entities, parents, public and school libraries, students, adult literacy providers, and leaders in the field of technology, through a process of statewide grassroots outreach to local educational agencies and schools in the State; (3) identify and describe the requirements for introducing state-of-the-art technologies into the classroom and school library in order to enhance educational curricula, including the installation and ongoing maintenance of basic connections, hardware and the necessary support materials; (4) describe how the application of advanced technologies in the schools will enhance student learning, provide greater access to individualized instruction, promote the standards and strategies described in section 306(d), and help make progress toward the achievement of the National Education Goals; (5) describe how the ongoing training of educational personnel will be provided; (6) describe the resources necessary, and procedures, for providing ongoing technical assistance to carry out such plan; (7) provide for the dissemination on a statewide basis of exemplary programs and practices relating to the use of technology in education; (8) establish a funding estimate (including a statement of likely funding sources) and a schedule for the development and implementation of such plan; (9) describe how the State educational agency will assess the impact of implementing such plan on student achievement and aggregate achievement for schools; (10) describe how the State educational agency and local educational agencies in the State will coordinate and cooperate with business and industry, and with public and private telecommunications entities; (11) describe how the State educational agency will promote the purchase of equipment by local educational agencies that, when placed in schools, will meet the highest possible level of interoperability and open system design; (12) describe how the State educational agency will consider using existing telecommunications infrastructure and technology resources; (13) describe how the State educational agency will apply the uses of technology to meet the needs of children from low-income families; (14) describe the process through which such plan will be reviewed and updated periodically; and (15) describe now the State educational agency will facilitate collaboration between State literacy resource centers, local educational agencies, and adult and family literacy providers, to ensure that technology can be used by adult and family literacy providers during after school hours.

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