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 115 STAT. 1676 PUBLIC LAW 107-110—JAN. 8, 2002 distance learning technologies, particularly for those areas of the State that would not otherwise have access to such courses and curricula due to geographical isolation or insufficient resources. "(6) An assurance that financial assistance provided under this subpart will supplement, and not supplant, State and local funds. "(7) A description of how the plan incorporates teacher education, professional development, and curriculum development, and how the State educational agency will work to ensure that teachers and principals in a State receiving funds under this part are technologically literate. "(8) A description of— "(A) how the State educational agency will provide technical assistance to applicants under section 2414, especially to those applicants serving the highest numbers or percentages of children in poverty or with the greatest need for technical assistance; and "(B) the capacity of the State educational agency to provide such assistance. "(9) A description of technology resources and systems that the State will provide for the purpose of establishing best practices that can be widely replicated by State educational agencies and local educational agencies in the State and in other States. "(10) A description of the State's long-term strategies for financing technology to ensure that all students, teachers, and classrooms have access to technology. "(11) A description of the State's strategies for using technology to increase parental involvement. "(12) A description of how the State educational agency will ensure that each subgrant awarded under section 2412(a)(2)(B) is of sufficient size and duration, and that the program funded by the subgrant is of sufficient scope and quality, to carry out the purposes of this part effectively. "(13) A description of how the State educational agency will ensure ongoing integration of technology into school curricula and instructional strategies in all schools in the State, so that technology will be fully integrated into the curricula and instruction of the schools by December 31, 2006. "(14) A description of how the local educational agencies in the State will provide incentives to teachers who are technologically literate and teaching in rural or urban areas, to encourage such teachers to remain in those areas. "(15) A description of how public and private entities will participate in the implementation and support of the plan. "(c) DEEMED APPROVAL.— An application submitted by a State educational agency pursuant to subsection (a) shall be deemed to be approved by the Secretary unless the Secretary makes a written determination, prior to the expiration of the 120-day period beginning on the date on which the Secretary received the application, that the application is not in compliance with this part. Notice. "(d) DISAPPROVAL. —The Secretary shall not finally disapprove the application, except after giving the State educational agency notice and an opportunity for a hearing.

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