For information on the Title II.D Competitive Grant Program, visit the link below:

http://dese.mo.gov/divimprove/instrtech/federalfunded/TitleIID/

Overview

The Enhancing Educational Through Technology State Grant (EETT) program is authorized under Part D of Title II of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA), as amended by the No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB). It is a State administered Formula grant program designed to support the integration of educational technology into classrooms to improve teaching and learning for all students.

States distribute EETT grant funds to LEAs that receive Title I funding on the basis of each LEA's proportionate share of funds under Part A of Title I for that year (participation in Title I nor a technology plan is required for participation in the Title II.D program.)

The EETT program is one of the programs covered by the private school equitable participation requirements in section 9501 of the ESEA. The U.S. Department of Education (ED) has been informed by the General Counsel of the Missouri Department of Education that the Missouri Constitution and related court rulings preclude the State and its LEAs from providing equitable services for private school students and teachers under the technology program. As a result, ED has made arrangements to provide equitable services to private school children through a special contract pursuant to section 9502 of the ESEA. Presently, the contractor to provide these services to Missouri’s private schools is PAL Services, Inc, who has subcontracted Practical Concepts Consulting, LLC (PCC) to administer the technical portion of the contract and to provide direct liaison with officials of eligible private schools.

The targeted Missouri private school populations are:

➢ students in private schools located in the LEAs that receive EETT formula funds; and

➢ students in private schools located in the LEAs that receive competitive grant funds, with particular focus on at-risk students.

Authorization: Part D of Title II of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 as amended by the No Child Left Behind Act of2001 (Public Law 107-110).

For more information on Missouri’s EETT program: http://dese.mo.gov/divimprove/instrtech/

Purpose

The purpose of the EETT (Missouri Bypass) program is to provide secular, neutral and non-ideological educational services or other benefits, including materials and equipment, that will assure the equitable participation of children enrolled in private nonprofit elementary and secondary schools. It is PCC’s mission to ensure that the services provided supplement the level of services that would, in the absence of EETT, be available to children in private schools and meet the needs of the private school children, not the needs of the private school itself.

If you have any questions, please send an email to: info@mips-et.org

Objective

The primary goal of the EETT program is to improve student academic achievement through the use of technology in elementary and secondary schools grades K-12. It is designed to assist every student - regardless of race, ethnicity, income, geographical location, or disability - in becoming technologically literate by the end of eighth grade, and to encourage the effective integration of technology resources and systems with professional development and curriculum development to promote research-based instructional methods that can be widely replicated.

In providing services under this contract, PCC will consider the professional development needs of private school teachers, particularly with respect to the integration of advanced technologies, including emerging technologies, into curricula and instruction and in using those technologies to create new learning environments.

Based on private school requests and resulting needs assessments, the services to be rendered by the PCC include:

➢ Increasing accessibility to technology.

➢ Adapting or expanding applications of technology to enable teachers to increase practices that are based on the review of relevant research and through use of innovative distance learning strategies.

➢ Implementing proven and effective courses and curricula that include integrated technology and that are designed to help students reach challenging academic standards.

➢ Using technology to promote parental involvement and foster communication among students, parents, and teachers about curricula, assignments, and assessments.

➢ Preparing one or more teachers in schools as technology leaders who will assist other teachers.

➢ Enhancing existing technology and acquiring new technology to support education reforms and to improve student achievement.

➢ Acquiring connectivity linkages, resources, and services for use by students and school personnel to improve academic achievement.

➢ Using technology to collect, manage, and analyze data to inform enhance teaching and school improvement efforts.

➢ Implementing enhanced performance measurement systems to determine the effectiveness of education technology programs funded with EETT funds.

➢ Developing, enhancing, or implementing information technology courses.

General Guidelines and Information

Services provided by PCC will address the needs of private school students and teachers in an effort to satisfy the goals of EETT. PCC will accomplish this by providing timely and meaningful consultation with the private school officials of schools that are eligible to participate. During the initial design and development of programmatic services, the contractor shall consult with private school officials on such issues as:

➢ How the children's needs will be identified.

➢ What services will be offered.

➢ How and where the services will be provided.

➢ How the services will be assessed and how the results of the assessment will be used to improve those services.

➢ What service delivery mechanisms will be used to provide equitable services.

➢ Who will provide the services.

➢ The amount of funds available to serve the private school students.

➢ The size and scope of the services to be provided.

➢ How and when the contractor will make decisions about the delivery of services.

➢ Consideration of the views of the private school officials regarding the use of third-party providers.

Based on consultation results, PCC will assess, address and evaluate the needs of private school students and teachers and submit a plan for the delivery of services that does not exceed the amount of funds available for each eligible private school.

PCC will procure and provide to each school the goods and services approved in each private school's plan by researching the market to obtain the best market value. PCC will ensure that the goods and services are as close to the specifications requested as possible. Services will be provided as close as feasible to the date requested by private school officials.

All materials, supplies and equipment must be inventoried and clearly identified as property of ED. All property purchased by PCC will be tracked during the course of the contract. PCC will monitor to verify that services are delivered in a satisfactory manner.

PCC will monitor program activities in all of the private schools on an ongoing basis to assure compliance with statutory requirements. The required monitoring includes:

➢ A review of the secular nature of educational services, products or other benefits including materials and equipment.

➢ A review of how services supplement the level of services that would, in the absence of EETT services, be available to children in private schools.

➢ How the services meet the needs of the private school children, not the needs of the private school itself.

➢ At a minimum - monitoring will occur on a quarterly basis.

PCC will submit a final report to ED that includes a summary of services provided for each school, effectiveness of the program, and an inventory of all materials, equipment and services purchased with EETT funds. The inventory report will include:

1. School name
2. Item number
3. Date acquired
4. Description
5. Make
6. Serial/model number
7. Cost
8. Disposition (if any)