Education Technology and Information Literacy
CDE will not collect new ET-IL plans in spring 2012. However, current plans expire on June 30, 2012, and LEAs that apply for Priority 2 E-rate discounts are required to submit a technology plan. Email plans to DeLilah Collins by April 30, 2012. The requirements for E-rate are as follows:
· The plan must establish clear goals and a realistic strategy for using telecommunications and information technology to improve education or library services;
· The plan must have a professional development strategy to ensure that staff knows how to use these new technologies to improve education or library services;
· The plan must include an assessment of the telecommunication services, hardware, software, and other services that will be needed to improve education or library services*; and
· The plan must include an evaluation process that enables the school or library to monitor progress toward the specified goals and make mid-course corrections in response to new developments and opportunities and they arise.
*Additional information regarding needs assessments can be found at http://www.cde.state.co.us/FedPrograms/dl/consapp_na_tiid-cftu.pdf.
Districts that currently have an ET-IL plan approved through 2012 will not need to submit a new ET-IL plan each year unless the plan was updated.
Submission Requirements:
LEA's, private schools, Head Start agencies an Charter Schools not included in the district ET-IL plan (note: if the Charter School does not receive Title II Part D funding, they only need to complete the E-rate requirements) that are applying for Priority 2 E-rate funding will email technology plans to collins_d@cde.state.co.us by April 30, 2012.
It is important that districts who receive E-rate funding begin to draft new plans prior to the completion of the form 470. USAC defines the creation date as "the date your plan contains the four required elements in sufficient detail to support the services requested on your Form 470".
It is the recommendation of CDE that the district put the word “DRAFT” and the date the draft was created in the footer or on the cover page of the document. When the online system becomes available, districts will have the ability to transfer the date listed on the DRAFT document to the online system.
Delilah Collins
Title II Part D Coordinator/E-rate Coordinator
Educational Technology and Innovation
collins_d@cde.state.co.us
303-866-6850
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