Enhancing Education Through Technology (EETT) Title II, Part D

The NCLB Title II, Part D Enhancing Education through Technology (Ed Tech or EETT) Program was signed into law with the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001 (P.L.107-110). This legislation reauthorized the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (ESEA) and established the Ed Tech Program that consolidated the Technology Literacy Challenge Fund (TLCF) Program and the Technology Innovative Challenge Grant (TIC) Program into a single state grant program (ESEA Title II, Part D, SubPart 1).

The primary goal of the Ed Tech program is to improve student achievement through the use of technology in schools. Specifically, this program aims to assist every student in crossing the digital divide by ensuring that every student is technology literate by the end of the 8th grade, and to encourage the effective integration of technology with teacher training and curriculum development to establish successful research-based instructional methods.

Annually, the Delaware Department of Education determines how the state’s Title II, Part D allocation will be distributed. For all programs years, the Department has opted to distribute flow-through funds via both formula and competitive grants. Due to significant budget reductions in Title IID by the federal government, the decision for the school year 2010-2011 has been made to distribute funds 100% competitively.