20 U.S.C. § 3425

Current through P.L. 118-106 (published on www.congress.gov on 10/04/2024)

Section 3425 - Office of Educational Technology

(a) Establishment

There shall be in the Department of Education an Office of Educational Technology (hereafter in this section referred to as the "Office"), to be administered by the Director of Educational Technology. The Director of Educational Technology shall report directly to the Secretary and shall perform such additional functions as the Secretary may prescribe.

(b) Director

The Director of the Office of Educational Technology (hereafter in this section referred to as the "Director"), through the Office, shall-

(1) in support of the overall national technology policy and in consultation with other Federal departments or agencies which the Director determines appropriate, provide leadership to the Nation in the use of technology to promote achievement of the National Education Goals and to increase opportunities for all students to achieve State content and challenging State student performance standards;

(2) review all programs and training functions administered by the Department and recommend policies in order to promote increased use of technology and technology planning throughout all such programs and functions;

(3) review all relevant programs supported by the Department to ensure that such programs are coordinated with and support the national long-range technology plan developed pursuant to section 5862(b) ¹ of this title; and

(4) perform such additional functions as the Secretary may require.

(c) Officers and employees

The Director is authorized to select, appoint, and employ such officers and employees as may be necessary to carry out the functions of the Office, subject to the provisions of title 5 (governing appointments in the competitive service), and the provisions of chapter 51 and subchapter III of chapter 53 of such title (relating to classification and General Schedule pay rates).

(d) Experts and consultants

The Secretary may obtain the services of experts and consultants in accordance with section 3109 of title 5.

¹ See References in Text note below.

20 U.S.C. § 3425

Pub. L. 96-88, title II, §218, formerly §216, as added Pub. L. 103-227, §233, 108 Stat. 154; renumbered §218, Pub. L. 107-110, title X, §1072(e)(3), Jan. 8, 2002, 115 Stat. 2090.

EDITORIAL NOTES

REFERENCES IN TEXTSection 5862 of this title, referred to in subsec. (b)(3), was repealed by Pub. L. 103-382, §361, 108 Stat. 3974.

STATUTORY NOTES AND RELATED SUBSIDIARIES

TRANSFER OF OFFICE OF TRAINING TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER Pub. L. 103-227, §236, 108 Stat. 156, provided that: "The Office of Training Technology Transfer as established under section 6103 of the Training Technology Transfer Act of 1988 ([former] 20 U.S.C. 5093 ) is transferred to and established in the Office of Educational Technology."

Department: the term "Department" means the Department of Education or any component thereof;
Secretary: the term "Secretary" means the Secretary of Education;
State: the term "State" includes the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa, the Northern Mariana Islands, and the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands;
office: the term "office" includes any office, institute, council, unit, organizational entity, or component thereof.