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Enhancing Education Through Technology The Enhancing Education Through Technology program (EETT) will be funded at substantially the same level in FY08 as it was in FY07. After months of debate, Congress passed FY08 appropriations for all federal education programs. The President will sign this legislation into law in the next few days. EETT received a net appropriation of $267.5 million in this bill, which is $5 million less than it received last year. The reason for this funding reduction is that Congress had to approve a 1.747% across-the-board cut for EETT and all federal programs in order to meet the overall federal spending target upon which the Administration insisted. Many education programs suffered significantly greater cuts in this bill, including Reading First which endured a $636 million cut. Some education programs were eliminated entirely. So, EETT did extremely well in receiving the smallest cut that it possibly could have received. We are also pleased to report that the one-year extension of the Anti-Deficiency Act exemption for E-Rate and all of universal service was included in this bill. This exemption ensures that E-Rate funds will continue to flow uninterrupted throughout 2008. Updates are brought to you by the Consortium for School Networking and the International Society for Technology in Education.
Press Release: Georgia Schools Lead the Nation in Technology Use, Access
FY07 Instructional Technology Enhanced Environments Grant (ITEE)-
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