[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 47, Volume 3]
[Revised as of October 1, 2005]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 47CFR54.508]

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                       TITLE 47--TELECOMMUNICATION
 
        CHAPTER I--FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION (CONTINUED)
 
PART 54_UNIVERSAL SERVICE--Table of Contents
 
      Subpart F_Universal Service Support for Schools and Libraries
 
Sec. 54.508  Technology plans.

    (a) Contents. The technology plans referred to in this subpart must 
include the following five elements:
    (1) A clear statement of goals and a realistic strategy for using 
telecommunications and information technology to improve education or 
library services;
    (2) A professional development strategy to ensure that the staff 
understands how to use these new technologies to improve education or 
library services;
    (3) An assessment of the telecommunication services, hardware, 
software, and other services that will be needed to improve education or 
library services;
    (4) A budget sufficient to acquire and support the non-discounted 
elements of the plan: the hardware, software, professional development, 
and other services that will be needed to implement the strategy; and
    (5) 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 as they 
arise.
    (b) Relevance of approval under Enhancing Education through 
Technology. Technology plans that meet the standards of the Department 
of Education's Enhancing Education Through Technology (EETT), 20 U.S.C. 
6764, are sufficient for satisfying paragraphs (a)(1), (a)(2), (a)(3) 
and (a)(5) of this section, but applicants must supplement such plans 
with an analysis demonstrating that they meet the budgetary requirement 
described in paragraph (a)(4) of this section. Furthermore, to the 
extent that the Department of Education adopts future technology plan 
requirements that require one or more of the five elements described in 
paragraph

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(a) of this section, such plans will be acceptable for satisfying those 
elements of paragraph (a) of this section. Applicants with such plans 
will only need to supplement such plans with the analysis needed to 
satisfy those elements of paragraph (a) of this section not covered by 
the future Department of Education technology plan requirements.
    (c) Timing of certification. As required under 54.504(b)(2)(vii) and 
(c)(1)(v), applicants must certify that they have prepared any required 
technology plans. They must also confirm, in FCC Form 486, that their 
plan was approved before they began receiving services pursuant to it.
    (d) Parties qualified to approve technology plans required in this 
subpart. Applicants required to prepare and obtain approval of 
technology plans under this subpart must obtain such approval from 
either their state, the Administrator, or an independent entity approved 
by the Commission or certified by the Administrator as qualified to 
provide such approval. All parties who will provide such approval must 
apply the standards set forth in paragraphs (a) and (b) of this section.

[69 FR 55110, Sept. 13, 2004; 69 FR 59145, Oct. 4, 2004]