§ 3425. — Office of Educational Technology.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 20USC3425]
TITLE 20--EDUCATION
CHAPTER 48--DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
SUBCHAPTER II--ESTABLISHMENT OF THE DEPARTMENT
Sec. 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
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(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.
(Pub. L. 96-88, title II, Sec. 218, formerly Sec. 216, as added Pub. L.
103-227, title II, Sec. 233(a), Mar. 31, 1994, 108 Stat. 154; renumbered
Sec. 218, Pub. L. 107-110, title X, Sec. 1072(e)(3), Jan. 8, 2002, 115
Stat. 2090.)
References in Text
Section 5862 of this title, referred to in subsec. (b)(3), was
repealed by Pub. L. 103-382, title III, Sec. 361(a), Oct. 20, 1994, 108
Stat. 3974.
The provisions of title 5 (governing appointments in the competitive
service), referred to in subsec. (c), are classified generally to
section 3301 et seq. of Title 5, Government Organization and Employees.
Transfer of Office of Training Technology Transfer
Section 236(a)(1) of Pub. L. 103-227 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.''
