SEC. 9210.
REPORT ON STUDENT HOME ACCESS TO DIGITAL LEARNING RESOURCES
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SEC. 9210. REPORT ON STUDENT HOME ACCESS TO DIGITAL LEARNING
RESOURCES.
(a) In General.--Not later than 18 months after the date of
enactment of this Act, the Director of the Institute of Education
Sciences shall complete a study on the educational impact of access to
digital learning resources outside of the classroom.
(b) Contents.--The study described in subsection (a) shall include--
(1) an analysis of student habits related to digital
learning resources outside of the classroom, including the
location and types of devices and technologies that students use
for educational purposes;
(2) an identification of the barriers students face in
accessing digital learning resources outside of the classroom;
(3) a description of the challenges students who lack home
Internet access face, including challenges related to--
(A) student participation and engagement in the
classroom; and
(B) homework completion;
(4) an analysis of how the barriers and challenges such
students face impact the instructional practice of educators;
and
(5) a description of the ways in which State educational
agencies, local educational agencies, schools, and other
entities, including partnerships of such entities, have
developed effective means to address the barriers and challenges
students face in accessing digital learning resources outside of
the classroom.
(c) Public Dissemination.--The Director of the Institute of
Education Sciences shall widely disseminate the findings of the study
described in subsection (a)--
(1) in a timely fashion to the public and the Committee on
Education and the Workforce of the House of Representatives and
the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions of the
Senate; and
(2) through electronic transfer and other means, such as
posting, as available, to the website of the Institute of
Education Sciences or the Department of Education.
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