(a) “School district” as used in SB 192 (O'Connell), Education Code section 52295.25, for purposes of EETT competitive grant eligibility, means a school district, a consortium of school districts, a county office of education, or a direct-funded charter school (i.e., charter schools in which the state warrant will be drawn in favor of the county superintendent of schools of the county in which the charter approving Local Education Agency (LEA) is located and deposited in the appropriate fund or account of the charter school) that meet all of the following criteria:

(b) “Substantial need for assistance in acquiring and using technology” as used in SB 192 (O'Connell), Education Code section 52295.25(a)(2)(B), means having either an average of 10:1 student-to-multimedia computer ratio or greater in schools serving grades 4-8 in the district or an average of less than 50% of classrooms connected to the Internet in schools serving grades 4-8 in the district as determined by the California School Technology Survey for the year prior to the grant award. Technology purchased through the School Renovation Technology Grant will be considered when calculating the student-to-multimedia computer ratio.

(c) “Eligible schools” as used in SB 192 (O'Connell), Education Code section 52295.35(a), means schools from eligible school districts that serve students in grades 4-8.

(d) “Small schools” as used in SB 192 (O'Connell), Education Code section 52295.35(c), means schools that have 300 or fewer pupils in all grades served.

(e) “Minimum grant levels for a small school” as used in SB 192 (O'Connell), Education Code section 52295.35 (c), means an implementation grant base amount of $25,000 for 1-100 eligible pupils plus $300 per eligible pupil in excess of the first 25 eligible pupils; an implementation grant base amount of $15,000 for 101-200 eligible pupils plus $300 per eligible pupil in excess of the first 25 eligible pupils; and an implementation grant base amount of $10,000 for 201-300 eligible pupils, plus $300 per eligible pupil in excess of the first 25 eligible pupils.

(f) “Amount of funding for grants available to each region” as used in SB 192 (O'Connell), Education Code section 52295.35(a), means the proportional enrollment of grade 4-8 pupils, in eligible districts from each of the eleven California Technology Assistance Project (CTAP) regions. (See the California Department of Education (CDE) website: <http://www.cde.ca.gov/edtech/ctap.htm>.)

(g) “Successfully completes” as used in SB 192 (O'Connell), Education Code section 52295.35(d), means the school district has met or made significant progress (accomplished 70% or greater of each required benchmark included in the Enhancing Education Through Technology (EETT) Competitive grant application as well as any additional benchmark(s) added by the Local Education Agency (LEA)) in meeting its end-of-grant award accountability measures and will be eligible to apply for the one-time follow-up grant award, depending on funding availability.

(h) “Accountability measures” as used in SB 192 (O'Connell), Education Code Section 52295.45(e), means the following six performance goal benchmarks:

(i) “Implementation grant” as used in SB 192 (O'Connell), Education Code Section 52295.35(c), means the EETT Competitive grant funding awarded to LEAs to implement, monitor and evaluate their comprehensive program as written in their approved applications. Each funding cycle for the EETT Competitive grant may have up to two implementation grants that total the complete grant award amount for the LEA.

(j) “Allotment” means the distribution of funds via payments to LEAs for the implementation grant(s). Allotments for implementation grant funds may be distributed to LEAs in not less than two payments nor more than four payments.