Sputnik launched on October 4th, 1957 and the seed of technology in education in America was planted. America, enraged by competition and humbled by the Russians starting the space race, opened NASA and the need for a more educated and technical society became necessary. Thirty-two years ago, A Nation at Risk (1983) recommended “computer science” as the fifth core subject to taught in every school. US Congress, as key players in this policy, wrote a report in 1988, "Power On! New Tools for Teaching and Learning" pointing to a disparity between the world of work and the world of school. Texas, reflective of a national trend, also, in 1988 required the State Board of Education (SBOE) to develop a long-range technology plan for the state of Texas. This policy became known as Chapter 32.001 titled Long-Range Plan for Technology. In 1996, this plan was updated to become the Long-Range Plan for Technology 1996-2010. This new technology plan was the first of it's kind in the nation. The code asked for the SBOE four significant pieces: acquire and use technology in the public school, provide professional development for educators around technology, each high school graduate must meet standards of computer literacy, and continue to disperse information in regards to new technology. The SBOE was also asked to update this plan and provide the funding necessary to implement the policy. When No Child Left Behind Act of 2001 (NCLB) led to the opportunity for Texas to receive federal technology funding, the SBOE updated the plan again in 2002. In 2006, Geraldine Miller, Chairman of the SBOE, submitted and passed the Long-Range Plan for Technology 2006-2020. Texas was the first to require students to be computer literate with requiring each student to be computer literate with enacting the Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills (TEKS) for Technology Applications in September 1998. The Long-Range Plan for Technology 2006-2020 is a visionary document laid out in three phases that includes some very bold statements in regards to the four pieces of access, educator training, student proficiency, and continuing technology education by offering three timeline phases necessary to produce 21st Century Learners. The timeline has three phases: Phase I - 2006-2010, Phase II - 2011-2015, and Phase III - 2016-2020. Phase I includes aligning curriculum and assessment to 21st Century Skills, providing digital formats for curriculum and testing, equitable access, teacher and student workstations, interactive digital tools, connectivity, and increase the allotment by $50 per student per year from the Telecommunications Infrastructure. The result of the plan by 2020 would have the desired outcome of multiple measures divided by learners, educators, leaders, and infrastructure. The plan calls for learners to create digital portfolios to show academic achievement, educators to graduate from technology preparation programs and adapt their learning environment to incorporate the training. By 2020, leaders will inspire, support, and infuse technology into all aspects of a district's vision and practices, and the infrastructure will provide equity to access, safety, and security, and of course, be cost efficient. In 2014, a progress report was submitted to the 84th Legislature in regards to Phase II of the Long-Range Plan for Technology 2006-2020. Some Phase II priorities include continuing Phase I and adding a shift to digital learning using digital content, provide anytime professional development for teachers, assess educators in the demonstration of digital literacy skills, allow educators and students to use their personal devices and high-speed Internet access infrastructure. This progress report update recognizes the changes in the ways student learn and necessary in the learning environment to lead the digital revolution. Texas used a measure called the Texas Campus and Teacher School Technology and Readiness (STaR) Charts to verify if Phase 1 was successful and provided the direction for Phase II. STaR Chart requirements came to an abrupt halt when federal technology funding became no longer available through NCLB, Title II, Part D funds. Our state with the Long-Range Plan for Technology 2006-2020 intended to produce the 21st Century graduates who are computer literate, digital producers, digital consumers, and equity and infrastructure to all and lead the way for the national stage to integrate technology into the public school.