Recent Science, Technology, Engineering, & Mathematics (STEM) Legislation
This summer, the House Science Committee unanimously passed two bills that will strengthen math and science education and research programs. The bills, each of which passed by voice vote, are H.R. 5358, Science and Mathematics Education for Competitiveness Act; HR 5356, Early Career Research Act
H.R. 5358, Science and Mathematics Education for Competitiveness Act, would strengthen math, science, and engineering education at all levels—K-12, undergraduate and graduate. The programs in the bill will develop and provide teacher training, attract math and science majors to teaching, improve undergraduate math, science, and engineering courses, and expand interdisciplinary graduate work.
The programs in the bill include the Robert Noyce Teacher Scholarship Program, which provides scholarships to math and science majors in return for a commitment to teaching; the Math and Science Partnership Program, which would be strengthened and focused on programs and training for K-12 math and science teacher; and the Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics Talent Expansion Program, which provides grants to colleges and universities to improve undergraduate science, math and engineering programs. Witnesses at a March 15 Research Subcommittee hearing cited improving undergraduate education as a key to increasing the American technological workforce, improving overall science literacy, and especially strengthening K-12 math and science education. The legislation also authorizes education programs at the Department of Energy.
H.R. 5356, Early Career Research Act, authorizes programs at NSF and DOE’s Office of Science to provide grants to researchers just starting their careers to conduct high-risk, high-return research at the cutting edge of new scientific fields.
This article appeared in the September 2006 newsletter for the Vienna, VA, Branch of the American Association of University Women.
H.R. 5358, Science and Mathematics Education for Competitiveness Act, would strengthen math, science, and engineering education at all levels—K-12, undergraduate and graduate. The programs in the bill will develop and provide teacher training, attract math and science majors to teaching, improve undergraduate math, science, and engineering courses, and expand interdisciplinary graduate work.
The programs in the bill include the Robert Noyce Teacher Scholarship Program, which provides scholarships to math and science majors in return for a commitment to teaching; the Math and Science Partnership Program, which would be strengthened and focused on programs and training for K-12 math and science teacher; and the Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics Talent Expansion Program, which provides grants to colleges and universities to improve undergraduate science, math and engineering programs. Witnesses at a March 15 Research Subcommittee hearing cited improving undergraduate education as a key to increasing the American technological workforce, improving overall science literacy, and especially strengthening K-12 math and science education. The legislation also authorizes education programs at the Department of Energy.
H.R. 5356, Early Career Research Act, authorizes programs at NSF and DOE’s Office of Science to provide grants to researchers just starting their careers to conduct high-risk, high-return research at the cutting edge of new scientific fields.
This article appeared in the September 2006 newsletter for the Vienna, VA, Branch of the American Association of University Women.
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