H.R. 6517 · 112th Congress
STEM Network Act
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STEM Network Act - Directs the Secretary of Education to award matching grants to state-based STEM networks or similar organizations to increase elementary and secondary school students' achievement in the STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics) disciplines, particularly in rural and low-income schools.
What it does: CRS summary · Introduced in House · Sep 21, 2012
STEM Network Act - Directs the Secretary of Education to award matching grants to state-based STEM networks or similar organizations to increase elementary and secondary school students' achievement in the STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics) disciplines, particularly in rural and low-income schools.
Includes among grant uses:
- testing, sharing, and scaling up STEM education research, promising practices, and exemplary programs;
- identifying state STEM education weaknesses and prioritizing strategies to address them;
- implementing rigorous common STEM education content standards;
- developing and implementing innovative STEM assessments;
- promoting and developing pre- and in-service STEM teacher training;
- developing STEM career pathways and workforce education and training programs that reflect 21st century workforce needs; and
- facilitating the implementation of extended STEM learning times on school sites.
Requires grantees to conduct periodic independent evaluations of their effectiveness in accomplishing those activities.
Prohibits the Secretary from: (1) endorsing or approving any STEM curriculum designed for use in an elementary school, secondary school, or institution of higher education; or (2) requiring a state, local educational agency, or school to adopt a specific STEM program or instructional materials.
Written by the nonpartisan Congressional Research Service. All summary versions on Congress.gov
About this bill and sources
Official title: STEM Network Act
Latest action (Sep 21, 2012): Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
Policy area: Education · Origin: House · Introduced: Sep 21, 2012
Official page on Congress.gov · Bill text (GovInfo) · Status record (XML)
No recorded floor vote found.