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116TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 4979 

To direct the Director of the National Science Foundation to support STEM 

education and workforce development research focused on rural areas, 

and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

NOVEMBER 5, 2019 

Mr. LUCAS (for himself, Mr. MCADAMS, Mr. BAIRD, Ms. JOHNSON of Texas, 

Mr. CONAWAY, Ms. KENDRA S. HORN of Oklahoma, Mr. WEBER of 

Texas, Mr. BALDERSON, Mr. NORMAN, Mr. MURPHY of North Carolina, 

Mr. COMER, Mr. GONZALEZ of Ohio, and Mr. WALTZ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Science, Space, and 

Technology 

A BILL 

To direct the Director of the National Science Foundation 

to support STEM education and workforce development 

research focused on rural areas, and for other purposes. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Rural STEM Edu5 cation Act’’. 

6 SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 

7 Congress finds the following: 


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1 (1) The supply of STEM workers is not keeping 

2 pace with the rapidly evolving needs of the public 

3 and private sector, resulting in a deficit often re4 ferred to as a STEM skills shortage. 

5 (2) According to the Bureau of Labor Statis6 tics, the United States will need one million addi7 tional STEM professionals than it is on track to 

8 produce in the coming decade. 

9 (3) Many STEM occupations offer higher 

10 wages, more opportunities for advancement, and a 

11 higher degree of job security than non-STEM jobs. 

12 (4) The 60,000,000 individuals in the United 

13 States who live in rural settings are significantly 

14 under-represented in STEM. 

15 (5) According to the National Center for Edu16 cation Statistics, nine million students in the United 

17 States—nearly 20 percent of the total K–12 popu18 lation—attend rural schools, and for reasons rang19 ing from teacher quality to shortages of resources, 

20 these students often have fewer opportunities for 

21 high-quality STEM learning than their peers in the 

22 Nation’s urban and suburban schools. 

23 (6) Rural areas represent one of the most 

24 promising, yet underutilized, opportunities for 


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1 STEM education to impact workforce development 

2 and regional innovation, including agriculture. 

3 (7) The study of agriculture, food, and natural 

4 resources involves biology, engineering, physics, 

5 chemistry, math, geology, and other scientific fields. 

6 (8) More than 293,000,000 individuals in the 

7 United States use high-speed broadband to work, 

8 learn, access healthcare, and operate their busi9 nesses, while 19,000,000 individuals in the United 

10 States still lack access to high-speed broadband. 

11 Rural areas are hardest hit, with over 26 percent of 

12 individuals in rural areas in the United States lack13 ing access to high-speed broadband compared to 1.7 

14 percent of individuals in urban areas in the United 

15 States. 

16 SEC. 3. NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION RURAL STEM AC17 TIVITIES. 

18 (a) PREPARING RURAL STEM EDUCATORS.— 

19 (1) IN GENERAL.—The Director shall provide 

20 grants on a merit-reviewed, competitive basis to in21 stitutions of higher education or nonprofit organiza22 tions (or a consortium thereof) for research and de23 velopment to advance innovative approaches to sup24 port and sustain high-quality STEM teaching in 

25 rural schools. 


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1 (2) USE OF FUNDS.— 

2 (A) IN GENERAL.—Grants awarded under 

3 this section shall be used for the research and 

4 development activities referred to in paragraph 

5 (1), which may include— 

6 (i) engaging rural educators of stu7 dents in grades Pre–K through 12 in pro8 fessional learning opportunities to enhance 

9 STEM knowledge, including computer 

10 science, and develop best practices; 

11 (ii) supporting research on effective 

12 STEM teaching practices in rural settings, 

13 including the use of rubrics and mastery14 based grading practices to assess student 

15 performance when employing the transdis16 ciplinary teaching approach for STEM dis17 ciplines; 

18 (iii) designing and developing pre19 service and in-service training resources to 

20 assist such rural educators in adopting 

21 transdisciplinary teaching practices across 

22 STEM courses; 

23 (iv) coordinating with local partners 

24 to adapt STEM teaching practices to lever25 age local natural and community assets in 


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1 order to support in-place learning in rural 

2 areas; 

3 (v) providing hands-on training and 

4 research opportunities for rural educators 

5 described in clause (i) at Federal Labora6 tories, institutions of higher education, or 

7 in industry; 

8 (vi) developing training and best prac9 tices for educators who teach multiple 

10 grade levels within a STEM discipline; 

11 (vii) designing and implementing pro12 fessional development courses and experi13 ences, including mentoring, for rural edu14 cators described in clause (i) that combine 

15 face-to-face and online experiences; and 

16 (viii) any other activity the Director 

17 determines will accomplish the goals of this 

18 subsection. 

19 (B) RURAL STEM COLLABORATIVE.—The 

20 Director may establish a pilot program of re21 gional cohorts in rural areas that will provide 

22 peer support, mentoring, and hands-on research 

23 experiences for rural STEM educators of stu24 dents in grades Pre–K through 12, in order to 

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1 cators, researchers, academia, and local indus2 try. 

3 (b) BROADENING PARTICIPATION OF RURAL STU4 DENTS IN STEM.— 

5 (1) IN GENERAL.—The Director shall provide 

6 grants on a merit-reviewed, competitive basis to in7 stitutions of higher education or nonprofit organiza8 tions (or a consortium thereof) for— 

9 (A) research and development of program10 ming to identify the barriers rural students face 

11 in accessing high-quality STEM education; and 

12 (B) development of innovative solutions to 

13 improve the participation and advancement of 

14 rural students in grades Pre–K through 12 in 

15 STEM studies. 

16 (2) USE OF FUNDS.— 

17 (A) IN GENERAL.—Grants awarded under 

18 this section shall be used for the research and 

19 development activities referred to in paragraph 

20 (1), which may include— 

21 (i) developing partnerships with com22 munity colleges to offer advanced STEM 

23 course work to rural high school students; 

24 (ii) supporting research on effective 

25 STEM practices in rural settings; 


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1 (iii) implementing a school-wide 

2 STEM approach; 

3 (iv) improving the National Science 

4 Foundation’s Advanced Technology Edu5 cation program’s coordination and engage6 ment with rural communities; 

7 (v) collaborating with existing commu8 nity partners and networks, such as the co9 operative research and extension services 

10 of the Department of Agriculture and 

11 youth serving organizations like 4–H, after 

12 school STEM programs, and summer 

13 STEM programs, to leverage community 

14 resources and develop place-based pro15 gramming; 

16 (vi) connecting rural school districts 

17 and institutions of higher education, to im18 prove precollegiate STEM education and 

19 engagement; 

20 (vii) supporting partnerships that 

21 offer hands-on inquiry-based science activi22 ties and access to lab resources for stu23 dents studying STEM in grades Pre–K 

24 through 12 in a rural area; 


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1 (viii) evaluating the role of broadband 

2 connectivity and its associated impact on 

3 the STEM and technology literacy of rural 

4 students; 

5 (ix) building capacity to support ex6 tracurricular STEM programs in rural 

7 schools, including mentor-led engagement 

8 programs, STEM programs held during 

9 nonschool hours, STEM networks, maker10 spaces, and competitions; and 

11 (x) any other activity the Director de12 termines will accomplish the goals of this 

13 subsection. 

14 (c) APPLICATION.—An applicant seeking a grant 

15 under subsection (a) or (b) shall submit an application at 

16 such time, in such manner, and containing such informa17 tion as the Director may require. The application may in18 clude the following: 

19 (1) A description of the target population to be 

20 served by the research activity or activities for which 

21 such grant is sought. 

22 (2) A description of the process for recruitment 

23 and selection of students, educators, or schools from 

24 rural areas to participate in such activity or activi25 ties. 


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1 (3) A description of how such activity or activi2 ties may inform efforts to promote rural students in 

3 grades Pre–K through 12 engagement and achieve4 ment in STEM studies. 

5 (4) In the case of a proposal consisting of a 

6 partnership or partnerships with one or more rural 

7 schools and one or more researchers, a plan for es8 tablishing a sustained partnership that is jointly de9 veloped and managed, draws from the capacities of 

10 each partner, and is mutually beneficial. 

11 (d) PARTNERSHIPS.—In awarding grants under sub12 section (a) or (b), the Director shall— 

13 (1) encourage applicants which, for the purpose 

14 of the activity or activities funded through the grant, 

15 include or partner with a nonprofit organization or 

16 an institution of higher education (or a consortium 

17 thereof) that has extensive experience and expertise 

18 in increasing the participation of students in grades 

19 Pre–K through 12 in STEM; 

20 (2) encourage applicants which, for the purpose 

21 of the activity or activities funded through the grant, 

22 include or partner with a consortium of rural schools 

23 or rural school districts; and 

24 (3) encourage applications which, for the pur25 pose of the activity or activities funded through the 


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1 grant, include commitments from school principals 

2 and administrators to making reforms and activities 

3 proposed by the applicant a priority. 

4 (e) EVALUATIONS.—All proposals for grants under 

5 subsections (a) and (b) shall include an evaluation plan 

6 that includes the use of outcome oriented measures to as7 sess the impact and efficacy of the grant. Each recipient 

8 of a grant under this section shall include results from 

9 these evaluative activities in annual and final projects. 

10 (f) ACCOUNTABILITY AND DISSEMINATION.— 

11 (1) EVALUATION REQUIRED.—The Director 

12 shall evaluate the portfolio of grants awarded under 

13 subsections (a) and (b). Such evaluation shall— 

14 (A) use a common set of benchmarks and 

15 tools to assess the results of research conducted 

16 under such grants and identify best practices; 

17 and 

18 (B) to the extent practicable, integrate the 

19 findings of research resulting from the activity 

20 or activities funded through such grants with 

21 the findings of other research on rural student’s 

22 pursuit of degrees or careers in STEM. 

23 (2) REPORT ON EVALUATIONS.—Not later than 

24 180 days after the completion of the evaluation 

25 under paragraph (1), the Director shall submit to 


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1 Congress and make widely available to the public a 

2 report that includes— 

3 (A) the results of the evaluation; and 

4 (B) any recommendations for administra5 tive and legislative action that could optimize 

6 the effectiveness of the grants awarded under 

7 this section. 

8 (g) REPORT BY COMMITTEE ON EQUAL OPPORTUNI9 TIES IN SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING.— 

10 (1) IN GENERAL.—As part of the first report 

11 required by section 36(e) of the Science and Engi12 neering Equal Opportunities Act (42 U.S.C. 

13 1885c(e)) transmitted to Congress after the date of 

14 enactment of this Act, the Committee on Equal Op15 portunities in Science and Engineering shall in16 clude— 

17 (A) a description of past and present poli18 cies and activities of the Foundation to encour19 age full participation of students in rural com20 munities in science, mathematics, engineering, 

21 and computer science fields; and 

22 (B) an assessment of trends in participa23 tion of rural students in grades Pre–K through 

24 12 in Foundation activities, and an assessment 

25 of the policies and activities of the Foundation, 


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1 along with proposals for new strategies or the 

2 broadening of existing successful strategies to3 wards facilitating the goals of this Act. 

4 (2) TECHNICAL CORRECTION.— 

5 (A) IN GENERAL.—Section 313 of the 

6 American Innovation and Competitiveness Act 

7 (Public Law 114–329) is amended by striking 

8 ‘‘Section 204(e) of the National Science Foun9 dation Authorization Act of 1988’’ and insert10 ing ‘‘Section 36(e) of the Science and Engineer11 ing Equal Opportunities Act’’. 

12 (B) APPLICABILITY.—The amendment 

13 made by paragraph (1) shall take effect as if 

14 included in the enactment of section 313 of the 

15 American Innovation and Competitiveness Act 

16 (Public Law 114–329). 

17 (h) COORDINATION.—In carrying out this section, the 

18 Director shall, for purposes of enhancing program effec19 tiveness and avoiding duplication of activities, consult, co20 operate, and coordinate with the programs and policies of 

21 other relevant Federal agencies. 

22 (i) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 

23 are authorized to be appropriated to the Director— 


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1 (1) $8,000,000 to carry out the activities under 

2 subsection (a) for each of fiscal years 2020 through 

3 2025; and 

4 (2) $12,000,000 to carry out the activities 

5 under subsection (b) for each of fiscal years 2020 

6 through 2025. 

7 SEC. 4. OPPORTUNITIES FOR ONLINE EDUCATION. 

8 (a) IN GENERAL.—The Director shall award competi9 tive grants to institutions of higher education or nonprofit 

10 organizations (or a consortium thereof, which may include 

11 a private sector partner) to conduct research on online 

12 STEM education courses for rural communities. 

13 (b) RESEARCH AREAS.—The research areas eligible 

14 for funding under this subsection shall include— 

15 (1) evaluating the learning and achievement of 

16 rural students in grades Pre–K through 12 in 

17 STEM subjects; 

18 (2) understanding how computer-based and on19 line professional development courses and mentor ex20 periences can be integrated to meet the needs of 

21 educators of rural students in grades Pre–K through 

22 12; 

23 (3) combining computer-based and online 

24 STEM education and training with apprenticeships, 

25 mentoring, or other applied learning arrangements; 


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1 (4) leveraging online programs to supplement 

2 STEM studies for rural students that need physical 

3 and academic accommodation; and 

4 (5) any other activity the Director determines 

5 will accomplish the goals of this subsection. 

6 (c) EVALUATIONS.—All proposals for grants under 

7 this section shall include an evaluation plan that includes 

8 the use of outcome oriented measures to assess the impact 

9 and efficacy of the grant. Each recipient of a grant under 

10 this section shall include results from these evaluative ac11 tivities in annual and final projects. 

12 (d) ACCOUNTABILITY AND DISSEMINATION.— 

13 (1) EVALUATION REQUIRED.—The Director 

14 shall evaluate the portfolio of grants awarded under 

15 this section. Such evaluation shall— 

16 (A) use a common set of benchmarks and 

17 tools to assess the results of research conducted 

18 under such grants and identify best practices; 

19 and 

20 (B) to the extent practicable, integrate 

21 findings from activities carried out pursuant to 

22 research conducted under this section, with re23 spect to the pursuit of careers and degrees in 

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1 ant to other research on serving rural students 

2 and communities. 

3 (2) REPORT ON EVALUATIONS.—Not later than 

4 180 days after the completion of the evaluation 

5 under paragraph (1), the Director shall submit to 

6 Congress and make widely available to the public a 

7 report that includes— 

8 (A) the results of the evaluation; and 

9 (B) any recommendations for administra10 tive and legislative action that could optimize 

11 the effectiveness of the grants awarded under 

12 this section. 

13 (e) COORDINATION.—In carrying out this section, the 

14 Director shall, for purposes of enhancing program effec15 tiveness and avoiding duplication of activities, consult, co16 operate, and coordinate with the programs and policies of 

17 other relevant Federal agencies. 

18 SEC. 5. NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES EVALUATION. 

19 (a) STUDY.—Not later than 12 months after the date 

20 of enactment of this Act, the Director shall enter into an 

21 agreement with the National Academy of Sciences under 

22 which the National Academy agrees to conduct an evalua23 tion and assessment that— 

24 (1) evaluates the quality and quantity of cur25 rent Federal programming and research directed at 


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1 examining STEM education for students in grades 

2 Pre–K through 12 and workforce development in 

3 rural areas; 

4 (2) assesses the impact of the scarcity of 

5 broadband connectivity in rural communities has on 

6 STEM and technical literacy for students in grades 

7 Pre–K through 12 in rural areas; and 

8 (3) assesses the core research and data needed 

9 to understand the challenges rural areas are facing 

10 in providing quality STEM education and workforce 

11 development; and 

12 (4) makes recommendations for improving 

13 STEM education for students in grades Pre–K 

14 through 12 and workforce development in rural 

15 areas. 

16 (b) REPORT TO DIRECTOR.—The agreement entered 

17 into under subsection (a) shall require the National Acad18 emy of Sciences, not later than 24 months after the date 

19 of enactment of this Act, to submit to the Director a re20 port on the study conducted under such subsection, includ21 ing the National Academy’s findings and recommenda22 tions. 

23 (c) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 

24 are authorized to be appropriated to the Director to carry 

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1 SEC. 6. CAPACITY BUILDING THROUGH EPSCOR. 

2 Section 517(f)(2) of the America COMPETES Reau3 thorization Act of 2010 (42 U.S.C. 1862p–9(f)(2)) is 

4 amended— 

5 (1) in subparagraph (A), by striking ‘‘and’’ at 

6 the end; and 

7 (2) by adding at the end the following: 

8 ‘‘(C) to increase the capacity of rural com9 munities to provide quality STEM education 

10 and STEM workforce development program11 ming to students, and teachers; and’’. 

12 SEC. 7. NIST ENGAGEMENT WITH RURAL COMMUNITIES. 

13 (a) MEP OUTREACH.—Section 25 of the National 

14 Institute of Standards and Technology Act (15 U.S.C. 

15 278k) is amended— 

16 (1) in subsection (c)— 

17 (A) in paragraph (6), by striking ‘‘commu18 nity colleges and area career and technical edu19 cation schools’’ and inserting the following: 

20 ‘‘secondary schools (as defined in section 8101 

21 of the Elementary and Secondary Education 

22 Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 7801)), community col23 leges, and area career and technical education 

24 schools, including those in underserved and 

25 rural communities,’’; and 

26 (B) in paragraph (7)— 


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1 (i) by striking ‘‘and local colleges’’ 

2 and inserting the following: ‘‘local high 

3 schools and local colleges, including those 

4 in underserved and rural communities,’’; 

5 and 

6 (ii) by inserting ‘‘or other applied 

7 learning opportunities’’ after ‘‘apprentice8 ships’’; and 

9 (2) in subsection (d)(3) by striking ‘‘, commu10 nity colleges, and area career and technical edu11 cation schools,’’ and inserting the following: ‘‘and 

12 local high schools, community colleges, and area ca13 reer and technical education schools, including those 

14 in underserved and rural communities,’’. 

15 (b) RURAL CONNECTIVITY PRIZE COMPETITION.— 

16 (1) PRIZE COMPETITION.—Pursuant to section 

17 24 of the Stevenson-Wydler Technology Innovation 

18 Act of 1980 (15 U.S.C. 3719), the Secretary of 

19 Commerce, acting through the Under Secretary of 

20 Commerce for Standards and Technology (referred 

21 to in this subsection as the ‘‘Secretary’’), shall carry 

22 out a program to award prizes competitively to stim23 ulate research and development of creative tech24 nologies in order to deploy affordable and reliable 


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1 broadband connectivity to underserved rural commu2 nities. 

3 (2) PLAN FOR DEPLOYMENT IN RURAL COMMU4 NITIES.—Each proposal submitted pursuant to para5 graph (1) shall include a plan for deployment of the 

6 technology that is the subject of such proposal in an 

7 underserved rural community. 

8 (3) PRIZE AMOUNT.—In carrying out the pro9 gram under paragraph (1), the Secretary may award 

10 not more than a total of $5,000,000 to one or more 

11 winners of the prize competition. 

12 (4) REPORT.—Not later than 60 days after the 

13 date on which a prize is awarded under the prize 

14 competition, the Secretary shall submit to the rel15 evant committees of Congress a report that describes 

16 the winning proposal of the prize competition. 

17 (5) CONSULTATION.—In carrying out the pro18 gram under subsection (a), the Secretary may con19 sult with the heads of relevant departments and 

20 agencies of the Federal Government. 

21 SEC. 8. NITR–D BROADBAND WORKING GROUP. 

22 Title I of the High-Performance Computing Act of 

23 1991 (15 U.S.C. 5511 et seq.) is amended by adding at 

24 the end the following: 


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1 ‘‘SEC. 103. BROADBAND RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT 

2 WORKING GROUP. 

3 ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The Director shall establish a 

4 broadband research and development working group to ad5 dress national research challenges and opportunities for 

6 improving broadband access and adoption across the 

7 United States. 

8 ‘‘(b) ACTIVITIES.—The working group shall identify 

9 and coordinate key priorities for addressing broadband ac10 cess and adoption, including— 

11 ‘‘(1) promising research areas; 

12 ‘‘(2) requirements for data collection and shar13 ing; 

14 ‘‘(3) opportunities for better alignment and co15 ordination across Federal agencies and external 

16 stakeholders; and 

17 ‘‘(4) potential development of new Federal poli18 cies and programs. 

19 ‘‘(c) COORDINATION.—The working group shall co20 ordinate, as appropriate, with the Rural Broadband Inte21 gration Working Group established under section 6214 of 

22 the Agriculture Improvement Act of 2018 (Public Law 

23 115–334) and the National Institute of Food and Agri24 culture of the Department of Agriculture. 


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1 ‘‘(d) REPORT.—The working group shall report to 

2 Congress on their activities as part of the annual report 

3 submitted under section 101(a)(2)(D). 

4 ‘‘(e) SUNSET.—The authority to carry out this sec5 tion shall terminate on the date that is 5 years after the 

6 date of enactment of the Rural STEM Education Act.’’. 

7 SEC. 9. DEFINITIONS. 

8 In this Act: 

9 (1) DIRECTOR.—The term ‘‘Director’’ means 

10 the Director of the National Science Foundation es11 tablished under section 2 of the National Science 

12 Foundation Act of 1950 (42 U.S.C. 1861). 

13 (2) FEDERAL LABORATORY.—The term ‘‘Fed14 eral laboratory’’ has the meaning given such term in 

15 section 4 of the Stevenson-Wydler Technology Inno16 vation Act of 1980 (15 U.S.C. 3703). 

17 (3) FOUNDATION.—The term ‘‘Foundation’’ 

18 means the National Science Foundation established 

19 under section 2 of the National Science Foundation 

20 Act of 1950 (42 U.S.C. 1861). 

21 (4) INSTITUTION OF HIGHER EDUCATION.—The 

22 term ‘‘institution of higher education’’ has the 

23 meaning given such term in section 101(a) of the 

24 Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1001(a)). 


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1 (5) STEM.—The term ‘‘STEM’’ has the mean2 ing given the term in section 2 of the America COM3 PETES Reauthorization Act of 2010 (42 U.S.C. 

4 6621 note). 

5 (6) STEM EDUCATION.—The term ‘‘STEM 

6 education’’ has the meaning given the term in sec7 tion 2 of the STEM Education Act of 2015 (42 

8 U.S.C. 6621 note). 

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