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114TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 823 

To better integrate STEM education into elementary and secondary instruction and curricula, to encourage high-quality STEM professional development, and to expand current mathematics and science education research 

to include engineering education. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

FEBRUARY 10, 2015 

Mr. TONKO (for himself, Mr. MCKINLEY, Mr. KENNEDY, and Mr. RODNEY

DAVIS of Illinois) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 

Committee on Education and the Workforce 

A BILL 

To better integrate STEM education into elementary and 

secondary instruction and curricula, to encourage highquality STEM professional development, and to expand 

current mathematics and science education research to 

include engineering education. 

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 ‘‘Educating Tomorrow’s 

5 Engineers Act of 2015’’. 


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1 TITLE I—AMENDMENTS TO THE 

2 ELEMENTARY AND SEC3 ONDARY EDUCATION ACT OF 

4 1965 

5 PART A—ENGINEERING STANDARDS AND 

6 ASSESSMENTS 

7 SEC. 111. ACADEMIC STANDARDS. 

8 (a) STANDARDS AND MEASUREMENT.—Section 

9 1111(b) of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act 

10 of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 6311(b)) is amended— 

11 (1) in paragraph (1), by adding at the end the 

12 following new subparagraph: 

13 ‘‘(G) INTEGRATION OF ENGINEERING

14 SKILLS AND PRACTICES INTO SCIENCE STAND15 ARDS.—Each State plan shall demonstrate that 

16 the State has incorporated engineering design 

17 skills and practices into the science standards 

18 required under subparagraph (C).’’; and 

19 (2) in paragraph (3)(C)(v)(II)— 

20 (A) by striking ‘‘beginning not later than 

21 school year 2007–2008, measure’’ and inserting 

22 ‘‘Measure’’; and 

23 (B) by inserting ‘‘(including engineering 

24 design skills and practices)’’ after ‘‘science’’. 


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1 (b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 

2 subsection (a) shall apply with respect to school years be3 ginning on or after July 1, 2018. 

4 SEC. 112. GRANTS FOR STATE ASSESSMENTS AND RELATED 

5 ACTIVITIES. 

6 Paragraph (1) of section 6111 of the Elementary and 

7 Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 7301) is 

8 amended by inserting ‘‘, including the integration of engi9 neering design skills and practices into science assess10 ments and standards,’’ before ‘‘required by section 

11 1111(b)’’. 

12 PART B—PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT AND 

13 INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS 

14 SEC. 121. TEACHER AND PRINCIPAL TRAINING AND RE15 CRUITING FUND. 

16 (a) STATE USE OF FUNDS.—Section 2113(c) of the 

17 Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 

18 U.S.C. 6613(c)) is amended by adding at the end the fol19 lowing new paragraph: 

20 ‘‘(19) Developing and providing professional de21 velopment and instructional materials for STEM 

22 subject areas, including computer science and engi23 neering.’’. 


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1 (b) LOCAL USE OF FUNDS.—Section 2123(a) of the 

2 Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 

3 U.S.C. 6623(a)) is amended— 

4 (1) by redesignating paragraph (10) as para5 graph (9); and 

6 (2) by adding at the end the following new 

7 paragraph: 

8 ‘‘(10) Developing and providing professional de9 velopment and instructional materials for STEM 

10 subject areas, including computer science and engi11 neering.’’. 

12 SEC. 122. STEM PARTNERSHIPS. 

13 Part B of title II of the Elementary and Secondary 

14 Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 6661 et seq.) is amend15 ed— 

16 (1) in the part heading, by striking ‘‘MATHE17 MATICS AND SCIENCE PARTNERSHIPS’’ and in18 serting ‘‘STEM PARTNERSHIPS’’; 

19 (2) in section 2201— 

20 (A) by striking ‘‘mathematics and science’’ 

21 each place the term appears and inserting 

22 ‘‘STEM’’; and 

23 (B) in subsection (a)(4), by striking ‘‘engi24 neering, mathematics, and science’’ and insert25 ing ‘‘STEM’’; and 


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1 (3) in section 2202— 

2 (A) in the section heading, by striking 

3 ‘‘MATHEMATICS AND SCIENCE’’ and insert4 ing ‘‘STEM’’; 

5 (B) in subsection (b)(2)— 

6 (i) in subparagraph (A), by striking 

7 ‘‘mathematics and science’’ and inserting 

8 ‘‘STEM’’; 

9 (ii) in subparagraph (B), by striking 

10 ‘‘student academic achievement in mathe11 matics and science’’ and inserting ‘‘student 

12 academic achievement in STEM’’; and 

13 (iii) in subparagraph (C), by striking 

14 ‘‘mathematics and science’’ and inserting 

15 ‘‘STEM’’; 

16 (C) in subsection (c)— 

17 (i) in each of paragraphs (1) and (2), 

18 by striking ‘‘mathematics and science’’ and 

19 inserting ‘‘STEM’’; 

20 (ii) in paragraph (3), in the matter 

21 preceding subparagraph (A), by striking 

22 ‘‘mathematics and science’’ each place the 

23 term appears and inserting ‘‘STEM’’; 

24 (iii) in paragraph (4)— 


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1 (I) in the matter preceding sub2 paragraph (A), by striking ‘‘mathe3 matics, engineering, and science ma4 jors’’ and inserting ‘‘individuals with a 

5 baccalaureate degree in a STEM 

6 field’’; 

7 (II) in each of subparagraphs (A) 

8 and (C), by striking ‘‘mathematics, 

9 engineering, or science’’ each place 

10 the term appears and inserting ‘‘a 

11 STEM field’’; 

12 (III) in subparagraph (B), by 

13 striking ‘‘mathematics and science’’ 

14 and inserting ‘‘STEM’’; and 

15 (IV) in subparagraph (D), by 

16 striking ‘‘mathematics, engineering, or 

17 science backgrounds’’ and inserting 

18 ‘‘backgrounds in STEM fields’’; 

19 (iv) in paragraph (5), by striking 

20 ‘‘mathematics and science curricula’’ each 

21 place the term appears and inserting 

22 ‘‘STEM curricula’’; 

23 (v) in paragraph (6), by striking 

24 ‘‘mathematics and science’’ and inserting 

25 ‘‘STEM’’; 


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1 (vi) in paragraph (7), by striking 

2 ‘‘mathematics or science’’ each place the 

3 term appears and inserting ‘‘STEM’’; 

4 (vii) in paragraph (8)— 

5 (I) by striking ‘‘mathematics and 

6 science’’ and inserting ‘‘STEM’’; 

7 (II) by striking ‘‘and engineers’’ 

8 and inserting ‘‘engineers, and other 

9 professionals in STEM fields’’; and 

10 (III) by striking ‘‘science and 

11 mathematics’’ and inserting ‘‘STEM’’; 

12 (viii) in paragraph (9), by striking 

13 ‘‘mathematics and science’’ and inserting 

14 ‘‘STEM’’; and 

15 (ix) in paragraph (10)— 

16 (I) by striking ‘‘mathematics and 

17 science teachers’’ and inserting 

18 ‘‘STEM teachers’’; and 

19 (II) by striking ‘‘mathematics 

20 and science careers (including engi21 neering and technology)’’ and insert22 ing ‘‘careers in STEM fields’’; 

23 (D) in subsection (d)(2), by striking 

24 ‘‘mathematics and science teaching’’ and insert25 ing ‘‘STEM teaching’’; and 


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1 (E) in subsection (e)(2)— 

2 (i) in subparagraph (A), by striking 

3 ‘‘mathematics and science’’ and inserting 

4 ‘‘STEM’’; 

5 (ii) in subparagraph (B), by inserting 

6 ‘‘and a strategy for integrating engineering 

7 into the science assessments in accordance 

8 with section 1111(b)(3)’’ before the semi9 colon at the end; and 

10 (iii) in subparagraph (C)— 

11 (I) in clause (i), by striking 

12 ‘‘mathematics and science’’ and in13 serting ‘‘STEM’’; 

14 (II) in clause (ii), by striking ‘‘in 

15 mathematics, engineering, or the 

16 sciences’’ and inserting ‘‘in a STEM 

17 field’’; and 

18 (III) in clause (iii)— 

19 (aa) by striking ‘‘mathe20 matics and science’’ and inserting 

21 ‘‘STEM subjects’’; and 

22 (bb) by striking ‘‘mathe23 matics, engineering, and science’’ 

24 and inserting ‘‘a STEM field’’. 


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1 PART C—AFTER SCHOOL PROGRAMS 

2 SEC. 131. 21ST CENTURY LEARNING CENTERS. 

3 Section 4205(a)(2) of the Elementary and Secondary 

4 Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 7175(a)(2)) is amended 

5 by striking ‘‘mathematics and science’’ and inserting 

6 ‘‘STEM’’. 

7 PART D—RURAL EDUCATION 

8 SEC. 141. RURAL AND LOW-INCOME SCHOOL PROGRAM. 

9 Section 6222(a)(2) of the Elementary and Secondary 

10 Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 7351a(a)(2)) is amend11 ed by inserting ‘‘and professional development in the area 

12 of engineering education’’ before the period at the end. 

13 PART E—GENERAL PROVISIONS 

14 SEC. 151. DEFINITIONS. 

15 Section 9101 of the Elementary and Secondary Edu16 cation Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 7801) is amended— 

17 (1) by redesignating paragraphs (42) and (43) 

18 as paragraphs (43) and (44), respectively; and 

19 (2) by inserting after paragraph (41) the fol20 lowing: 

21 ‘‘(42) STEM.—The term ‘STEM’ means— 

22 ‘‘(A) science, technology, engineering, and 

23 mathematics; and 

24 ‘‘(B) other academic subjects that build on 

25 the subjects described in subparagraph (A), 

26 such as computer science.’’. 


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1 TITLE II—AMENDMENTS TO THE 

2 EDUCATION SCIENCES RE3 FORM ACT OF 2002 

4 SEC. 201. DEFINITIONS. 

5 Section 102 of the Education Sciences Reform Act 

6 of 2002 (20 U.S.C. 9501) is amended— 

7 (1) by redesignating paragraph (23) as para8 graph (24); and 

9 (2) by inserting after paragraph (22) the fol10 lowing: 

11 ‘‘(23) STEM.—The term ‘STEM’ means— 

12 ‘‘(A) science, technology, engineering, and 

13 mathematics; and 

14 ‘‘(B) other academic subjects that build on 

15 the subjects described in subparagraph (A), 

16 such as computer science.’’. 

17 SEC. 202. RESEARCH ON ENGINEERING EDUCATION. 

18 Part A of title I of the Education Sciences Reform 

19 Act of 2002 (20 U.S.C. 9511 et seq.) is amended by add20 ing at the end the following new section: 

21 ‘‘SEC. 121. RESEARCH ON ENGINEERING EDUCATION. 

22 ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary, acting through 

23 the Director, shall support, directly or through grants or 

24 contracts, research on engineering education, including 

25 studies and evaluations that— 


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1 ‘‘(1) identify and assess how science inquiry 

2 and mathematical reasoning can be connected to en3 gineering design in kindergarten through grade 12 

4 curricula and teacher professional development; 

5 ‘‘(2) identify best practices and promising inno6 vations in the field of kindergarten through grade 12 

7 engineering education; and 

8 ‘‘(3) include any other information or assess9 ments the Secretary of Education may require. 

10 ‘‘(b) DISSEMINATION.—The Secretary shall, based on 

11 the results of the research described in subsection (a), dis12 seminate information and analysis to the public, and pro13 vide technical assistance to State educational agencies, on 

14 best practices and promising innovations in the field of 

15 kindergarten through grade 12 engineering education.’’. 

16 SEC. 203. NATIONAL CENTER FOR EDUCATION RESEARCH. 

17 Part B of title I of the Education Sciences Reform 

18 Act of 2002 (20 U.S.C. 9531 et seq.) is amended— 

19 (1) in section 131(b)(1)(C), by striking ‘‘mathe20 matics, science’’ and inserting ‘‘STEM’’; and 

21 (2) in section 133(a)(11), by striking ‘‘mathe22 matics and science’’ and inserting ‘‘STEM’’. 

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