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109TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 5141 

To provide for the establishment of a program at the National Science 

Foundation to increase up to 10,000 per year the number of elementary 

and secondary science and mathematics teachers through a scholarship 

program encouraging students to obtain science, technology, engineering, 

and mathematics degrees with teacher certification, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

APRIL 6, 2006 

Mr. HOLT (for himself, Ms. EDDIE BERNICE JOHNSON of Texas, Ms. ZOE

LOFGREN of California, Mr. CAPUANO, Mr. MARKEY, Mr. SMITH of 

Washington, Mr. PRICE of North Carolina, Mr. OWENS, Mr. PAYNE, Mr. 

GRIJALVA, Ms. JACKSON-LEE of Texas, Mr. HINOJOSA, Mr. 

MCDERMOTT, Ms. SCHAKOWSKY, Mr. MCINTYRE, and Mr. INSLEE) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on 

Science 

A BILL 

To provide for the establishment of a program at the National Science Foundation to increase up to 10,000 per 

year the number of elementary and secondary science 

and mathematics teachers through a scholarship program 

encouraging students to obtain science, technology, engineering, and mathematics degrees with teacher certification, 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, 


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1 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

2 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Accelerating the Cre3 ation of Teachers of Influence for Our Nation Act’’. 

4 SEC. 2. SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM. 

5 (a) ESTABLISHMENT.—The National Science Foun6 dation shall establish a program to provide scholarships 

7 to students in science, engineering, or mathematics pro8 grams with certification for elementary or secondary 

9 teaching. 

10 (b) AMOUNT OF SCHOLARSHIP.—A scholarship 

11 award under this section shall be an amount sufficient to 

12 cover the cost of tuition, room and board, and fees at the 

13 institution of higher education the student is attending, 

14 not to exceed $20,000 per year. 

15 (c) SELECTION CRITERIA.—Scholarships shall be 

16 awarded under this section on the basis of merit, with con17 sideration given to financial need and the goal of providing 

18 support to members of underrepresented groups within the 

19 meaning of the Science and Engineering Equal Opportuni20 ties Act. 

21 (d) LIMITATION.—A student may not receive scholar22 ships under this section for more than 5 years of under23 graduate study. 

24 (e) PROBATION.—A student that has received schol25 arship support under this section for a year who receives 

26 a grade of D or fails a course during that year shall be 


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1 notified by the National Science Foundation that the stu2 dent is being placed on probation. 

3 (f) TERMINATION.—A student that has received 

4 scholarship support under this section for a year who fails 

5 a course during that year, after having been placed on pro6 bation under subsection (e), shall forfeit the scholarship, 

7 and all scholarship amounts received by that student 

8 under this section shall be treated as a student loan as 

9 provided in subsection (h). 

10 (g) SERVICE OBLIGATION.— 

11 (1) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in para12 graph (2) or subsection (i), not later than 6 years 

13 after graduation from a program for which a stu14 dent has received scholarship assistance under this 

15 section— 

16 (A) if the student has received 3 or more 

17 years of such assistance, the student shall com18 plete 5 years of service as an elementary or sec19 ondary science or mathematics teacher; and 

20 (B) if the student has received fewer than 

21 3 years of such assistance, the student shall 

22 complete 3 years of service as an elementary or 

23 secondary science or mathematics teacher. 

24 (2) SPECIAL SERVICE.—If all service under this 

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1 sistance under section 1114 of the Elementary and 

2 Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 6314), 

3 the length of the obligation under paragraph (1)(A) 

4 or (B) shall be reduced by 1 year. 

5 (h) FORFEITURE OF SCHOLARSHIP.— 

6 (1) CONSEQUENCES.—A student who forfeits a 

7 scholarship provided under this section shall be lia8 ble to the United States for repayment of the full 

9 amount of scholarship assistance received, in accord10 ance with paragraph (3). 

11 (2) GROUNDS FOR FORFEITURE.—A student 

12 forfeits a scholarship provided under this section if 

13 the student— 

14 (A) withdraws from the degree program 

15 for which the scholarship was awarded without 

16 transfer to a comparable program within the 

17 scope of this Act, or in a comparable program 

18 within the scope of this Act at another institu19 tion of higher education; 

20 (B) fails 2 classes as described in sub21 sections (e) and (f); 

22 (C) declares that the service obligation 

23 under subsection (g) will not be fulfilled; or 

24 (D) fails to fulfill the service obligation 

25 under subsection (g). 


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1 (3) REPAYMENT.— 

2 (A) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in 

3 subparagraph (B), in the case of forfeiture, re4 payment shall be required for the full amount 

5 of scholarship assistance received by the stu6 dent plus the interest on such amounts that 

7 would be payable if at the time the amounts 

8 were received they were a loan bearing interest 

9 at the prevailing rate for student loans. 

10 (B) PARTIAL FAILURE TO MEET SERVICE

11 OBLIGATION.—In the case of a forfeiture on 

12 grounds described in paragraph (2)(C) or (D)— 

13 (i) if the student received 3 or more 

14 years of scholarship assistance under this 

15 section, repayment shall be required for 

16 the amount of assistance received reduced 

by 1 17 ⁄5 of the total amount for each year of 

18 service obligation completed, plus the inter19 est on such reduced amounts that would be 

20 payable if at the time the amounts were re21 ceived they were a loan bearing interest at 

22 the prevailing rate for student loans; and 

23 (ii) if the student received fewer than 

24 3 years of scholarship assistance under 

25 this section, repayment shall be required 


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1 for the amount of assistance received reduced by 1 2 ⁄3 of the total amount for each 

3 year of service obligation completed, plus 

4 the interest on such reduced amounts that 

5 would be payable if at the time the 

6 amounts were received they were a loan 

7 bearing interest at the prevailing rate for 

8 student loans. 

9 (C) WAIVER.—The Director of the Na10 tional Science Foundation may provide a partial 

11 or complete waiver of the requirement under 

12 this paragraph if a student will suffer extreme 

13 hardship, if compliance is impossible, or if re14 quiring repayment would be unconscionable. 

15 (i) MASTER’S DEGREE OPTION.— 

16 (1) AVAILABILITY.—A student who has received 

17 1 or more years of scholarship assistance under this 

18 section may apply for additional scholarship assist19 ance for up to 2 years in a Master’s program in 

20 science, technology, engineering, or mathematics. 

21 (2) SERVICE OBLIGATION.—For each year of 

22 scholarship assistance received under paragraph (1), 

23 a student’s service obligation under subsection (g) 

24 shall increase by 1 year. If all service under this 

25 paragraph and subsection (g) combined is performed 


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1 at a school eligible for assistance under section 1114 

2 of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 

3 1965 (20 U.S.C. 6314), the length of the obligation 

4 under this paragraph shall be reduced by 1 year. 

5 (j) SCHOLARSHIP TRUST FUND.—There shall be es6 tablished in the Treasury of the United States a trust 

7 fund, into which shall be deposited all gifts and donations 

8 received by the National Science Foundation in support 

9 of the program under this section. Amounts in the trust 

10 fund may be used, to the extent provided in appropriations 

11 Acts, for carrying out this section. 

12 (k) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 

13 are authorized to be appropriated to the National Science 

14 Foundation for carrying out this section— 

15 (1) $200,000,000 for fiscal year 2007; 

16 (2) $400,000,000 for fiscal year 2008; 

17 (3) $600,000,000 for fiscal year 2009; 

18 (4) $800,000,000 for fiscal year 2010; and 

19 (5) $1,000,000,000 for fiscal year 2011. 

20 SEC. 3. UNIVERSITY GRANTS. 

21 (a) ESTABLISHMENT OF PROGRAM.—The Director of 

22 the National Science Foundation shall establish a program 

23 to award annual grants of $1,000,000 to institutions of 

24 higher education (or a consortia of such institutions) to 


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1 develop and implement programs that will provide all of 

2 the following: 

3 (1) Undergraduate science, mathematics, and 

4 engineering degrees. 

5 (2) Elementary or secondary teacher certifi6 cation. 

7 (3) Professional development and mentoring ac8 tivities. 

9 (b) SELECTION CRITERIA.—The Director shall annu10 ally award grants under this section on a competitive 

11 basis. The Director shall seek to achieve a balanced dis12 tribution of awards on the basis of geographic location and 

13 the size of the institutions of higher education. In weigh14 ing the merits of grant proposals, the Director shall con15 sider— 

16 (1) the ability of the applicant to carry out the 

17 proposed program; 

18 (2) the size and quality of education and 

19 science, technology, engineering, and mathematics 

20 faculty, and postdoctoral fellows in those depart21 ments; 

22 (3) the degree to which the proposed program 

23 will enable students to become and remain successful 

24 elementary and secondary mathematics and science 

25 teachers; and 


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1 (4) the ability of the applicant to recruit stu2 dents who would otherwise not pursue a career in 

3 teaching. 

4 (c) PREFERENCE.—The Director shall give pref5 erence to applicants whose proposals include— 

6 (1) curriculum based on cognitive psychology 

7 and the science of how students learn; 

8 (2) structured mentoring program with a highly 

9 qualified teacher in the field of the student; 

10 (3) summer internships with researchers in the 

11 science, mathematics, or engineering field of the stu12 dent; 

13 (4) mentored classroom teaching experience; 

14 (5) use of educational technology with instruc15 tion included within the curriculum; 

16 (6) practical courses in the teaching of science 

17 and mathematics; 

18 (7) partnerships with private sector entities 

19 that include— 

20 (A) financial or in-kind contributions to 

21 the financing of the internships; 

22 (B) mentoring activities; 

23 (C) professional development programs in24 cluding professional meetings; and 


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1 (D) collaboration with local schools, edu2 cation groups, youth organizations, museums, 

3 and libraries; 

4 (8) partnerships with other institutions of high5 er education to facilitate the sharing of faculty and 

6 implementation of mentoring activities; and 

7 (9) mechanisms to recruit underrepresented 

8 groups into the program. 

9 (d) MATCHING FUNDS.—An institution of higher 

10 education may only receive a grant under this section if 

11 it will provide at least $200,000 during the fiscal year for 

12 which the grant is awarded toward the development and 

13 implementation of the program for which the grant is 

14 awarded. 

15 (e) LIMITATION.—An institution of higher education 

16 may not receive more than 3 annual grants under this sec17 tion. 

18 (f) MONITORING.—The Director shall monitor the 

19 success of the each program receiving assistance under 

20 this section to determine eligibility for competitive re21 newal, including site visits when necessary. 

22 (g) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 

23 are authorized to be appropriated to the National Science 

24 Foundation— 

25 (1) $500,000,000 for fiscal year 2007; 


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1 (2) $600,000,000 for fiscal year 2008; 

2 (3) $700,000,000 for fiscal year 2009; 

3 (4) $900,000,000 for fiscal year 2010; and 

4 (5) $1,000,000,000 for fiscal year 2011. 

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