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109TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 5358 

To authorize programs relating to science, mathematics, engineering, and 

technology education at the National Science Foundation and the Department of Energy Office of Science, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

MAY 11, 2006 

Mr. SCHWARZ of Michigan (for himself, Mr. BOEHLERT, Mr. SMITH of Texas, 

Mr. CALVERT, Mr. EHLERS, Mrs. BIGGERT, Mr. INGLIS of South Carolina, and Mr. MCCAUL of Texas) introduced the following bill; which was 

referred to the Committee on Science 

A BILL 

To authorize programs relating to science, mathematics, engineering, and technology education at the National 

Science Foundation and the Department of Energy Office of Science, 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 ‘‘Science and Mathe5 matics Education for Competitiveness Act’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. ROBERT NOYCE TEACHER SCHOLARSHIP PRO2 GRAM. 

3 Section 10 of the National Science Foundation Au4 thorization Act of 2002 (42 U.S.C. 1862n–1) is amend5 ed— 

6 (1) by inserting ‘‘Teacher’’ after ‘‘Noyce’’ in 

7 the section heading and each place it appears in the 

8 text; 

9 (2) in subsection (c)(3)— 

10 (A) by striking ‘‘$7,500’’ and inserting 

11 ‘‘$10,000’’; and 

12 (B) by striking ‘‘of scholarship support’’ 

13 and inserting ‘‘of scholarship support, unless 

14 the Director establishes a policy by which part15 time students may receive additional years of 

16 support’’; 

17 (3) in subsection (c)(4), by inserting ‘‘with a 

18 maximum service requirement of 4 years’’ after ‘‘was 

19 received’’; 

20 (4) in subsection (d)(3), by striking ‘‘1 year’’ 

21 and inserting ‘‘16 months’’; 

22 (5) in subsection (d)(4), by striking ‘‘for each 

23 year a stipend was received’’; 

24 (6) in subsection (g)(2)(A)— 


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1 (A) by striking ‘‘Treasurer of the United 

2 States,’’ and inserting ‘‘Treasurer of the United 

3 States.’’; and 

4 (B) by striking ‘‘multiplied by 2.’’ 

5 (7) in subsection (i)(3), by inserting ‘‘or had a 

6 career in’’ after ‘‘is working in’’; and 

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

8 ‘‘(j) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—Except 

9 as provided in subsection (k), there are authorized to be 

10 appropriated to the Director for the Robert Noyce Teacher 

11 Scholarship Program— 

12 ‘‘(1) $50,000,000 for fiscal year 2007, of which 

13 at least $7,500,000 shall be used for capacity build14 ing activities described in subsection (a)(3)(A)(ii) 

15 and (iii) and (B)(ii) and (iii); 

16 ‘‘(2) $70,000,000 for fiscal year 2008, of which 

17 at least $10,500,000 shall be used for capacity 

18 building activities described in subsection 

19 (a)(3)(A)(ii) and (iii) and (B)(ii) and (iii); 

20 ‘‘(3) $90,000,000 for fiscal year 2009, of which 

21 at least $13,500,000 shall be used for capacity 

22 building activities described in subsection 

23 (a)(3)(A)(ii) and (iii) and (B)(ii) and (iii); 

24 ‘‘(4) $90,000,000 for fiscal year 2010, of which 

25 at least $13,500,000 shall be used for capacity 


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1 building activities described in subsection 

2 (a)(3)(A)(ii) and (iii) and (B)(ii) and (iii); and 

3 ‘‘(5) $90,000,000 for fiscal year 2011, of which 

4 at least $13,500,000 shall be used for capacity 

5 building activities described in subsection 

6 (a)(3)(A)(ii) and (iii) and (B)(ii) and (iii). 

7 ‘‘(k) EXCEPTION.—For any fiscal year for which the 

8 funding allocated for activities under this section is less 

9 than $50,000,000, the amount of funding available for ca10 pacity building activities described in paragraphs (1) 

11 through (5) of subsection (j) shall not exceed 15 percent 

12 of the allocated funds.’’ 

13 SEC. 3. SCIENCE AND MATHEMATICS TEACHER TRAINING 

14 PARTNERSHIPS. 

15 (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 9 of the National Science 

16 Foundation Authorization Act of 2002 (42 U.S.C. 1862n) 

17 is amended to read as follows: 

18 ‘‘SEC. 9. SCIENCE AND MATHEMATICS TEACHER TRAINING 

19 PARTNERSHIPS PROGRAM. 

20 ‘‘(a) PROGRAM AUTHORIZED.— 

21 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—(A) The Director shall 

22 carry out a program to award grants to institutions 

23 of higher education or eligible nonprofit organiza24 tions (or consortia of such institutions or organiza25 tions) to establish science and mathematics teacher 


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1 training partnership programs to improve elemen2 tary and secondary science and mathematics instruc3 tion. 

4 ‘‘(B) Grants shall be awarded under this sub5 section on a competitive, merit-reviewed basis. 

6 ‘‘(2) PARTNERSHIPS.—To be eligible to receive 

7 a grant under this subsection, an institution of high8 er education through 1 or more of its departments 

9 in science, mathematics, or engineering or an eligible 

10 nonprofit organization (or a consortium thereof) 

11 shall enter into a partnership with 1 or more local 

12 educational agencies that may also include 1 or more 

13 businesses. 

14 ‘‘(3) REQUIRED USES OF FUNDS.—Grants 

15 awarded under this subsection shall be used for ac16 tivities that draw upon the expertise of the partners 

17 to improve teacher content knowledge in science or 

18 mathematics at the elementary or secondary levels, 

19 such as conducting— 

20 ‘‘(A) intensive, content-specific teacher in21 stitutes, which may include the provision of sti22 pends or expenses for participants; 

23 ‘‘(B) model induction programs for teach24 ers in their first 2 years of teaching; and 


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1 ‘‘(C) programs to expand the knowledge of 

2 existing teachers through sustained, content3 specific professional development programs. 

4 ‘‘(4) ADDITIONAL USES OF FUNDS.—Grants 

5 awarded under this subsection may also be used to 

6 conduct— 

7 ‘‘(A) programs to train, in both content 

8 and pedagogy, teacher leaders who will be 

9 granted sufficient nonclassroom time to serve as 

10 mentor teachers, as demonstrated by assur11 ances their employing school has provided to 

12 the Director, in such time and such manner as 

13 the Director may require; 

14 ‘‘(B) programs to train teachers to incor15 porate new technologies into their classroom; 

16 and 

17 ‘‘(C) programs to train teachers to incor18 porate laboratory experiences into their lesson 

19 plans. 

20 ‘‘(b) SELECTION PROCESS.— 

21 ‘‘(1) APPLICATION.—An institution of higher 

22 education or eligible nonprofit organization seeking 

23 funding under subsection (a) shall submit an appli24 cation to the Director at such time, in such manner, 

25 and containing such information as the Director 


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1 may require. The application shall include, at a min2 imum— 

3 ‘‘(A) a description of the partnership and 

4 the role that each member will play in imple5 menting the proposal; 

6 ‘‘(B) a description of the activities to be 

7 carried out, including— 

8 ‘‘(i) the number of teachers to be 

9 served; 

10 ‘‘(ii) how such activities will be 

11 aligned with State science and mathe12 matics achievement standards; 

13 ‘‘(iii) how such activities will increase 

14 the number or percentage of science and 

15 mathematics teachers who are highly quali16 fied teachers, as defined in section 9101 of 

17 the Elementary and Secondary Education 

18 Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 7801); and 

19 ‘‘(iv) how such activities will reduce 

20 the attrition of science and mathematics 

21 teachers; 

22 ‘‘(C) a description of the need for qualified 

23 science and mathematics teachers in the area to 

24 be served; 


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1 ‘‘(D) a description of the manner in which 

2 the partnership will be continued after assist3 ance under this program concludes; and 

4 ‘‘(E) a description of how the partnership 

5 will evaluate the impact of the program. 

6 ‘‘(2) REVIEW OF APPLICATIONS.—In evaluating 

7 the applications submitted under paragraph (1), the 

8 Director shall consider, at a minimum— 

9 ‘‘(A) the ability of the partners to effec10 tively carry out the proposed programs; 

11 ‘‘(B) the extent to which effective practices 

12 can be identified and replicated; and 

13 ‘‘(C) the extent to which the evaluation de14 scribed in paragraph (1)(E) will be independent 

15 and based on objective measures. 

16 ‘‘(3) AWARDS.—In awarding grants under this 

17 section, the Director shall give priority consideration 

18 to applications in which the partnership includes a 

19 high-need local educational agency and to applica20 tions that include activities described in subsection 

21 (a)(4)(A). 

22 ‘‘(4) MAXIMUM GRANT.—A grant awarded 

23 under this section shall not be less than $75,000 or 

24 greater than $2,000,000 for any fiscal year. 

25 ‘‘(c) ACCOUNTABILITY AND DISSEMINATION.— 


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1 ‘‘(1) ASSESSMENT REQUIRED.—Not later than 

2 2 years after the date of enactment of this section, 

3 the Director shall establish a common set of bench4 marks and assessment tools to allow for the com5 parison of practices across grantees. 

6 ‘‘(2) REPORT.—Not later than 4 years after the 

7 date of enactment of this section, the Director shall 

8 perform an assessment of the effectiveness of the 

9 Science and Mathematics Teacher Training Partner10 ships Program established by this section in improv11 ing elementary and secondary science and mathe12 matics instruction. Not later than 5 years after the 

13 date of enactment of this section, the Director shall 

14 transmit a report describing the results of this as15 sessment to the Committee on Science and the Com16 mittee on Education and the Workforce of the 

17 House of Representatives and to the Committee on 

18 Commerce, Science, and Transportation and the 

19 Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pen20 sions of the Senate. Such reports shall be made 

21 widely available to the public. 

22 ‘‘(d) AUTHORIZATION.—There are authorized to be 

23 appropriated to the National Science Foundation for the 

24 purpose of this section $50,000,000 for each of the fiscal 

25 years 2007 through 2011.’’. 


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1 (b) DEFINITIONS.—Section 4 of the National Science 

2 Foundation Authorization Act of 2002 (42 U.S.C. 1862n 

3 note) is amended— 

4 (1) by amending paragraph (6) to read as fol5 lows: 

6 ‘‘(6) ELIGIBLE NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION.— 

7 The term ‘eligible nonprofit organization’ means a 

8 nonprofit organization, such as a museum or science 

9 center, involved in the preparation, training, or cer10 tification of science and mathematics teachers.’’; 

11 (2) by amending paragraph (8) to read as fol12 lows: 

13 ‘‘(8) HIGH-NEED LOCAL EDUCATIONAL AGEN14 CY.—The term ‘high-need local educational agency’ 

15 means a local educational agency that— 

16 ‘‘(A) is receiving grants under title I of the 

17 Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 

18 1965 (20 U.S.C. 6301 et seq) as a result of 

19 having within its jurisdiction concentrations of 

20 children from low income families; and 

21 ‘‘(B) is experiencing a shortage of highly 

22 qualified teachers, as defined in section 9101 of 

23 the Elementary and Secondary Education Act 

24 of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 7801), in the fields of 

25 science, mathematics, or engineering.’’; and 


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1 (3) in paragraph (11) by striking ‘‘master 

2 teacher’’ and inserting ‘‘teacher leader’’ each place it 

3 appears. 

4 (c) CONTINUING GRANTS.—This section shall not be 

5 construed to terminate any Mathematics and Science 

6 Partnership awards made prior to the date of enactment 

7 of this Act. 

8 SEC. 4. SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY, ENGINEERING, AND MATH9 EMATICS TALENT EXPANSION PROGRAM. 

10 There are authorized to be appropriated to the Direc11 tor of the National Science Foundation for the Science, 

12 Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics Talent Expan13 sion Program, $40,000,000 for fiscal year 2007, 

14 $45,000,000 for fiscal year 2008, $50,000,000 for fiscal 

15 year 2009, $50,000,000 for fiscal year 2010, and 

16 $50,000,000 for fiscal year 2011. 

17 SEC. 5. INTEGRATIVE GRADUATE EDUCATION AND RE18 SEARCH TRAINEESHIP PROGRAM. 

19 (a) FUNDING.—For each of the fiscal years 2007 

20 through 2011, the Director of the National Science Foun21 dation shall allocate at least 1.5 percent of funds appro22 priated for Research and Related Activities to the Integra23 tive Graduate Education and Research Traineeship pro24 gram. 


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1 (b) COORDINATION.—The Director shall coordinate 

2 with Federal departments and agencies, as appropriate, 

3 to expand the interdisciplinary nature of the Integrative 

4 Graduate Education and Research Traineeship program. 

5 (c) AUTHORITY TO ACCEPT FUNDS FROM OTHER

6 AGENCIES.—The Director is authorized to accept funds 

7 from other Federal departments and agencies to carry out 

8 the Integrative Graduate Education and Research 

9 Traineeship program. 

10 SEC. 6. ESTABLISHMENT OF CENTERS FOR UNDER11 GRADUATE EDUCATION IN SCIENCE, MATHE12 MATICS, AND ENGINEERING. 

13 (a) ESTABLISHMENT.— 

14 (1) IN GENERAL.—(A) The Director of the Na15 tional Science Foundation shall carry out a program 

16 to award grants to departments of science, mathe17 matics, or engineering at institutions of higher edu18 cation (or consortia thereof) to establish Centers for 

19 Undergraduate Education in Science, Mathematics, 

20 and Engineering. The program shall be designed to 

21 promote the development of curriculum, teaching 

22 methods, and teacher training methods to improve 

23 the quality of undergraduate science, mathematics, 

24 and engineering courses and increase the number of 

25 students taking such courses, including nonmajors. 


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1 (B) The grants shall be made jointly through 

2 the Education and Human Resources Directorate 

3 and at least 1 research directorate of the National 

4 Science Foundation. 

5 (C) Grants under this section shall be awarded 

6 on a competitive, merit-reviewed basis. 

7 (D) Grants awarded under this section shall be 

8 for 5 years. The Director may extend a grant under 

9 this section for up to 2 additional 3-year periods. 

10 (2) ACTIVITIES.—Grants awarded under this 

11 section may be used to— 

12 (A) create model curricula and laboratory 

13 programs; 

14 (B) develop and demonstrate research15 based instructional methods and technologies; 

16 (C) develop methods to train graduate stu17 dents and faculty to be more effective teachers; 

18 (D) conduct programs to disseminate cur19 ricula, instructional methods, or training meth20 ods to faculty at the grantee institutions and at 

21 other institutions; and 

22 (E) conduct any other activities the Direc23 tor determines will accomplish the goals de24 scribed in paragraph (1)(A). 

25 (b) SELECTION PROCESS.— 


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1 (1) APPLICATION.—A department of science, 

2 mathematics, or engineering of an institution of 

3 higher education (or consortium thereof) seeking 

4 funding under this section shall submit an applica5 tion to the Director at such time, in such manner, 

6 and containing such information as the Director 

7 may require. At a minimum, the application shall in8 clude— 

9 (A) a description of the activities to be car10 ried out by the Center; 

11 (B) a plan for disseminating programs re12 lated to the activities carried out by the Center 

13 to faculty at the grantee institution and at 

14 other institutions; 

15 (C) an estimate of the number of faculty, 

16 graduate students, and undergraduate students 

17 who be affected by the activities carried out by 

18 the Center; and 

19 (D) a plan for assessing the effectiveness 

20 of the Center at accomplishing the goals de21 scribed in subsection (a)(1)(A). 

22 (2) REVIEW OF APPLICATIONS.—In evaluating 

23 the applications submitted under paragraph (1), the 

24 Director shall consider, at a minimum— 


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1 (A) the ability of the applicant to effec2 tively carry out the proposed activities, includ3 ing the dissemination activities described in 

4 subsection (a)(2)(D); and 

5 (B) the extent to which the faculty, staff, 

6 and administrators of the applicant institution 

7 are committed to improving undergraduate 

8 science, mathematics, and engineering edu9 cation. 

10 (3) AWARDS.—In awarding grants under the 

11 program, the Director shall endeavor to ensure that 

12 a wide variety of science, mathematics, and engi13 neering fields and types of institutions of higher 

14 education, including 2-year colleges, are covered, and 

15 that— 

16 (A) at least 1 center is housed at a Doc17 toral/Research University as defined by the 

18 Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of 

19 Teaching; and 

20 (B) at least 1 center is focused on improv21 ing undergraduate education in an interdiscipli22 nary area. 

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1 tion among the Centers and to further disseminate the re2 sults of the Centers’ activities. 

3 (d) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 

4 are authorized to be appropriated to the National Science 

5 Foundation for the purpose of this section $4,000,000 for 

6 fiscal year 2007 and $10,000,000 for each of the fiscal 

7 years 2008 through 2011. 

8 SEC. 7. EVALUATION OF PROFESSIONAL SCIENCE MAS9 TERS. 

10 Not earlier than 1 year after the date of enactment 

11 of this Act, the Director of the National Science Founda12 tion shall enter into an agreement with an appropriate 

13 party to assess the impact of the Professional Science 

14 Master’s (PSM) degree at a variety of institutions, includ15 ing the extent to which the degree is interdisciplinary and 

16 targeted to emerging fields, the ability of graduates to ob17 tain employment in industry relative to those who receive 

18 traditional science master’s degrees, salary ranges for 

19 graduates relative to traditional science masters grad20 uates, the extent to which the degree is terminal or grad21 uates go on to continue their education, and the success 

22 of the degree in attracting traditionally underrepresented 

23 populations, including women and minorities. The results 

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1 grams, shall be submitted to the Congress not later than 

2 3 years after the date of enactment of this Act. 

3 SEC. 8. REPORT ON BROADER IMPACTS CRITERION. 

4 Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment 

5 of this Act, the Director of the National Science Founda6 tion shall submit to Congress a report on the impact of 

7 the broader impacts grant criterion used by the National 

8 Science Foundation. The report shall–— 

9 (1) identify the criteria that each division and 

10 directorate of the Foundation uses to evaluate the 

11 broader impacts aspects of research proposals; 

12 (2) provide a breakdown of the types of activi13 ties by division that awardees have proposed to carry 

14 out to meet the broader impacts criterion; 

15 (3) provide any evaluations performed by the 

16 National Science Foundation to assess the degree to 

17 which the broader impacts aspects of research pro18 posals were carried out and how effective they have 

19 been at meeting the goals described in the research 

20 proposals; 

21 (4) describe what national goals, such as im22 proving undergraduate science, mathematics, and 

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1 ening participation of underrepresented groups, the 

2 broader impacts criterion is best suited to promote; 

3 and 

4 (5) describe what steps the National Science 

5 Foundation is taking and should take to use the 

6 broader impacts criterion to improve undergraduate 

7 science, mathematics, and engineering education. 

8 SEC. 9. EDUCATION PROGRAMS AT THE DEPARTMENT OF 

9 ENERGY. 

10 (a) AUTHORIZATION OF EDUCATION PROGRAMS.— 

11 The Secretary of Energy shall carry out education pro12 grams and activities in fields related to the Department’s 

13 mission, which may include awarding scholarships or fel14 lowships for study and research, providing research experi15 ences at National Laboratories for undergraduates, and 

16 operating summer institutes to improve the content knowl17 edge of science and mathematics teachers. 

18 (b) INVENTORY AND EVALUATION.— 

19 (1) REPORT.—Not later than 1 year after the 

20 date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of En21 ergy shall transmit a report to the Congress which 

22 shall contain— 

23 (A) an inventory of existing education pro24 grams and activities at the Department and at 

25 the National Laboratories, which shall include a 


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1 description of each education program or activ2 ity supported by the Department or the Na3 tional Laboratories, a description of the in4 tended beneficiaries, and the amount of Federal 

5 funding used to support it; and 

6 (B) a schedule for conducting independent 

7 evaluations of the education programs and ac8 tivities identified under subparagraph (A) to as9 sess the impact of such programs and activities 

10 on the intended beneficiaries and the larger 

11 mission of the Department that shall result in 

12 all evaluations of the programs being completed 

13 not later than 4 years after the date of enact14 ment of this Act. 

15 (2) IMPLEMENTATION OF SCHEDULE.—The 

16 Secretary shall implement the schedule provided 

17 under paragraph (1)(B) and shall transmit each 

18 evaluation to the Congress as it is completed, along 

19 with a description of any actions the Secretary in20 tends to take as a result of the evaluation. 

21 (c) NATIONAL LABORATORIES.—The Secretary shall 

22 include the conduct of education programs at the National 

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1 ance and other incentive fees for a National Laboratories 

2 management and operations contractor. 

3 SEC. 10. DEFINITION. 

4 In this Act, the term ‘‘institution of higher edu5 cation’’ has the meaning given such term in section 101(a) 

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

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