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112TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. 758 

To establish a Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (STEM) Master 

Teacher Corps program. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

APRIL 7 (legislative day, APRIL 5), 2011 

Mr. FRANKEN (for himself, Mr. LIEBERMAN, and Mrs. SHAHEEN) introduced 

the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee 

on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions 

A BILL 

To establish a Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math 

(STEM) Master Teacher Corps program. 

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 ‘‘STEM Master Teacher 

5 Corps Act of 2011’’. 

6 SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 

7 Congress finds the following: 

8 (1) Numerous recent reports by national advi9 sory groups, including the President’s Council of Ad10 visors on Science and Technology and National 


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1 Academies’ committees, have highlighted the need to 

2 raise student achievement in STEM fields to enable 

3 the United States to maintain its competitive edge 

4 in the global economy. 

5 (2) Nearly all of the top 30 fastest growing oc6 cupations require science, technology, engineering, or 

7 mathematics skills, according to the Bureau of 

8 Labor Statistics. 

9 (3) Recent standardized tests show United 

10 States students’ mathematics and science perform11 ance is only average or below average compared with 

12 their international peers. American students placed 

13 25th in mathematics and 17th in science out of 34 

14 Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Devel15 opment countries in the 2009 Program for Inter16 national Student Assessment. 

17 (4) Too few American students graduate from 

18 high school with the interest and the preparation to 

19 successfully pursue STEM degrees in college. Well 

20 over half of college students in China and Japan 

21 major in STEM fields, compared with only a third 

22 of U.S. students. 

23 (5) Several researchers, including at Stanford 

24 University, have found that the effects of well-pre25 pared teachers on student achievement can be 


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1 stronger than the influences of student background 

2 factors, such as poverty, language background, and 

3 minority status. 

4 (6) The Harvard Graduate School of Education 

5 report ‘‘Who Stays in Teaching and Why’’ cites re6 search that shows more young people would consider 

7 teaching if it offered more opportunities for advance8 ment, and that if schools fail to offer teachers these 

9 opportunities throughout their teaching careers, they 

10 may risk losing them permanently. It also reports 

11 that well implemented mentoring and induction pro12 grams provide the support novices need to feel satis13 fied and remain in their schools. 

14 (7) Researchers at the University of Pennsyl15 vania have found that STEM teachers migrate with16 in the teaching profession to better paying jobs at 

17 better-funded schools, resulting in local imbalances 

18 and leaving schools in high-poverty communities 

19 struggling to find knowledgeable teachers. 

20 (8) Individuals with strong STEM skills have 

21 opportunities for more lucrative careers outside of 

22 teaching. According to the Organisation for Eco23 nomic Co-operation and Development (OECD), the 

24 United States ranks in the bottom third of OECD 

25 countries in terms of teacher salary relative to per 


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1 capita GDP. Furthermore, data from the National 

2 Association of Colleges and Employers show the me3 dian salary offered to recent college graduates in 

4 certain STEM-related fields, including physics, com5 puter science, accounting, and engineering, is 

6 $24,000 higher than that offered to new secondary 

7 school teachers and $30,000 higher than that of8 fered to new elementary school teachers. 

9 SEC. 3. STEM MASTER TEACHER CORPS. 

10 Subpart 5 of part A of title II of the Elementary and 

11 Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 6651 et 

12 seq.) is amended— 

13 (1) by inserting before section 2151 the fol14 lowing: 

15 ‘‘CHAPTER A—NATIONAL ACTIVITIES OF 

16 DEMONSTRATED EFFECTIVENESS’’; 

17 and 

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

19 ‘‘CHAPTER B—STEM MASTER TEACHER 

20 CORPS 

21 ‘‘SEC. 2155. PURPOSE. 

22 ‘‘The purpose of this chapter is to establish a STEM 

23 Master Teacher Corps program that— 


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1 ‘‘(1) elevates the status of the STEM teaching 

2 profession by recognizing and rewarding outstanding 

3 STEM teachers; 

4 ‘‘(2) attracts and retains effective STEM teach5 ers, particularly in high-need schools, by offering 

6 them additional compensation, instructional re7 sources, and instructional leadership roles; and 

8 ‘‘(3) creates a network of outstanding STEM 

9 teacher-leaders who will— 

10 ‘‘(A) share best practices and resources; 

11 ‘‘(B) take on leadership responsibilities in 

12 their schools, districts, States (if part of the 

13 participating area), or consortia with the au14 thority to provide professional support to their 

15 STEM colleagues not participating in the 

16 STEM Master Teacher Corps; 

17 ‘‘(C) aid in the development and retention 

18 of beginning teachers by serving as their role 

19 models and providing them with instructional 

20 support; and 

21 ‘‘(D) inform the development of STEM 

22 education policy. 

23 ‘‘SEC. 2156. DEFINITIONS. 

24 ‘‘In this chapter: 


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1 ‘‘(1) ELIGIBLE ENTITY.—The term ‘eligible en2 tity’ means a consortium of local educational agen3 cies or 1 or more State educational agencies, acting 

4 in partnership with 1 or more— 

5 ‘‘(A) institutions of higher education; or 

6 ‘‘(B) nonprofit organizations with a dem7 onstrated record of success in preparing or im8 proving the effectiveness of STEM teachers. 

9 ‘‘(2) HIGH-NEED SCHOOL.—The term ‘high10 need school’ means a public school, which may be a 

11 public charter school, that meets 1 or more of the 

12 following criteria: 

13 ‘‘(A) Not less than 40 percent of the stu14 dents enrolled at the school— 

15 ‘‘(i) receive or are eligible to receive a 

16 free or reduced price lunch under the Rich17 ard B. Russell National School Lunch Act 

18 (42 U.S.C. 1751 et seq.); or 

19 ‘‘(ii) are from low-income families, as 

20 determined using 1 of the measures of pov21 erty specified under section 1113(a)(5). 

22 ‘‘(B) The school is among the lowest per23 forming 10 percent of schools in the State in 

24 which it is located. 


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1 ‘‘(C) In the case of a public high school, 

2 the school has a graduation rate of 65 percent 

3 or less. 

4 ‘‘(D) In the case of a public school con5 taining middle grades, the school feeds into a 

6 public high school that has a graduation rate of 

7 65 percent or less. 

8 ‘‘(3) PARTICIPATING AREA.—The term ‘partici9 pating area’ means— 

10 ‘‘(A) in the case of an eligible entity that 

11 includes a State educational agency or consor12 tium of State educational agencies, the State or 

13 States; or 

14 ‘‘(B) in the case of an eligible entity that 

15 includes a consortium of local educational agen16 cies, the area served by such agencies. 

17 ‘‘(4) RURAL SCHOOL.—The term ‘rural school’ 

18 means a public school— 

19 ‘‘(A) designated with a school locale code 

20 of Distant Town, Remote Town, Fringe Rural, 

21 Distant Rural, or Remote Rural; and 

22 ‘‘(B) served by a local educational agency 

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1 ignated with 1 of the school locale codes listed 

2 in subparagraph (A). 

3 ‘‘(5) STEM.—The term ‘STEM’ means science, 

4 technology, engineering, and mathematics. 

5 ‘‘SEC. 2157. STEM MASTER TEACHER CORPS PROGRAM. 

6 ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.— 

7 ‘‘(1) GRANTS AUTHORIZED.—The Secretary, in 

8 consultation with the Director of the National 

9 Science Foundation and the heads of other appro10 priate Federal agencies, as determined by the Sec11 retary, shall establish a STEM Master Teacher 

12 Corps program by awarding, on a competitive basis, 

13 1 or more grants of not less than $15,000,000 each 

14 to eligible entities to enable the eligible entities to 

15 establish the program, in accordance with section 

16 2159. 

17 ‘‘(2) PLANNING GRANTS.—The Secretary may 

18 award planning grants to eligible entities to enable 

19 the entities to make plans to establish the program, 

20 in accordance with section 2159. 

21 ‘‘(b) DURATION OF GRANT.— 

22 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—A grant awarded under 

23 this chapter shall be for a period of not more than 

24 5 years. 

25 ‘‘(2) REVIEW.—The Secretary shall— 


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1 ‘‘(A) review, 3 years after an eligible entity 

2 is awarded a grant under this chapter, the per3 formance of the entity during the 3-year period; 

4 and 

5 ‘‘(B) fund the remaining grant period for 

6 such entity if the Secretary determines, based 

7 on such review, that the entity is achieving sat8 isfactory results. 

9 ‘‘(c) MATCHING REQUIREMENT.— 

10 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in para11 graph (2), an eligible entity that receives a grant 

12 under this chapter shall provide, from non-Federal 

13 sources, an amount equal to not less than 50 per14 cent of the amount of the grant, which may be pro15 vided in cash or in-kind, to carry out the activities 

16 supported by the grant. 

17 ‘‘(2) EXCEPTION.— 

18 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary may 

19 waive the 50 percent matching requirement 

20 under paragraph (1) for an eligible entity that 

21 the Secretary determines is unable to meet such 

22 requirement. The Secretary shall set a match23 ing requirement for such eligible entities ac24 cording to the sliding scale described in sub25 paragraph (B). 


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1 ‘‘(B) SLIDING SCALE.—The amount of a 

2 match under subparagraph (A) shall be estab3 lished based on a sliding fee scale that takes 

4 into account— 

5 ‘‘(i) the relative poverty of the popu6 lation to be targeted by the eligible entity; 

7 and 

8 ‘‘(ii) the ability of the eligible entity to 

9 obtain such matching funds. 

10 ‘‘(3) CONSIDERATION.—The Secretary shall not 

11 consider an eligible entity’s ability to match funds 

12 when determining which eligible entities will receive 

13 grant awards under this chapter. 

14 ‘‘SEC. 2158. APPLICATION. 

15 ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—An eligible entity desiring a 

16 grant under this chapter shall submit an application to 

17 the Secretary at such time, in such manner, and con18 taining such information as the Secretary may require. 

19 ‘‘(b) CONTENTS.—An application submitted under 

20 this section shall include— 

21 ‘‘(1) a description of the STEM Master Teach22 er Corps program that the eligible entity intends to 

23 carry out, including the number of Corps members 

24 the entity intends to select, the intended distribution 

25 of subjects and grade levels taught, the geographic 


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1 and economic characteristics of the local educational 

2 agencies that are part of the participating area, such 

3 as the rural-urban continuum codes and proportion 

4 of high-need schools served, and the type of activi5 ties proposed for recruitment of Corps members; 

6 ‘‘(2) a description of the roles and responsibil7 ities that each participating local educational agency, 

8 State, institution of higher education, or nonprofit 

9 organization, as applicable, will have; 

10 ‘‘(3) a demonstration that the entity has suffi11 cient capacity to carry out the activities described in 

12 section 2159; 

13 ‘‘(4) a description of the member selection proc14 ess and criteria that the applicant will use to select 

15 members of the STEM Master Teacher Corps, in ac16 cordance with section 2159(b); 

17 ‘‘(5) a description of how the eligible entity in18 tends to facilitate networking and sharing of best 

19 practices and educational resources relating to 

20 STEM education among Corps members, particu21 larly at rural schools, if applicable, and make a se22 lection of these best practices and resources more 

23 widely available to other teachers and the STEM 

24 educational community, including through electronic 

25 means; 


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1 ‘‘(6) a demonstration that the entity has a clear 

2 plan for— 

3 ‘‘(A) offering research-based professional 

4 development to Corps members, including train5 ing on instructional leadership, mentoring, en6 gaging and effectively teaching historically 

7 underachieving or underrepresented groups in 

8 STEM fields, such as girls, minorities, low-in9 come students, English language learners, and 

10 students with disabilities, and effective STEM 

11 teaching methods, such as incorporating hands12 on STEM projects into their lesson plans; and 

13 ‘‘(B) tracking the effectiveness of such 

14 professional development; 

15 ‘‘(7) a demonstration that the entity has a clear 

16 plan for evaluating the impact of the professional 

17 support provided by STEM Master Teacher Corps 

18 members to other teachers in their school, district, 

19 State (if part of the participating area), or consor20 tium; 

21 ‘‘(8) a description of how the local educational 

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1 ready in place, if applicable, such as professional de2 velopment and mentoring; 

3 ‘‘(9) an explanation of how STEM Master 

4 Teacher Corps members will be afforded the time, 

5 authority, and resources to fulfill requirements 

6 under the program, and how other teachers will be 

7 afforded the time to receive professional support 

8 from Corps members; 

9 ‘‘(10) a demonstration that the entity has a 

10 clear plan for oversight to ensure that STEM Mas11 ter Teacher Corps members carry out the respon12 sibilities described in section 2159(c) to the fullest 

13 extent practicable, and a description of the actions 

14 to be taken if a member does not carry out such re15 sponsibilities; and 

16 ‘‘(11) a description of how the grant funds will 

17 be financially managed. 

18 ‘‘(c) CRITERIA FOR AWARDING GRANTS.— 

19 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall award 

20 grants under this chapter on the basis of merit con21 sidering, at a minimum, the following: 

22 ‘‘(A) The extent to which the local edu23 cational agencies that are part of the eligible 

24 entity are committed to integrating the pro25 gram into existing school structures, policies, 


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1 operations, and budgets, such as by enabling 

2 STEM Master Teacher Corps members to take 

3 on leadership roles in their schools, districts, 

4 States, if part of the participating area, or con5 sortia, in addition to their classroom duties, in6 cluding assisting in the development and imple7 mentation of professional development activities 

8 and driving the instructional program of the 

9 school. 

10 ‘‘(B) The quality of the proposed profes11 sional development, teacher leadership and 

12 mentorship activities, and networking opportu13 nities. 

14 ‘‘(C) Demonstration that the local edu15 cational agencies and schools they serve have 

16 removed barriers to full participation in the 

17 program, including affording Corps members 

18 and the teachers they mentor the time to par19 ticipate in activities required by the program. 

20 ‘‘(D) The number and quality of the indi21 viduals that will be served by the program. 

22 ‘‘(E) The capacity of the eligible entity to 

23 effectively carry out the program. 

24 ‘‘(2) PRIORITY.—In awarding grants under this 

25 chapter, the Secretary shall give priority to— 


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1 ‘‘(A) eligible entities that intend to include 

2 large numbers of teachers in the STEM Master 

3 Teacher Corps; and 

4 ‘‘(B) eligible entities that intend to include 

5 rural schools, particularly high-need rural 

6 schools, in the participating area to be served. 

7 ‘‘SEC. 2159. REQUIRED USE OF FUNDS. 

8 ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—An eligible entity receiving a 

9 grant under this chapter shall use grant funds to— 

10 ‘‘(1) administer the selection of teachers for 

11 membership in the STEM Master Teacher Corps, in 

12 accordance with the requirements of subsection (b); 

13 ‘‘(2) provide compensation to each public school 

14 teacher who is selected and serves as a member of 

15 the STEM Master Teacher Corps, in recognition of 

16 the teacher’s teaching accomplishments, leadership, 

17 and increased responsibilities, which amount shall— 

18 ‘‘(A) supplement, and not supplant, the 

19 teacher’s base salary; and 

20 ‘‘(B) be equal to— 

21 ‘‘(i) in the case of a teacher who 

22 teaches at a high-need public school, in23 cluding a high-need charter school, 

24 $15,000 per year for each year the teacher 

25 serves as a member of the Corps; and 


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1 ‘‘(ii) in the case of a teacher who 

2 teaches at a public school, including a 

3 charter school, that is not a high-need 

4 school, $5,000 per year for each year the 

5 teacher serves as a member of the Corps; 

6 ‘‘(3) provide research-based professional devel7 opment activities for members of the STEM Master 

8 Teacher Corps, as described in subsection 

9 2158(b)(6), and track the effectiveness of such pro10 fessional development in order to determine whether 

11 to alter professional development activities; 

12 ‘‘(4) provide discretionary resources for STEM 

13 Master Teacher Corps members at high-need public 

14 schools to use in their classrooms and schools, in15 cluding for afterschool activities, to enrich STEM 

16 education and to facilitate long-distance networking, 

17 mentoring, and sharing of best practices, including 

18 equipment and technology; 

19 ‘‘(5) assist in coordinating instructional leader20 ship roles for STEM Master Teacher Corps mem21 bers and mentoring relationships between STEM 

22 Master Teacher Corps members and other teachers 

23 in the same school, school district, State, if part of 

24 the participating area, or consortium in which the 

25 Corps members serve as instructional leaders; 


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1 ‘‘(6) facilitate efforts by STEM Master Teacher 

2 Corps members to inform STEM education policy at 

3 the national, State, and local levels; 

4 ‘‘(7) help defray costs associated with affording 

5 STEM Master Teacher Corps members the time to 

6 fulfill their duties as Corps members; and 

7 ‘‘(8) support other activities that advance the 

8 purpose of this chapter. 

9 ‘‘(b) SELECTING MEMBERS OF THE STEM MASTER

10 TEACHER CORPS.— 

11 ‘‘(1) SELECTION CRITERIA FOR CORPS MEM12 BERS.—The eligible entity shall select, as members 

13 of the STEM Master Teacher Corps, exemplary 

14 STEM teachers at the elementary school and sec15 ondary school levels who teach in the participating 

16 area, which may also include special education 

17 teachers and teachers of English language learners 

18 who teach a STEM subject. In selecting the mem19 bers, the eligible entity shall— 

20 ‘‘(A) make decisions based on the teach21 er’s— 

22 ‘‘(i) ability to improve student aca23 demic achievement in the STEM fields, as 

24 demonstrated by, if applicable, student 

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1 ‘‘(ii) ability to enhance student en2 gagement in such fields; 

3 ‘‘(iii) record of leadership in the 

4 teacher’s school and involvement in profes5 sional and outreach activities; 

6 ‘‘(iv) record of teaching students not 

7 on grade level or not on track to graduate 

8 college and career ready; and 

9 ‘‘(v) demonstrated ability to facilitate 

10 student academic achievement growth with 

11 the students described in clause (iv), where 

12 such measures are available; and 

13 ‘‘(B) evaluate the teacher’s ability and 

14 record based on multiple measures, such as— 

15 ‘‘(i) teacher evaluations of pedagogical 

16 skills; 

17 ‘‘(ii) an assessment of content knowl18 edge; 

19 ‘‘(iii) the performance and improve20 ment of the teacher’s students on tests; 

21 ‘‘(iv) demonstration of practical pro22 fessional experience in the teacher’s dis23 cipline, such as having worked in industry 

24 or research; 


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1 ‘‘(v) involvement in STEM discipline 

2 professional societies; 

3 ‘‘(vi) STEM outreach and community 

4 involvement; and 

5 ‘‘(vii) certification by the National 

6 Board for Professional Teaching Stand7 ards, or other similar certification, as a 

8 high-performing teacher. 

9 ‘‘(2) OVERALL CORPS MEMBERSHIP REQUIRE10 MENTS.—An eligible entity receiving a grant under 

11 this chapter shall ensure that— 

12 ‘‘(A) not more than 5 percent of the 

13 STEM teachers who teach in the participating 

14 area are members of the Corps; 

15 ‘‘(B) not less than 75 percent of the 

16 STEM Master Teacher Corps members are 

17 teachers at high-need schools; 

18 ‘‘(C) the proportion of STEM Master 

19 Teacher Corps members in the participating 

20 area who teach at rural high-need schools is not 

21 less than the proportion of all teachers who 

22 teach at rural high-need schools in the partici23 pating area; 

24 ‘‘(D) there are multiple cohorts of STEM 

25 Master Teacher Corps members; and 


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1 ‘‘(E) the STEM Master Teacher Corps in2 cludes teachers from each of science, tech3 nology, engineering, and mathematics, if teach4 ers from each of these disciplines meeting the 

5 standards of Corps membership are available in 

6 the participating area. 

7 ‘‘(3) PARTICIPATION OF PRIVATE SCHOOL

8 TEACHERS.—An eligible entity may select STEM 

9 teachers who teach at private schools in the partici10 pating area to be members of the STEM Master 

11 Teacher Corps, except that— 

12 ‘‘(A) not more than 5 percent of teachers 

13 selected as STEM Master Teacher Corps mem14 bers shall be teachers at private schools; and 

15 ‘‘(B) private school teachers shall not be 

16 eligible for compensation described in sub17 section (a)(2), discretionary resource funds de18 scribed in subsection (a)(4), or for defrayment 

19 funds described in subsection (a)(7). 

20 ‘‘(c) CORPS MEMBER REQUIREMENTS.—Each teach21 er selected to be a member of the STEM Master Teacher 

22 Corps who wishes to join the Corps shall enter into an 

23 agreement with the eligible entity, under which the teacher 

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1 sources described in subsection (a)(4), agree to carry out 

2 the responsibilities of a master teacher as required by the 

3 eligible entity, including— 

4 ‘‘(1) participating in professional development 

5 activities offered by the program; 

6 ‘‘(2) networking and sharing best practices and 

7 educational resources with other members of the 

8 STEM Master Teacher Corps; and 

9 ‘‘(3) contributing to the professional develop10 ment of the teacher’s colleagues, which may include 

11 providing school-based professional support to other 

12 STEM teachers through regular weekly professional 

13 development sessions and individual coaching, where 

14 possible, leading professional learning communities, 

15 and taking on other instructional leadership roles in 

16 the teacher’s school, district, State, if part of the 

17 participating area, or consortium. 

18 ‘‘(d) COLLECTION FOR NONCOMPLIANCE.— 

19 ‘‘(1) MONITORING COMPLIANCE.—Each eligible 

20 entity that receives a grant under this chapter shall 

21 monitor whether each teacher the entity selects to be 

22 a member of the STEM Master Teacher Corps is in 

23 compliance with the Corps member requirements de24 scribed in subsection (c). 

25 ‘‘(2) COLLECTION OF REPAYMENT.— 


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1 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—A teacher selected to 

2 be a member of the STEM Master Teacher 

3 Corps shall repay the additional compensation 

4 provided for a school year described in sub5 section (a)(2) to the eligible entity if— 

6 ‘‘(i) the entity finds the teacher not in 

7 compliance with the Corps member re8 quirements described in subsection (c) and 

9 the entity determines the teacher should no 

10 longer be a member of the Corps for such 

11 year; or 

12 ‘‘(ii) the teacher withdraws during 

13 such year from membership in the Corps 

14 without an accepted excuse, as determined 

15 by the eligible entity. 

16 ‘‘(B) COMPENSATION RETURNED TO THE

17 TREASURY.— 

18 ‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—Except as pro19 vided in clause (ii), an eligible entity that 

20 receives repaid compensation under sub21 paragraph (A) shall return such compensa22 tion to the United States Treasury. 

23 ‘‘(ii) ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS.—An el24 igible entity that receives repaid compensa25 tion under subparagraph (A) may retain a 


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1 percentage, determined by the Secretary, 

2 of such repayment to defray administrative 

3 costs associated with the collection. 

4 ‘‘SEC. 2160. REPORT AND EVALUATION. 

5 ‘‘(a) ADMINISTRATIVE AND REPORTING COSTS.—Of 

6 the amounts appropriated for this chapter for any fiscal 

7 year, the Secretary may use not more than 6 percent of 

8 the funds appropriated for such fiscal year for administra9 tive costs and report and evaluation costs under this sec10 tion, except that the Secretary may use not more than 3 

11 percent of the funds appropriated for such fiscal year for 

12 administrative costs. 

13 ‘‘(b) REPORTS TO THE SECRETARY.— 

14 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Each eligible entity receiv15 ing a grant under this chapter shall provide an an16 nual report to the Secretary that— 

17 ‘‘(A) summarizes the activities assisted 

18 under the grant and program outcomes; and 

19 ‘‘(B) includes, with respect to each mem20 ber of the STEM Master Teacher Corps, the 

21 following: 

22 ‘‘(i) The name of the member. 

23 ‘‘(ii) The school at which the member 

24 teaches and the location of such school. 


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1 ‘‘(iii) The subject area the teacher 

2 teaches. 

3 ‘‘(iv) The grade level the teacher 

4 teaches. 

5 ‘‘(2) PUBLICATION.—Each eligible entity receiv6 ing a grant under this chapter shall publicize the in7 formation described in paragraph (1)(B). 

8 ‘‘(c) IES EVALUATION.—The Secretary, acting 

9 through the Director of the Institute of Education 

10 Sciences, shall— 

11 ‘‘(1) evaluate the implementation and impact of 

12 the program under this chapter, particularly with re13 gard to the program’s success in achieving the pur14 pose described in section 2155; 

15 ‘‘(2) identify optimal strategies for the design, 

16 implementation, and continuing development of the 

17 STEM Master Teacher Corps program; and 

18 ‘‘(3) identify best practices for developing, sup19 porting, and retaining STEM teachers based on les20 sons learned from the program. 

21 ‘‘(d) DISSEMINATION.—The Secretary shall dissemi22 nate findings from the evaluation conducted under sub23 section (c) to the STEM education field and make the 

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1 ‘‘(e) REPORTS TO CONGRESS.—Not later than 4 

2 years after the establishment of the program under this 

3 chapter, and not later than 2 years thereafter, the Sec4 retary shall prepare and submit to the Committee on Edu5 cation and the Workforce and the Committee on Science, 

6 Space, and Technology of the House of Representatives 

7 and the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transpor8 tation and the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, 

9 and Pensions of the Senate, a report that summarizes— 

10 ‘‘(1) the activities assisted under the program 

11 under this chapter; 

12 ‘‘(2) the outcomes of the program; and 

13 ‘‘(3) any recommendations regarding changes 

14 to, the termination of, or the continuation and ex15 pansion of the program. 

16 ‘‘SEC. 2161. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 

17 ‘‘There are authorized to be appropriated to carry out 

18 this chapter $35,000,000 for fiscal year 2012 and such 

19 sums as may be necessary for each of the 4 succeeding 

20 fiscal years.’’. 

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