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113TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 5031 

To define STEM education to include computer science, and to support 

existing STEM education programs at the National Science Foundation. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

JULY 8, 2014 

Mr. SMITH of Texas (for himself, Ms. ESTY, Mr. BUCSHON, Mr. HULTGREN, 

Mr. LIPINSKI, Ms. EDDIE BERNICE JOHNSON of Texas, Ms. WILSON of 

Florida, Ms. KELLY of Illinois, Mr. COLLINS of New York, and Mr. KENNEDY) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee 

on Science, Space, and Technology 

A BILL 

To define STEM education to include computer science, and 

to support existing STEM education programs at the 

National Science Foundation. 

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 Education Act 

5 of 2014’’. 

6 SEC. 2. DEFINITION OF STEM EDUCATION. 

7 For purposes of carrying out STEM education activi8 ties at the National Science Foundation, the Department 


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1 of Energy, the National Aeronautics and Space Adminis2 tration, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Adminis3 tration, the National Institute of Standards and Tech4 nology, and the Environmental Protection Agency, the 

5 term ‘‘STEM education’’ means education in the subjects 

6 of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics, in7 cluding other academic subjects that build on these dis8 ciplines such as computer science. 

9 SEC. 3. INFORMAL STEM EDUCATION. 

10 (a) GRANTS.—The Director of the National Science 

11 Foundation, through the Directorate for Education and 

12 Human Resources, shall continue to award competitive, 

13 merit-reviewed grants to support— 

14 (1) research and development of innovative out15 of-school STEM learning and emerging STEM 

16 learning environments in order to improve STEM 

17 learning outcomes and engagement in STEM; and 

18 (2) research that advances the field of informal 

19 STEM education. 

20 (b) USES OF FUNDS.—Activities supported by grants 

21 under this section may encompass a single STEM dis22 cipline, multiple STEM disciplines, or integrative STEM 

23 initiatives and shall include— 

24 (1) research and development that improves our 

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1 mal environments, including the role of informal en2 vironments in broadening participation in STEM; 

3 and 

4 (2) design and testing of innovative STEM 

5 learning models, programs, and other resources for 

6 informal learning environments to improve STEM 

7 learning outcomes and increase engagement for K– 

8 12 students, K–12 teachers, and the general public, 

9 including design and testing of the scalability of 

10 models, programs, and other resources. 

11 SEC. 4. NOYCE SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM AMENDMENTS. 

12 (a) AMENDMENTS.—Section 10A of the National 

13 Science Foundation Authorization Act of 2002 (42 U.S.C. 

14 1862n–1a) is amended— 

15 (1) in subsection (a)(2)(B), by inserting ‘‘or 

16 bachelor’s’’ after ‘‘master’s’’; 

17 (2) in subsection (c)— 

18 (A) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end of para19 graph (2)(B); 

20 (B) in paragraph (3)— 

21 (i) by inserting ‘‘for teachers with 

22 master’s degrees in their field’’ after 

23 ‘‘Teaching Fellowships’’; and 


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1 (ii) by striking the period at the end 

2 of subparagraph (B) and inserting ‘‘; 

3 and’’; and 

4 (C) by adding at the end the following new 

5 paragraph: 

6 ‘‘(4) in the case of National Science Foundation 

7 Master Teaching Fellowships for teachers with bach8 elor’s degrees in their field and working toward a 

9 master’s degree— 

10 ‘‘(A) offering academic courses leading to 

11 a master’s degree and leadership training to 

12 prepare individuals to become master teachers 

13 in elementary and secondary schools; and 

14 ‘‘(B) offering programs both during and 

15 after matriculation in the program for which 

16 the fellowship is received to enable fellows to 

17 become highly effective mathematics and 

18 science teachers, including mentoring, training, 

19 induction, and professional development activi20 ties, to fulfill the service requirements of this 

21 section, including the requirements of sub22 section (e), and to exchange ideas with others 

23 in their fields.’’; 

24 (3) in subsection (e), by striking ‘‘subsection 

25 (g)’’ and inserting ‘‘subsection (h)’’; 


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1 (4) by redesignating subsections (g) through (i) 

2 as subsections (h) through (j), respectively; and 

3 (5) by inserting after subsection (f) the fol4 lowing new subsection: 

5 ‘‘(g) SUPPORT FOR MASTER TEACHING FELLOWS

6 WHILE ENROLLED IN A MASTER’S DEGREE PROGRAM.— 

7 A National Science Foundation Master Teacher Fellow 

8 may receive a maximum of 1 year of fellowship support 

9 while enrolled in a master’s degree program as described 

10 in subsection (c)(4)(A), except that if such fellow is en11 rolled in a part-time program, such amount shall be pro12 rated according to the length of the program.’’. 

13 (b) DEFINITION.—Section 10(i)(5) of the National 

14 Science Foundation Authorization Act of 2002 (42 U.S.C. 

15 1862n–1(i)(5)) is amended by inserting ‘‘computer 

16 science,’’ after ‘‘means a science,’’. 

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