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111TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. 1210 

To establish a committee under the National Science and Technology Council 

with the responsibility to coordinate science, technology, engineering, 

and mathematics education activities and programs of all Federal agencies, and for other purposes. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

JUNE 8, 2009 

Mr. KAUFMAN (for himself and Mr. BROWN) introduced the following bill; 

which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, 

Science, and Transportation 

A BILL 

To establish a committee under the National Science and 

Technology Council with the responsibility to coordinate 

science, technology, engineering, and mathematics education activities and programs of all Federal agencies, 

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 ‘‘STEM Education Co5 ordination Act of 2009’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. DEFINITION. 

2 In this Act, the term ‘‘STEM’’ means science, tech3 nology, engineering, and mathematics. 

4 SEC. 3. COORDINATION OF FEDERAL STEM EDUCATION. 

5 (a) ESTABLISHMENT.—The Director of the Office of 

6 Science and Technology Policy shall establish a committee 

7 under the National Science and Technology Council with 

8 the responsibility to coordinate Federal programs and ac9 tivities in support of STEM education, including at the 

10 National Science Foundation, the Department of Energy, 

11 the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, the 

12 National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, the 

13 Department of Education, and all other Federal agencies 

14 that have programs and activities in support of STEM 

15 education. 

16 (b) RESPONSIBILITIES.—The committee established 

17 under subsection (a) shall— 

18 (1) coordinate the STEM education activities 

19 and programs of the Federal agencies; 

20 (2) develop, implement through the partici21 pating agencies, and update once every 5 years a 5- 

22 year STEM education strategic plan, which shall— 

23 (A) specify and prioritize annual and long24 term objectives; 


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1 (B) specify the common metrics that will 

2 be used to assess progress toward achieving the 

3 objectives; 

4 (C) describe the approaches that will be 

5 taken by each participating agency to assess the 

6 effectiveness of its STEM education programs 

7 and activities; and 

8 (D) with respect to subparagraph (A), de9 scribe the role of each agency in supporting 

10 programs and activities designed to achieve the 

11 objectives; and 

12 (3) establish, periodically update, and maintain 

13 an inventory of federally sponsored STEM education 

14 programs and activities, including documentation of 

15 assessments of the effectiveness of such programs 

16 and activities and rates of participation by women, 

17 underrepresented minorities, and persons in rural 

18 areas in such programs and activities. 

19 (c) RESPONSIBILITIES OF OSTP.—The Director of 

20 the Office of Science and Technology Policy shall encour21 age and monitor the efforts of the participating agencies 

22 to ensure that the strategic plan under subsection (b)(2) 

23 is developed and executed effectively and that the objec24 tives of the strategic plan are met. 


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1 (d) REPORT.—The Director of the Office of Science 

2 and Technology Policy shall transmit a report annually to 

3 Congress at the time of the President’s budget request de4 scribing the plan required under subsection (b)(2). The 

5 annual report shall include— 

6 (1) a description of the STEM education pro7 grams and activities for the previous and current fis8 cal years, and the proposed programs and activities 

9 under the President’s budget request, of each par10 ticipating Federal agency; 

11 (2) the levels of funding for each participating 

12 Federal agency for the programs and activities de13 scribed under paragraph (1) for the previous fiscal 

14 year and under the President’s budget request; 

15 (3) except for the initial annual report, a de16 scription of the progress made in carrying out the 

17 implementation plan, including a description of the 

18 outcome of any program assessments completed in 

19 the previous year, and any changes made to that 

20 plan since the previous annual report; and 

21 (4) a description of how the participating Fed22 eral agencies will disseminate information about fed23 erally supported resources for STEM education 

24 practitioners, including teacher professional develop25 ment programs, to States and to STEM education 


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1 practitioners, including to teachers and administra2 tors in schools that meet the criteria described in 

3 subsection (c)(1) (A) and (B) of section 3175 of the 

4 Department of Energy Science Education Enhance5 ment Act (42 U.S.C. 7381j(c)(1) (A) and (B)). 

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