II 

113TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. 358 

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

Teacher Corps program. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

FEBRUARY 14, 2013 

Mr. FRANKEN (for himself, Mrs. MURRAY, Mrs. SHAHEEN, Mr. NELSON, Mr. 

JOHNSON of South Dakota, Mrs. GILLIBRAND, Mr. CARDIN, and Ms. 

WARREN) 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 2013’’. 

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 Admstockstill on DSK4VPTVN1PROD with BILLS

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1 visors on Science and Technology and National 

2 Academies’ committees, have highlighted the need to 

3 raise student achievement in STEM fields to enable 

4 the United States to maintain its competitive edge 

5 in the global economy. 

6 (2) Success in the American workforce increas7 ingly requires science, technology, engineering, and 

8 mathematics skills. 

9 (3) According to the Bureau of Labor Statis10 tics, there will be 6,750,000 STEM-related job open11 ings by 2020, as defined by the Occupational Infor12 mation Network. 

13 (4) Recent standardized tests show United 

14 States students’ mathematics and science perform15 ance is only average or below average compared with 

16 their international peers. According to the 2011 

17 Trends in International Mathematics and Science 

18 Study, 60 percent of U.S. eighth graders failed to 

19 meet the intermediate international benchmark in 

20 mathematics and 27 percent failed to reach the 

21 same benchmark in science. 

22 (5) Too few American students graduate from 

23 high school with the interest and the preparation to 

24 successfully pursue STEM degrees in college. Well 

25 over half of college students in China and Japan 

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1 major in STEM fields, compared with only a third 

2 of U.S. students. 

3 (6) Several researchers, including at Stanford 

4 University, have found that the effects of well-pre5 pared teachers on student achievement can be 

6 stronger than the influences of student background 

7 factors, such as poverty, language background, and 

8 minority status. 

9 (7) The Harvard Graduate School of Education 

10 report ‘‘Who Stays in Teaching and Why’’ cites re11 search that shows more young people would consider 

12 teaching if it offered more opportunities for advance13 ment, and that if schools fail to offer teachers these 

14 opportunities throughout their teaching careers, they 

15 may risk losing them permanently. It also reports 

16 that well implemented mentoring and induction pro17 grams provide the support novices need to feel satis18 fied and remain in their schools. 

19 (8) Researchers at the University of Pennsyl20 vania have found that STEM teachers migrate with21 in the teaching profession to better paying jobs at 

22 better-funded schools, resulting in local imbalances 

23 and leaving schools in high-poverty communities 

24 struggling to find knowledgeable teachers. 

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1 (9) Individuals with strong STEM skills have 

2 opportunities for more lucrative careers outside of 

3 teaching. According to the Organisation for Eco4 nomic Co-operation and Development (OECD), the 

5 United States ranks in the bottom third of OECD 

6 countries in terms of teacher salary relative to other 

7 occupations requiring tertiary education. Further8 more, data from the National Association of Colleges 

9 and Employers show the average salary offered to 

10 recent college graduates in 2012 in certain STEM11 related fields was up to $20,000 higher than that of12 fered to new secondary school teachers and up to 

13 $23,000 higher than that offered to new elementary 

14 school and middle school teachers. 

15 SEC. 3. STEM MASTER TEACHER CORPS. 

16 (a) IN GENERAL.—Subpart 5 of part A of title II 

17 of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 

18 (20 U.S.C. 6651 et seq.) is amended— 

19 (1) by inserting before section 2151 the fol20 lowing: 

21 ‘‘CHAPTER A—NATIONAL ACTIVITIES OF 

22 DEMONSTRATED EFFECTIVENESS’’; 

23 and 

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

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1 ‘‘CHAPTER B—STEM MASTER TEACHER 

2 CORPS 

3 ‘‘SEC. 2155. PURPOSE. 

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

5 Master Teacher Corps program that— 

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

7 profession by recognizing and rewarding outstanding 

8 STEM teachers; 

9 ‘‘(2) attracts and retains effective STEM teach10 ers, particularly in high-need schools, by offering 

11 them additional compensation, instructional re12 sources, and instructional leadership roles; and 

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

14 teacher-leaders who will— 

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

16 ‘‘(B) take on leadership responsibilities in 

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

18 participating area), or consortia with the au19 thority to provide professional support to their 

20 STEM colleagues not participating in the 

21 STEM Master Teacher Corps; 

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

23 of beginning teachers by serving as their role 

24 models and providing them with instructional 

25 support; and 

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1 ‘‘(D) inform the development of STEM 

2 education policy. 

3 ‘‘SEC. 2156. DEFINITIONS. 

4 ‘‘In this chapter: 

5 ‘‘(1) ELIGIBLE ENTITY.—The term ‘eligible en6 tity’ means a consortium of local educational agen7 cies or 1 or more State educational agencies, acting 

8 in partnership with 1 or more— 

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

10 ‘‘(B) nonprofit organizations with a dem11 onstrated record of success in preparing or im12 proving the effectiveness of STEM teachers. 

13 ‘‘(2) HIGH-NEED SCHOOL.—The term ‘high14 need school’ means a public school, which may be a 

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

16 following criteria: 

17 ‘‘(A) Not less than 40 percent of the stu18 dents enrolled at the school— 

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

20 free or reduced price lunch under the Rich21 ard B. Russell National School Lunch Act 

22 (42 U.S.C. 1751 et seq.); or 

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

24 determined using 1 of the measures of pov25 erty specified under section 1113(a)(5). 

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1 ‘‘(B) The school is among the lowest per2 forming 10 percent of schools in the State in 

3 which it is located. 

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

5 the school has a graduation rate of 65 percent 

6 or less. 

7 ‘‘(D) In the case of a public school con8 taining middle grades, the school feeds into a 

9 public high school that has a graduation rate of 

10 65 percent or less. 

11 ‘‘(3) PARTICIPATING AREA.—The term ‘partici12 pating area’ means— 

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

14 includes a State educational agency or consor15 tium of State educational agencies, the State or 

16 States; or 

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

18 includes a consortium of local educational agen19 cies, the area served by such agencies. 

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

21 means a public school— 

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

23 of Distant Town, Remote Town, Fringe Rural, 

24 Distant Rural, or Remote Rural; and 

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

2 in which not less than two-thirds of the stu3 dents served by the agency attend a school des4 ignated with 1 of the school locale codes listed 

5 in subparagraph (A). 

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

7 technology, engineering, and mathematics. 

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

9 ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.— 

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

11 consultation with the Director of the National 

12 Science Foundation and the heads of other appro13 priate Federal agencies, as determined by the Sec14 retary, shall establish a STEM Master Teacher 

15 Corps program by awarding, on a competitive basis, 

16 1 or more grants of not less than $15,000,000 each 

17 to eligible entities to enable the eligible entities to 

18 establish the program, in accordance with section 

19 2159. 

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

21 award planning grants to eligible entities to enable 

22 the entities to make plans to establish the program, 

23 in accordance with section 2159. 

24 ‘‘(b) DURATION OF GRANT.— 

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

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

3 5 years. 

4 ‘‘(2) REVIEW.—The Secretary shall— 

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

6 is awarded a grant under this chapter, the per7 formance of the entity during the 3-year period; 

8 and 

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

10 such entity if the Secretary determines, based 

11 on such review, that the entity is achieving sat12 isfactory results. 

13 ‘‘(c) MATCHING REQUIREMENT.— 

14 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in para15 graph (2), an eligible entity that receives a grant 

16 under this chapter shall provide, from non-Federal 

17 sources, an amount equal to not less than 50 per18 cent of the amount of the grant, which may be pro19 vided in cash or in-kind, to carry out the activities 

20 supported by the grant. 

21 ‘‘(2) EXCEPTION.— 

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

23 waive the 50 percent matching requirement 

24 under paragraph (1) for an eligible entity that 

25 the Secretary determines is unable to meet such 

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1 requirement. The Secretary shall set a match2 ing requirement for such eligible entities ac3 cording to the sliding scale described in sub4 paragraph (B). 

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

6 match under subparagraph (A) shall be estab7 lished based on a sliding fee scale that takes 

8 into account— 

9 ‘‘(i) the relative poverty of the popu10 lation to be targeted by the eligible entity; 

11 and 

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

13 obtain such matching funds. 

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

15 consider an eligible entity’s ability to match funds 

16 when determining which eligible entities will receive 

17 grant awards under this chapter. 

18 ‘‘SEC. 2158. APPLICATION. 

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

20 grant under this chapter shall submit an application to 

21 the Secretary at such time, in such manner, and con22 taining such information as the Secretary may require. 

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

24 this section shall include— 

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1 ‘‘(1) a description of the STEM Master Teach2 er Corps program that the eligible entity intends to 

3 carry out, including the number of Corps members 

4 the entity intends to select, the intended distribution 

5 of subjects and grade levels taught, the geographic 

6 and economic characteristics of the local educational 

7 agencies that are part of the participating area, such 

8 as the rural-urban continuum codes and proportion 

9 of high-need schools served, and the type of activi10 ties proposed for recruitment of Corps members; 

11 ‘‘(2) a description of the roles and responsibil12 ities that each participating local educational agency, 

13 State, institution of higher education, or nonprofit 

14 organization, as applicable, will have; 

15 ‘‘(3) a demonstration that the entity has suffi16 cient capacity to carry out the activities described in 

17 section 2159; 

18 ‘‘(4) a description of the member selection proc19 ess and criteria that the applicant will use to select 

20 members of the STEM Master Teacher Corps, in ac21 cordance with section 2159(b); 

22 ‘‘(5) a description of how the eligible entity in23 tends to facilitate networking and sharing of best 

24 practices and educational resources relating to 

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1 larly at rural schools, if applicable, and make a se2 lection of these best practices and resources more 

3 widely available to other teachers and the STEM 

4 educational community, including through electronic 

5 means; 

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

7 plan for— 

8 ‘‘(A) offering research-based professional 

9 development to Corps members, including train10 ing on instructional leadership, mentoring, en11 gaging and effectively teaching historically 

12 underachieving or underrepresented groups in 

13 STEM fields, such as girls, minorities, low-in14 come students, English language learners, and 

15 students with disabilities, and effective STEM 

16 teaching methods, such as incorporating hands17 on STEM projects into their lesson plans; and 

18 ‘‘(B) tracking the effectiveness of such 

19 professional development; 

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

21 plan for evaluating the impact of the professional 

22 support provided by STEM Master Teacher Corps 

23 members to other teachers in their school, district, 

24 State (if part of the participating area), or consor25 tium; 

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

2 agencies and schools served by the eligible entity in3 tend to align STEM Master Teacher Corps mem4 bers’ duties with school systems and activities al5 ready in place, if applicable, such as professional de6 velopment and mentoring; 

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

8 Teacher Corps members will be afforded the time, 

9 authority, and resources to fulfill requirements 

10 under the program, and how other teachers will be 

11 afforded the time to receive professional support 

12 from Corps members; 

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

14 clear plan for oversight to ensure that STEM Mas15 ter Teacher Corps members carry out the respon16 sibilities described in section 2159(c) to the fullest 

17 extent practicable, and a description of the actions 

18 to be taken if a member does not carry out such re19 sponsibilities; and 

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

21 be financially managed. 

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

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

24 grants under this chapter on the basis of merit con25 sidering, at a minimum, the following: 

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1 ‘‘(A) The extent to which the local edu2 cational agencies that are part of the eligible 

3 entity are committed to integrating the pro4 gram into existing school structures, policies, 

5 operations, and budgets, such as by enabling 

6 STEM Master Teacher Corps members to take 

7 on leadership roles in their schools, districts, 

8 States, if part of the participating area, or con9 sortia, in addition to their classroom duties, in10 cluding assisting in the development and imple11 mentation of professional development activities 

12 and driving the instructional program of the 

13 school. 

14 ‘‘(B) The quality of the proposed profes15 sional development, teacher leadership and 

16 mentorship activities, and networking opportu17 nities. 

18 ‘‘(C) Demonstration that the local edu19 cational agencies and schools they serve have 

20 removed barriers to full participation in the 

21 program, including affording Corps members 

22 and the teachers they mentor the time to par23 ticipate in activities required by the program. 

24 ‘‘(D) The number and quality of the indi25 viduals that will be served by the program. 

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

2 effectively carry out the program. 

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

4 chapter, the Secretary shall give priority to— 

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

6 large numbers of teachers in the STEM Master 

7 Teacher Corps; and 

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

9 rural schools, particularly high-need rural 

10 schools, in the participating area to be served. 

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

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

13 grant under this chapter shall use grant funds to— 

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

15 membership in the STEM Master Teacher Corps, in 

16 accordance with the requirements of subsection (b); 

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

18 teacher who is selected and serves as a member of 

19 the STEM Master Teacher Corps, in recognition of 

20 the teacher’s teaching accomplishments, leadership, 

21 and increased responsibilities, which amount shall— 

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

23 teacher’s base salary; and 

24 ‘‘(B) be equal to— 

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1 ‘‘(i) in the case of a teacher who 

2 teaches at a high-need public school, in3 cluding a high-need charter school, 

4 $15,000 per year for each year the teacher 

5 serves as a member of the Corps; and 

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

7 teaches at a public school, including a 

8 charter school, that is not a high-need 

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

10 teacher serves as a member of the Corps; 

11 ‘‘(3) provide research-based professional devel12 opment activities for members of the STEM Master 

13 Teacher Corps, as described in subsection 

14 2158(b)(6), and track the effectiveness of such pro15 fessional development in order to determine whether 

16 to alter professional development activities; 

17 ‘‘(4) provide discretionary resources for STEM 

18 Master Teacher Corps members at high-need public 

19 schools to use in their classrooms and schools, in20 cluding for afterschool activities, to enrich STEM 

21 education and to facilitate long-distance networking, 

22 mentoring, and sharing of best practices, including 

23 equipment and technology; 

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1 bers and mentoring relationships between STEM 

2 Master Teacher Corps members and other teachers 

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

4 the participating area, or consortium in which the 

5 Corps members serve as instructional leaders; 

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

7 Corps members to inform STEM education policy at 

8 the national, State, and local levels; 

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

10 STEM Master Teacher Corps members the time to 

11 fulfill their duties as Corps members; and 

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

13 purpose of this chapter. 

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

15 TEACHER CORPS.— 

16 ‘‘(1) SELECTION CRITERIA FOR CORPS MEM17 BERS.—The eligible entity shall select, as members 

18 of the STEM Master Teacher Corps, exemplary 

19 STEM teachers at the elementary school and sec20 ondary school levels who teach in the participating 

21 area, which may also include special education 

22 teachers and teachers of English language learners 

23 who teach a STEM subject. In selecting the mem24 bers, the eligible entity shall— 

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1 ‘‘(A) make decisions based on the teach2 er’s— 

3 ‘‘(i) ability to improve student aca4 demic achievement in the STEM fields, as 

5 demonstrated by, if applicable, student 

6 academic growth in such fields; 

7 ‘‘(ii) ability to enhance student en8 gagement in such fields; 

9 ‘‘(iii) record of leadership in the 

10 teacher’s school and involvement in profes11 sional and outreach activities; 

12 ‘‘(iv) record of teaching students not 

13 on grade level or not on track to graduate 

14 college and career ready; and 

15 ‘‘(v) demonstrated ability to facilitate 

16 student academic achievement growth with 

17 the students described in clause (iv), where 

18 such measures are available; and 

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

20 record based on multiple measures, such as— 

21 ‘‘(i) teacher evaluations of pedagogical 

22 skills; 

23 ‘‘(ii) an assessment of content knowl24 edge; 

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1 ‘‘(iii) the performance and improve2 ment of the teacher’s students on tests; 

3 ‘‘(iv) demonstration of practical pro4 fessional experience in the teacher’s dis5 cipline, such as having worked in industry 

6 or research; 

7 ‘‘(v) involvement in STEM discipline 

8 professional societies; 

9 ‘‘(vi) STEM outreach and community 

10 involvement; and 

11 ‘‘(vii) certification by the National 

12 Board for Professional Teaching Stand13 ards, or other equivalently rigorous, per14 formance-based, peer-reviewed certification, 

15 as a high-performing teacher. 

16 ‘‘(2) OVERALL CORPS MEMBERSHIP REQUIRE17 MENTS.—An eligible entity receiving a grant under 

18 this chapter shall ensure that— 

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

20 STEM teachers who teach in the participating 

21 area are members of the Corps; 

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

23 STEM Master Teacher Corps members are 

24 teachers at high-need schools; 

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1 ‘‘(C) the proportion of STEM Master 

2 Teacher Corps members in the participating 

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

4 less than the proportion of all teachers who 

5 teach at rural high-need schools in the partici6 pating area; 

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

8 Master Teacher Corps members; and 

9 ‘‘(E) the STEM Master Teacher Corps in10 cludes teachers from each of science, tech11 nology, engineering, and mathematics, if teach12 ers from each of these disciplines meeting the 

13 standards of Corps membership are available in 

14 the participating area. 

15 ‘‘(3) PARTICIPATION OF PRIVATE SCHOOL

16 TEACHERS.—An eligible entity may select STEM 

17 teachers who teach at private schools in the partici18 pating area to be members of the STEM Master 

19 Teacher Corps, except that— 

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

21 selected as STEM Master Teacher Corps mem22 bers shall be teachers at private schools; and 

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

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1 scribed in subsection (a)(4), or for defrayment 

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

3 ‘‘(c) CORPS MEMBER REQUIREMENTS.—Each teach4 er selected to be a member of the STEM Master Teacher 

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

6 agreement with the eligible entity, under which the teacher 

7 shall, as a condition of receiving the compensation de8 scribed in subsection (a)(2) and the discretionary re9 sources described in subsection (a)(4), agree to carry out 

10 the responsibilities of a master teacher as required by the 

11 eligible entity, including— 

12 ‘‘(1) participating in professional development 

13 activities offered by the program; 

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

15 educational resources with other members of the 

16 STEM Master Teacher Corps; and 

17 ‘‘(3) contributing to the professional develop18 ment of the teacher’s colleagues, which may include 

19 providing school-based professional support to other 

20 STEM teachers through regular weekly professional 

21 development sessions and individual coaching, where 

22 possible, leading professional learning communities, 

23 and taking on other instructional leadership roles in 

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

25 participating area, or consortium. 

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1 ‘‘(d) COLLECTION FOR NONCOMPLIANCE.— 

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

3 entity that receives a grant under this chapter shall 

4 monitor whether each teacher the entity selects to be 

5 a member of the STEM Master Teacher Corps is in 

6 compliance with the Corps member requirements de7 scribed in subsection (c). 

8 ‘‘(2) COLLECTION OF REPAYMENT.— 

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

10 be a member of the STEM Master Teacher 

11 Corps shall repay the additional compensation 

12 provided for a school year described in sub13 section (a)(2) to the eligible entity if— 

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

15 compliance with the Corps member re16 quirements described in subsection (c) and 

17 the entity determines the teacher should no 

18 longer be a member of the Corps for such 

19 year; or 

20 ‘‘(ii) the teacher withdraws during 

21 such year from membership in the Corps 

22 without an accepted excuse, as determined 

23 by the eligible entity. 

24 ‘‘(B) COMPENSATION RETURNED TO THE

25 TREASURY.— 

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1 ‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—Except as pro2 vided in clause (ii), an eligible entity that 

3 receives repaid compensation under sub4 paragraph (A) shall return such compensa5 tion to the United States Treasury. 

6 ‘‘(ii) ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS.—An el7 igible entity that receives repaid compensa8 tion under subparagraph (A) may retain a 

9 percentage, determined by the Secretary, 

10 of such repayment to defray administrative 

11 costs associated with the collection. 

12 ‘‘SEC. 2160. REPORT AND EVALUATION. 

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

14 the amounts appropriated for this chapter for any fiscal 

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

16 the funds appropriated for such fiscal year for administra17 tive costs and report and evaluation costs under this sec18 tion, except that the Secretary may use not more than 3 

19 percent of the funds appropriated for such fiscal year for 

20 administrative costs. 

21 ‘‘(b) REPORTS TO THE SECRETARY.— 

22 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Each eligible entity receiv23 ing a grant under this chapter shall provide an an24 nual report to the Secretary that— 

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1 ‘‘(A) summarizes the activities assisted 

2 under the grant and program outcomes; and 

3 ‘‘(B) includes, with respect to each mem4 ber of the STEM Master Teacher Corps, the 

5 following: 

6 ‘‘(i) The name of the member. 

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

8 teaches and the location of such school. 

9 ‘‘(iii) The subject area the teacher 

10 teaches. 

11 ‘‘(iv) The grade level the teacher 

12 teaches. 

13 ‘‘(2) PUBLICATION.—Each eligible entity receiv14 ing a grant under this chapter shall publicize the in15 formation described in paragraph (1)(B). 

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

17 through the Director of the Institute of Education 

18 Sciences, shall— 

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

20 the program under this chapter, particularly with re21 gard to the program’s success in achieving the pur22 pose described in section 2155; 

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

24 implementation, and continuing development of the 

25 STEM Master Teacher Corps program; and 

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1 ‘‘(3) identify best practices for developing, sup2 porting, and retaining STEM teachers based on les3 sons learned from the program. 

4 ‘‘(d) DISSEMINATION.—The Secretary shall dissemi5 nate findings from the evaluation conducted under sub6 section (c) to the STEM education field and make the 

7 findings publicly available. 

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

9 years after the establishment of the program under this 

10 chapter, and not later than 2 years thereafter, the Sec11 retary shall prepare and submit to the Committee on Edu12 cation and the Workforce and the Committee on Science, 

13 Space, and Technology of the House of Representatives 

14 and the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transpor15 tation and the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, 

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

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

18 under this chapter; 

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

20 ‘‘(3) any recommendations regarding changes 

21 to, the termination of, or the continuation and ex22 pansion of the program. 

23 ‘‘SEC. 2161. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 

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

25 this chapter $35,000,000 for fiscal year 2014 and such 

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

2 fiscal years.’’. 

3 (b) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—The table of contents in 

4 section 2 of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act 

5 of 1965 is amended— 

6 (1) by inserting after the item relating to sub7 part 5 of part A of title II the following: 

‘‘CHAPTER A—NATIONAL ACTIVITIES OF DEMONSTRATED EFFECTIVENESS’’; 

8 and 

9 (2) by inserting after the item relating to sec10 tion 2151 the following: 

‘‘CHAPTER B—STEM MASTER TEACHER CORPS

‘‘Sec. 2155. Purpose. 

‘‘Sec. 2156. Definitions. 

‘‘Sec. 2157. STEM Master Teacher Corps Program. 

‘‘Sec. 2158. Application. 

‘‘Sec. 2159. Required use of funds. 

‘‘Sec. 2160. Report and evaluation. 

‘‘Sec. 2161. Authorization of appropriations.’’. 

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