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114TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. 402 

To establish a Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) 

Master Teacher Corps program. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

FEBRUARY 5, 2015 

Mr. FRANKEN 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 

Mathematics (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 2015’’. 

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 the commitVerDate Sep 11 2014 02:01 Feb 14, 2015 Jkt 049200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\S402.IS S402

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1 tees of the National Academies, have highlighted the 

2 need to raise student achievement in science, tech3 nology, engineering, and mathematics (referred to in 

4 this section as ‘‘STEM’’) fields to enable the United 

5 States to maintain its competitive edge in the global 

6 economy. 

7 (2) Success in the American workforce increas8 ingly requires STEM 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 United States eighth graders 

19 failed to meet the intermediate international bench20 mark in mathematics and 27 percent failed to reach 

21 the 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 one-half of college students in China and Japan 


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1 major in STEM fields, compared with only a third 

2 of students in the United States. 

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 entitled ‘‘Who Stays in Teaching and Why’’ 

11 cites research that shows more young people would 

12 consider teaching if it offered more opportunities for 

13 advancement, and that if schools fail to offer teach14 ers these opportunities throughout their teaching ca15 reers, the schools may risk losing them permanently. 

16 It also reports that well-implemented mentoring and 

17 induction programs provide the support novice 

18 teachers need to feel satisfied and remain in their 

19 schools. 

20 (8) Researchers at the University of Pennsyl21 vania have found that STEM teachers migrate with22 in the teaching profession to better paying jobs at 

23 better-funded schools, resulting in local imbalances 

24 and leaving schools in high-poverty communities 

25 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— 

10 ‘‘(i) training on instructional leader11 ship; 

12 ‘‘(ii) mentoring; 

13 ‘‘(iii) engaging and effectively teach14 ing historically underachieving or under15 represented groups in STEM fields, such 

16 as girls, minorities, low-income students, 

17 students who are limited English pro18 ficient, and students who are children with 

19 disabilities; and 

20 ‘‘(iv) effective STEM teaching meth21 ods, such as incorporating hands-on STEM 

22 projects into their lesson plans; and 

23 ‘‘(B) tracking the effectiveness of such 

24 professional development; 


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

2 plan for evaluating the impact of the professional 

3 support provided by STEM Master Teacher Corps 

4 members to other teachers in their school, district, 

5 State (if part of the participating area), or consor6 tium; 

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

8 agencies and schools served by the eligible entity in9 tend to align STEM Master Teacher Corps mem10 bers’ duties with school systems and activities al11 ready in place, if applicable, such as professional de12 velopment and mentoring; 

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

14 Teacher Corps members will be afforded the time, 

15 authority, and resources to fulfill requirements 

16 under the program, and how other teachers will be 

17 afforded the time to receive professional support 

18 from Corps members; 

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

20 clear plan for oversight to ensure that STEM Mas21 ter Teacher Corps members carry out the respon22 sibilities described in section 2159(c) to the fullest 

23 extent practicable, and a description of the actions 

24 to be taken if a member does not carry out such re25 sponsibilities; and 


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

2 be financially managed. 

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

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

5 grants under this chapter on the basis of merit con6 sidering, at a minimum, the following: 

7 ‘‘(A) The extent to which the local edu8 cational agencies that are part of the eligible 

9 entity are committed to integrating the pro10 gram into existing school structures, policies, 

11 operations, and budgets, such as by enabling 

12 STEM Master Teacher Corps members to take 

13 on leadership roles in their schools, districts, 

14 States (if part of the participating area), or 

15 consortia, in addition to their classroom duties, 

16 including assisting in the development and im17 plementation of professional development activi18 ties and driving the instructional program of 

19 the school. 

20 ‘‘(B) The quality of the proposed profes21 sional development, teacher leadership and 

22 mentorship activities, and networking opportu23 nities. 

24 ‘‘(C) Demonstration that the local edu25 cational agencies and schools they serve have 


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1 removed barriers to full participation in the 

2 program, including affording Corps members 

3 and the teachers they mentor the time to par4 ticipate in activities required by the program. 

5 ‘‘(D) The number and quality of the indi6 viduals that will be served by the program. 

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

8 effectively carry out the program. 

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

10 chapter, the Secretary shall give priority to— 

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

12 large numbers of teachers in the STEM Master 

13 Teacher Corps; and 

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

15 rural schools, particularly high-need rural 

16 schools, in the participating area to be served. 

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

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

19 grant under this chapter shall use grant funds to— 

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

21 membership in the STEM Master Teacher Corps, in 

22 accordance with the requirements of subsection (b); 

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

24 teacher who is selected and serves as a member of 

25 the STEM Master Teacher Corps, in recognition of 


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1 the teacher’s teaching accomplishments, leadership, 

2 and increased responsibilities, which amount shall— 

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

4 teacher’s base salary; and 

5 ‘‘(B) be equal to— 

6 ‘‘(i) in the case of a teacher who 

7 teaches at a public school, including a 

8 charter school, that is a high-need school, 

9 $15,000 per year for each year the teacher 

10 serves as a member of the Corps; and 

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

12 teaches at a public school, including a 

13 charter school, that is not a high-need 

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

15 teacher serves as a member of the Corps; 

16 ‘‘(3) provide research-based professional devel17 opment activities for members of the STEM Master 

18 Teacher Corps, as described in subsection 

19 2158(b)(6), and track the effectiveness of such pro20 fessional development in order to determine whether 

21 to alter professional development activities; 

22 ‘‘(4) provide discretionary resources for STEM 

23 Master Teacher Corps members at high-need public 

24 schools to use in their classrooms and schools, in25 cluding for afterschool activities, to enrich STEM 


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1 education and to facilitate long-distance networking, 

2 mentoring, and sharing of best practices, including 

3 equipment and technology; 

4 ‘‘(5) assist in coordinating instructional leader5 ship roles for STEM Master Teacher Corps mem6 bers and mentoring relationships between STEM 

7 Master Teacher Corps members and other teachers 

8 in the same school, school district, State (if part of 

9 the participating area), or consortium in which the 

10 Corps members serve as instructional leaders; 

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

12 Corps members to inform STEM education policy at 

13 the national, State, and local levels; 

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

15 STEM Master Teacher Corps members the time to 

16 fulfill their duties as Corps members; and 

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

18 purpose of this chapter. 

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

20 TEACHER CORPS.— 

21 ‘‘(1) SELECTION CRITERIA FOR CORPS MEM22 BERS.—The eligible entity shall select, as members 

23 of the STEM Master Teacher Corps, exemplary 

24 STEM teachers at the elementary school and sec25 ondary school levels who teach in the participating 


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1 area, which may also include special education 

2 teachers and teachers of limited English proficient 

3 students who teach a STEM subject. In selecting the 

4 members, the eligible entity shall— 

5 ‘‘(A) make decisions based on the teach6 er’s— 

7 ‘‘(i) ability to improve student aca8 demic achievement in the STEM fields, as 

9 demonstrated by, if applicable, student 

10 academic growth in such fields; 

11 ‘‘(ii) ability to enhance student en12 gagement in such fields; 

13 ‘‘(iii) record of leadership in the 

14 teacher’s school and involvement in profes15 sional and outreach activities; 

16 ‘‘(iv) record of teaching students not 

17 on grade level or not on track to graduate 

18 ready for higher education or a career; and 

19 ‘‘(v) demonstrated ability to facilitate 

20 student academic achievement growth with 

21 the students described in clause (iv), where 

22 such measures are available; and 

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

24 record based on multiple measures, such as— 


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1 ‘‘(i) teacher evaluations of pedagogical 

2 skills; 

3 ‘‘(ii) an assessment of content knowl4 edge; 

5 ‘‘(iii) the performance and improve6 ment of the teacher’s students on tests; 

7 ‘‘(iv) demonstration of practical pro8 fessional experience in the teacher’s dis9 cipline, such as having worked in industry 

10 or research; 

11 ‘‘(v) involvement in STEM discipline 

12 professional societies; 

13 ‘‘(vi) STEM outreach and community 

14 involvement; and 

15 ‘‘(vii) certification by the National 

16 Board for Professional Teaching Stand17 ards, or other equivalently rigorous, per18 formance-based, peer-reviewed certification, 

19 as a high-performing teacher. 

20 ‘‘(2) OVERALL CORPS MEMBERSHIP REQUIRE21 MENTS.—An eligible entity receiving a grant under 

22 this chapter shall ensure that— 

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

24 STEM teachers who teach in the participating 

25 area are members of the Corps; 


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

2 STEM Master Teacher Corps members are 

3 teachers at high-need schools; 

4 ‘‘(C) the proportion of STEM Master 

5 Teacher Corps members in the participating 

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

7 less than the proportion of all teachers who 

8 teach at rural high-need schools in the partici9 pating area; 

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

11 Master Teacher Corps members; and 

12 ‘‘(E) the STEM Master Teacher Corps in13 cludes teachers from each of the disciplines of 

14 science, technology, engineering, and mathe15 matics, if teachers from each of these dis16 ciplines meeting the standards of Corps mem17 bership are available in the participating area. 

18 ‘‘(3) PARTICIPATION OF PRIVATE SCHOOL

19 TEACHERS.—An eligible entity may select STEM 

20 teachers who teach at private schools in the partici21 pating area to be members of the STEM Master 

22 Teacher Corps, except that— 

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

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

2 eligible for compensation described in sub3 section (a)(2), discretionary resource funds de4 scribed in subsection (a)(4), or for defrayment 

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

6 ‘‘(c) CORPS MEMBER REQUIREMENTS.—Each teach7 er selected to be a member of the STEM Master Teacher 

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

9 agreement with the eligible entity, under which the teacher 

10 shall, as a condition of receiving the compensation de11 scribed in subsection (a)(2) and the discretionary re12 sources described in subsection (a)(4), agree to carry out 

13 the responsibilities of a master teacher as required by the 

14 eligible entity, including— 

15 ‘‘(1) participating in professional development 

16 activities offered by the program; 

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

18 educational resources with other members of the 

19 STEM Master Teacher Corps; and 

20 ‘‘(3) contributing to the professional develop21 ment of the teacher’s colleagues, which may include 

22 providing school-based professional support to other 

23 STEM teachers through regular weekly professional 

24 development sessions and individual coaching, where 

25 possible, leading professional learning communities, 


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1 and taking on other instructional leadership roles in 

2 the teacher’s school, district, State (if part of the 

3 participating area), or consortium. 

4 ‘‘(d) COLLECTION FOR NONCOMPLIANCE.— 

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

6 entity that receives a grant under this chapter shall 

7 monitor whether each teacher the entity selects to be 

8 a member of the STEM Master Teacher Corps is in 

9 compliance with the Corps member requirements de10 scribed in subsection (c). 

11 ‘‘(2) COLLECTION OF REPAYMENT.— 

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

13 be a member of the STEM Master Teacher 

14 Corps shall repay the additional compensation 

15 provided for a school year described in sub16 section (a)(2) to the eligible entity if— 

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

18 compliance with the Corps member re19 quirements described in subsection (c) and 

20 the entity determines the teacher should no 

21 longer be a member of the Corps for such 

22 year; or 

23 ‘‘(ii) the teacher withdraws during 

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1 without an accepted excuse, as determined 

2 by the eligible entity. 

3 ‘‘(B) COMPENSATION RETURNED TO THE

4 TREASURY.— 

5 ‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—Except as pro6 vided in clause (ii), an eligible entity that 

7 receives repaid compensation under sub8 paragraph (A) shall return such compensa9 tion to the United States Treasury. 

10 ‘‘(ii) ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS.—An el11 igible entity that receives repaid compensa12 tion under subparagraph (A) may retain a 

13 percentage, determined by the Secretary, 

14 of such repayment to defray administrative 

15 costs associated with the collection. 

16 ‘‘SEC. 2160. REPORT AND EVALUATION. 

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

18 the amounts appropriated for this chapter for any fiscal 

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

20 the funds appropriated for such fiscal year for administra21 tive costs and report and evaluation costs under this sec22 tion, except that the Secretary may use not more than 3 

23 percent of the funds appropriated for such fiscal year for 

24 administrative costs. 

25 ‘‘(b) REPORTS TO THE SECRETARY.— 


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1 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Each eligible entity receiv2 ing a grant under this chapter shall provide an an3 nual report to the Secretary that— 

4 ‘‘(A) summarizes the activities assisted 

5 under the grant and program outcomes; and 

6 ‘‘(B) includes, with respect to each mem7 ber of the STEM Master Teacher Corps, the 

8 following: 

9 ‘‘(i) The name of the member. 

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

11 teaches and the location of such school. 

12 ‘‘(iii) The subject area the member 

13 teaches. 

14 ‘‘(iv) The grade level the member 

15 teaches. 

16 ‘‘(2) PUBLICATION.—Each eligible entity receiv17 ing a grant under this chapter shall publicize the in18 formation described in paragraph (1)(B). 

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

20 through the Director of the Institute of Education 

21 Sciences, shall— 

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

23 the program under this chapter, particularly with re24 gard to the program’s success in achieving the pur25 pose described in section 2155; 


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

2 implementation, and continuing development of the 

3 STEM Master Teacher Corps program; and 

4 ‘‘(3) identify best practices for developing, sup5 porting, and retaining STEM teachers based on les6 sons learned from the program. 

7 ‘‘(d) DISSEMINATION.—The Secretary shall dissemi8 nate findings from the evaluation conducted under sub9 section (c) to the STEM education field and make the 

10 findings publicly available. 

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

12 years after the establishment of the program under this 

13 chapter, and not later than 2 years thereafter, the Sec14 retary shall prepare and submit to the Committee on Edu15 cation and the Workforce and the Committee on Science, 

16 Space, and Technology of the House of Representatives 

17 and the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transpor18 tation and the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, 

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

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

21 under this chapter; 

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

23 ‘‘(3) any recommendations regarding changes 

24 to, the termination of, or the continuation and ex25 pansion of the program. 


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1 ‘‘SEC. 2161. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 

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

3 this chapter such sums as may be necessary for each of 

4 the fiscal years 2016 through 2020.’’. 

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

6 section 2 of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act 

7 of 1965 is amended— 

8 (1) by inserting after the item relating to sub9 part 5 of part A of title II the following: 

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

10 and 

11 (2) by inserting after the item relating to sec12 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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